Website updates

My website has been updated again. I have edited the gallery to add some sales information as well as some nicer formatting. I will also be putting some works on paper up for sale online soon to raise some extra cash so stay tuned.

The Reviews are in

Here are a couple of reviews the show has received so far. I think they are quite glowing reviews personally.. From Polly Morgan I went to Jennie’s exhibition last night (Olav couldn’t make it because he was sick) at Artholes, which was really good. The photos on her web page (like most photos of art…

Whew!

Well, The opening night is over, what a whirlwind event! I’ve been to so many openings but it is very different when your works are on show..I Thankyou all for coming and showing such support 🙂 It was so great to see everyone! The display was done very well, it was right to trust Tony…

Done!

Well! the pieces are in the gallery, being hung as I type. I am quite excited as Tony, the gallerist, seems to be inspired about hanging and has some great ideas about how to hang my works so I have decided to place it all in his hands and trust the expert! This is something…

Edgy!

Is there anything more boring than finishing edges off? I love the look of a beautiful crisp edge but oy! I really hate doing them. Its the kind of thing you need to focus on but so boring it is hard to drift away and screw it up. I am using double thick canvasses for…

Wet

It constantly amazes me how many variations of this technique I can use. they keep appearing and evolving. Usually I change my techniques around, experimenting, trying new things out. Since this show and my decision to use the same technique throughout I have discovered the joy of refining a technique and expanding on it. developing…

The Proper Pickling of Dead Sharks

Art News Blog: Replacing a Dead Shark Perhaps his most famous work (The physical impossibility of death in the mind of someone living) will soon be replaced with a new dead shark. The work was made in 1991 and is already falling apart, the liquid is murky, and the shark has changed shape. Dear Damien…

More on Klimt

Guardian Unlimited | Columnists | This miser’s hoard is the last vestige of the imperial world-viewThe truth is that applying words such as “worth” and “value” to art is an abuse of language…. The picture was expensive because, unless Christie’s was pulling a fast one in a “negotiated” secret deal, there must have been another buyer prepared to pay nearly as much…. not a month goes by that we don’t hear about the new highest price paid for a work of art. Sotheby’s and Christies are rolling in sales and the curators in New York are combing the art schools looking for the next big thing (over here!).

Glow

This is the latest in my series for the upcoming group show. You may recall that I was worried about my technique becoming too tight? It turns out I had no need to worry! Many artists feel that when they are becoming too detail orientated and too.. hindered in their flow then it is good…

Baronial Portrait – The End

I thought I should finish this up, closure is good. The B&B loved their portrait. Sadly I couldn’t see their reaction when it was presented but I heard them say “Wow” a lot so thats good. I got a chance to speak to them afterwards and they were really delighted, especially at the choice of…