My first Art Fair experience
I thoroughly enjoyed my first art fair experience at Surrey Contemporary Art Fair in March, though it was exhausting. The mental effort involved in being brave and putting myself out there, as well as organising things I needed whilst being inexperienced as a visitor...
A visit to Windsor Contemporary Art Fair
I visited Windsor Contemporary Art Fair on Saturday 10th November 2018. I had intended to apply to take part in it but had too much work on this year. As I’ll be taking part in Surrey Contemporary Art Fair in March, I thought I’d take the opportunity to...
My experience of my first solo exhibition
From 16-20 October my exhibition ‘Passions – Superpowers of everyday people’ was shown in London at Nolias Gallery, Bankside. Artistic UK presented the exhibition, hung it, and supported me through it. Private View Private view is a bit of a misnomer...
Planning and painting an exhibition
Having just spent six months painting for an exhibition, I thought I’d write down all the things I have done and learned, and I can because I wrote lists. Lots of lists. Finding a venue If you are thinking of having an exhibition, you may already have a venue in...
Nerves
It’s the night before the exhibition. I think I’ve done everything, I hope I’ve done everything. I’ll post Al the steps I had to go through to prepare when it’s all over, I can, because I made lots and lots of lists! I’m very...
Countdown to exhibition week!
Less than a month to go until my exhibition and there is a lot to think about and do, this is most definitely a learning curve! I’m slightly disappointed in myself that I didn’t manage to get more big paintings done, but the gallery is small and the...
Painting progress
I’m still working on my series of paintings from my sketch trip to Leeds. After all the studies and the alla prima heads I drew and painted I’ve got to bite the bullet, stop procrastinating and get stuck in to the main pieces. Exhibition! The big news, and...
50/50 exhibition private view
I went up to London last night for the private view of Artistic UK’s latest group exhibition, ’50/50′, a theme “embracing the possibilities of the future in all their outcomes, good and bad. The space in time where everything is both likely and...Have I helped you?
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