On at Clevedon School in the beautiful science block until the 24th.
Thank you Ione Parkin RWA.
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More preview evening news and a BP portrait connection
Last Friday I went to the Clifton Arts Club exhibition where I got a range of little pictures in, my first full house, taking no chances I cycled! It’s next door to the RWA at Bristol Drawing School so why not combine it with a trip to the Harbour Festival this weekend? It’s on until the 20th and you’ll also see a painting by Laura Robertson who has a self-portrait hanging in the National Portrait Gallery in the BP portrait prize. It was great to bump into her, recognise her face from the BP and have a chance to congratulate her. Well done again.
If you have been put off the BP by it being focused on photo-realistic portraits recently then give it another visit this year as there’s a much wider range of styles this time around.
I particularly liked this one too by Stanislav Buban.
Watch that parking out there.
Preview evening news and travel advice
I had a great time at the Bath Society of Artists preview evening a few weeks ago and had a chance to speak to some other artists I’d not seen since the Holburne as well as the very talented Tom Hughes.
I unwittingly ended up talking to one of the judges too and getting some top framing feedback too.
All this made up for the parking fine I got for accidentally parking in the hotel part of a public car park which was capped off by a further fine in the post a few days later for spending 3 seconds in a bus lane in my hot, Bath one-way addled state!
The exhibition is in the Victoria Art gallery in Bath all Summer and is crammed full of inspirational work.
It’s pretty high up but at least it shows up well from the other end of the room!
Enjoy if you visit, watch your driving though.
Got seascape into Bath Society of Artists open exhibition
It’s going to be on show in the Victoria Art gallery in the centre of Bath for two whole months from Friday so that’s pretty massive exposure relative to other exhibitions I’ve been in so far. I’m very chuffed.
It’s called “Steep holm” and was based on a plein air painting I’d previously done.
I’ve had 3 works accepted for the Bath and West Show including this new Somerset Coast scene, Steep Holm
It’s 16 by 24 inch and was painted freely from a plein air painting of the same scene, which incidentally was the first Plein air I painted.
I’m also pleased to also have “The Patriarch” (banner picture) exhibited there; Helen’s grandfather was a Somerset farm manager so he’s in familiar surroundings. I’ve never been to the Bath and West show previously (Royal Welsh show many times yes!) so will be excited to see it. I won’t see them until picking up day so let me know how they look there. From 29th May to 1st of June.
I’m taking part in a Group exhibition at the Tithe Barn in Nailsea this weekend, hopefully further exciting exhibiting news soon
The three works were displayed at Artsweek but perhaps you needed a cooling off period?
The Tithe barn is here…
A great cake eating final push from all my #artsweek visitors raised £194.64 for the lighthouse. Burp.
The meagre cake leftovers… really that was it. Cue belly rumble.
For the mathematically minded that’s 0.46 large cakes per visitor. Well done all, especially Helen and the kids for cooking, icing and slicing efforts.
Oh yes and thanks for all the painting and card sales too as well as commission enquiries!
Last day for #Artsweek on Sunday. Get to venue 6 before cake runs out and see new little shipping paintings too…
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Studio open for NSAW #Artsweek again tmrw and Sunday, venue 6, more cakes iced, still wet scenes of Portishead coast…
More little paintings of foggy shipping and well as this new one. I planned enough to get horizontal turps dribbles this time!
Fantastic, positive response from NSAW #artsweek visitors
I’ve had some really great feedback from visitors so do come along tomorrow if you’re thinking about it; between my eclectic mix and Richard’s imagination there’s something for everyone.
Plenty of cake sales too and people enjoying the sun, views from the garden and wandering down to the lighthouse which we are raising money to maintain.
I got out before the start to paint this view from green 7 (I think) on the golf course before the sun came out. Here’s hoping for plenty more sun tomorrow, I enjoyed my mid-afternoon cider in the garden after having 11 in the house at once! Clarification! That’s 11 visitors not ciders.
Cakes iced, signs up, 2 hours to go until venue 6 studio is open for #artsweek in Glenwood Rise, Portishead
It’ll be the first outing for a rare still life by me too.
Just need to Hoover now…
Go large at NSAW…
Here’s a four foot wide painting of Kilkenny bay in Portishead I’ve recently completed for NSAW (only 12 days to go). I’ve spent the evening framing it in a sea weathered garden gate frame I beachcombed, complete with a rusty bolt, it’s been in the basement with this in mind for at least four years, it makes it a whopping 5 feet wide. I think it suits it though, you’ll have to come and visit to judge for yourself.
In the bottom left is a misty little cargo ship I painted on a small board too. The large painting was certainly more fun, lots of splashing turps around outside and chasing dribbles. Hopefully I’ll get time to do another, I’ll need a wet paint sign.
Our venue is included in the North Som Bus Tour! #artsweek
First bus stop of the afternoon. You’ll be refreshed and ready for a PM art frenzy. Leaves from Nailsea…
http://www.northsomersetarts.org/Venue%20Tours
Flood of brochures for North Som. Arts Week have arrived #artsweek
Only a month to go. Here’s Richard and my entry right at the start.
Slightly lazy opening hours (well work as well) will allow us to see other fab venues though.
Just laid out my pictures today. Really happy with how they look all grouped and framed. I’ve got thirtyish framed works, mostly landscapes of the local area. Quite a few portraits and plenty of unframed life studies and sketches too. When I totted them up I realised that all but 6 have been painted in the last 18 months. I didn’t realise I’d been so prolific.
Will have tea and homemade cake there too! Hopefully I’ll see lots of you here.
Another pic from Grant Bradley Gallery – on until March 2nd
Here’s Vernon, a familiar model to many. A likeness was achieved quickly in this case because the board colour was already close to the correct skin tone so had less to fight with. He’s one of the 5 portraits hanging in Bedminster until the 2nd.
Photo from Bedminster show
Photo by Jonathon Cambell Mills of his work in the Grant Bradley Gallery last night from his FB page below. Also shows mine in bottom left. I’ve got a prime spot next to the cake counter!
See more of his work and an interview here.
Latest online Grant Bradley Exhibition Magazine
Here’s the latest magazine with the details of the Cornucopia exhibition from Friday. Includes pictures and blurb from all exhibiting artists including myself. All welcome to private view on Friday from 6.00pm.
Showing at the Cornucopia Exhibition at the Grant Bradley Bedminster in Feb
I’m really looking forward to showing with some other people from the Bristol Grammar Life Class next month from Feb 9th. I’ll be exhibiting portraits as well as life class sketches. There’s some great talent in the class and I’m looking forward to seeing their other work, it’s a mixed exhibition hence the name, here’s a preview page. Details of the gallery here.
Lessons on how to price your work #art #pricing
I found this article to be really helpful when thinking about how to price my work. I also think that many of these comments are equally applicable outside the art world.
http://theabundantartist.com/5-art-pricing-lessons/
N.B.I take no responsibility for you never selling anything ever again but feeling good about it.
Me and the Pirate at the Holburne
Jon’s favourite ahaaaaaarrr!
Just been to Holburne, the difference between the works in life and on line is just staggering
Works you pass over on-line turn out to be little gems and the variety of the brushwork or lack of brush evidence was a surprise. Left me felling humbled to be in the same exhibition though and very much a “newly promoted struggler”. Also more embarrassed by my strong online voting but don’t let that put you off!
See all the fab Holburne entries here http://t.co/iqT2Dse5 and vote for your fave. 53 Ahem.
Even more pleased with Holburne acceptance after seeing the standard of the works including professional portraits previously exhibited in the Mall and BP. Can’t wait to see them all in the flesh. Opens this Saturday but can’t make this weekend as am off painting heads at West Dean all weekend. Can’t wait for that either. link here
Got “The Patriarch” (banner pic) into the Holburne Portrait Prize exhibition. Staggered.
Thanks to everybody that said anything encouraging. Holburne portrait prize
Sold Drunks and Still life at Clifton. Landscape didn’t get in. Wonderful and random.
Clifton Arts Club exhibiting
Got a couple of portraits into the Clifton Arts Club exhibition that’s on at the minute next to the RWA plus this quick still life.
Sunflowers
I entered some pictures into a Nailsea Arts Week festival exhibition this weekend. It was at the Tythe Barn which is a great building. Thanks to Bee and Anne for organising it. I took a picture from the bedroom wall of some Sunflowers which was a bit of an exercise in oil pastels and someone bought it. It took me by surprise as I realised I hadn’t taken a photo of it when I found it was gone. There’s a lesson there.
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