I had to go up to town on Tuesday for a business meeting that concluded at lunchtime. I knew I had to write stuff up but the sun was shining, it was bitterly cold but London was shimmering like a necklace of precious jewels. Ah ha methinks, next meeting at the RSA off the Strand […]
All galleried out in Ipswich
Yesterday Mrs O and I headed into town to see what carnivorous delights were available from the Artisan butcher in Rose Lane. We went via Arlingtons as a fellow artisan artist LJ had mentioned the gallery space of the top floor was refreshed. We had a wander around and I’m glad to say I recognised […]
I heard the news ….. Oh Boy
Last night there was a snippet of news on the BBC about Constable’s painting, ‘The Mill Stream’ having undergone restoration and conservation work. I was very lucky to have worked with Emma Roodhouse, Curator of Art at Ipswich and Colchester Museum Service as part of an internship between my second and third years at University. […]
Yesterday I went to see Taylor Wessing 2014
I attended the Agile Business Awards on Thursday night in Bloomsbury Square. It was a lively affair and the lamb was cooked to perfection. No mean feat getting meat right for so many people. Anyway, somewhat tired as I was, I trudged down to the National Portrait Gallery and joined a queue of 3 people […]
Wheel of Fortune
The weather this morning was ideal for large format work but other issues prevented me from taking advantage of the light almost non-existent wind. I tried just before sunset but one of the new locations was due East of the setting sun so not really an option. At a loss as to what to do […]
Gatherings – a perfect storm.
I was shattered on Saturday morning. The 10 hour drive home on Friday and a house like an oven sapped my strength but we had a wonderful thunderstorm in the morning and whilst out in it testing whether my new anorak was weatherproof, yes I can be a bit that way sometimes but these things […]
Edgelands – Collaboration – the way forward
Out of adversity comes opportunity. Recently, a gallery I was after securing to include in my ACE application got knocked back. I decided to ask for the help of the arts liaison officer from Suffolk County Council for galleries that were big enough to hang my work. I got a very good reply with several […]
Taylor Wessing, Tate Britain, Whitechapel Gallery, alumni – a grand day out
Yesterday morning I stood shivering in a Northerly breeze at Ipswich Station. I was travelling up to LCC to drop off my TW2014 entries with Keith Locke, a fellow alumni. We have done this for the last three years and make a day out of it taking in galleries, making pictures and putting the world […]
Grayson Perry, April Ashley, Antony Gormley, Mondrian – it had to be Liverpool
This week we went to Liverpool. Nothing strange in that fact but I left Liverpool in 1976 having been born and raised there. Of course I’ve been back over the years but mostly for work purposes and never for recreation. This time it was different, very, very different. Some aspects of Liverpool will never change, […]
DIG!
I have just joined a local artist collective called DIG! I have been lucky enough to curate and sell some of the original DIG! members work through two highly successful UCS/Prettys art exhibitions and now I am in the thick of it with them. Big thanks to Ian Moss and Eleanor May for putting the […]