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It’s my last day exhibiting at the Pop Up Studio this coming Saturday and it would be lovely to see you! Thank you to all the lovely people I have met so far in the Studio, I have really enjoyed meeting everyone – please keep in touch.
I will be starting on a new painting that I’ll be painting live in the studio too – so do pop along if you can!
All purchased paintings can be taken away on Saturday too.
Have a great weekend!
I’d like to introduce you to two new pieces of work from my Montpellier collection; Liquid Lunch (SOLD) and Montpellier Caryatids (what are Caryatids you might ask, well they are the stone carved women that act as pillars between the shops along Montpellier – I only discovered this myself the other week…)
I have also been working on a new painting of a lovely beach and boat scene from Goran Haven, near St Austell. I’ve been working on this piece from the Pop Up Studio every day this week and am pleased to report that I completed it today! I can’t wait to upload it to show you, it’s in the exhibition at the moment - if you like my St Ives pieces, you will love this one (it’s in the same tones and style) and is everyone’s new favourite!
Well, the exhibition is now in full swing!
Sorry I haven’t had an opportunity to blog for the last week, but I’ve been working down at the studio every day where I do not have the internet (yes, internet withdrawal symptoms are starting to kick in).
I have now settled into my exhibition space at the New Brewery Arts in Cirencester and all the hard work over the last couple of months has all been worth while to see my work on the walls, finally!
Everyone is saying how colourful, summery and vibrant the space looks too – which is wonderful - Just how I hoped it would make people feel!
I even had a double page spread in the Weekend Supplement of the local paper this yesterday. (Yes, it was very weird seeing my face starring back at me from the page…)
If you’ve not managed to get down to see me yet, there’s still some time left. I am there until Saturday 17th October.
Thank you to everyone who has visited so far!
If you have been to the exhibition already, what was what your favourite piece?
A selection of new original paintings are now up on my homepage. From left to right, top to bottom – they are of;
1 Old Harry Rocks, Dorset
2 Painswick Hill, Gloucestershire
3 St Ives, Cornwall
4 Montpellier, Cheltenham
5 Lake Touberine, New South Wales, Australia – I remember the day I took this photography, the sand was so hot it was burning my feet.
6 St Ives (again), Cornwall
7 Rottnest Island, Perth, Western Australia
8 Paihia, The Bay of Islands, North Island New Zealand
9 Poole Harbour, looking across to Brownsea Island, Dorset
I hold a personal memory of each scene as I have taken the photograph that was the starting point to the painting at that precise place. The painting of Paihia for example, was taken on New Year’s Day 2009 and the Painting of Poole Harbour looking across to Brownsea Island was taken just the other week!
I hope to turn these into notecards and greetings cards too.
Must go and wash my hands before making dinner – I’m covered in blue paint. I’ve been painting a very ‘special’ piece today which I hope will be the key piece to my exhibition which starts on the weekend. I haven’t finished it yet, but have already given it a title – ‘Liquid Lunch’.
I’ll let you guess what the piece is of!
