What an exciting day yesterday at the Courtyard Gallery when all my artwork was mounted! I’ve really enjoyed putting the collection together for Beautiful Open Spaces. It’s been a long awaited day after a great deal of painting! Come and visit, it’s open now until 8 June!
Tag: summer
So much to do!
The new academic year is gearing up, and the race to get everything done in time feels more pressurised this week!
I’ve been happily making examples of painting with oils for my new students coming into college this term. At the same time finishing off my own acrylic paintings, posting on social media and taking a few online courses for my continued professional practice. I’m feeling pulled in so many directions!
Working to a plan helps, keeping a calendar of events helps, but I need to plan more time “out”. It’s really important as an artist to allow yourself time away! And, during the time away… not to be looking for the next idea of a painting! Is that even possible 😃
Inspiration
Is it the sunlight, the colours or textures that ignite your fire to pick up another canvas to paint?
Last weekend we had a girls day out, it wasn’t the summer sunny day that we were expecting but the moody sky really added drama to the landscape! I took less photos than usual but the striking colours and contrasts really energised me to action! I’ve been painting several landscapes based on that trip ever since and they will be in the Leamington gallery soon.
The subject matter is a detour for me, and I’m grateful to it. I have grown in confidence in an area I really didn’t relish before. So much so, I’ve booked on to a Plein Air event in Charlcote Hall, Warwickshire in September. I hope it’s a dry day! I hope you can visit us!
Exhibiting is always exciting!
No matter how many years people have been working away, when a gallery or museum accepts your work it’s still a thrill!
Artwork wise, it’s being an exciting year for me! I haven’t had time to blog! Crazy! Magical Deep Sea Diving is being exhibited at the Herbert Museum and Art Gallery in Coventry city centre this Spring. My framed mixed media artwork with wet felting, silver, copper wire, silk embroidery. It was a wonderful opening evening a while ago.
Next month sees the opening of a new exhibition in Royal Leamington Spa entitled Deadly Sins. It’s hard to choose which of the seven to illustrate! So I went with my favourite… Sloth! Got to have a sloth day now and again, being lazy occasionally does me good! So, dreaming of summer in such a wet spring of 2023 is no bad thing, positively a good thing! Entitled: Lazy Dreamy Day it’s on show at the LSA Art Room, 5 Satchwell Place, Leamington Spa town centre (opposite Caluccios) from Saturday 6th May. This piece is textile art with silk embroidery. Come and see all the wonderful artwork on display from our local artists of Warwickshire and the Midlands!
See you there.
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