Well it’s the penultimate week before Purbeck Art Weeks. Suddenly there are things you realise you need and a seven page document of instructions as an Open Studio artist to go through again. Exhibition pieces to be handed in only at set times and forms and waivers to fill in. Yes, I am a beginner, …
Hi to regular readers and anyone new. 16 days in the countdown to Purbeck Art Weeks 2017 and Open Studio 22 opens its doors for people to visit, see my art, chat about it, maybe purchase something maybe not. Suddenly the reality seems much closer as forms are filled in and dispatched for different exhibiting …
A new month and one with so much art potential ahead. In 23 days I shall be an Open Studio within the Purbeck Art Weeks programme. Number 22, sat in and around our home drawing, painting, taking photographs and hopefully greeting visitors and maybe selling some of my work too. I am not ready yet …
Ok,so Update is a day late, apologies. Tomorrow is the first craft fair and will see the full card range that I am selling and prints for 7 pieces. The cards have a new home in a Wire Fittings carousel – the company are actually based locally in Swanage, so again it was great to …
So, all cards printed and stock held by me and Swanage Tourist Office. I have also been asked to sketch the Art Workshop in Swanage for some charity flyers. Today I submitted and had a new piece accepted for the PAW exhibition that will run at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge from 20 May to 11 …
A briefer update this week and where my art will be appearing / available to buy in the next two three months. I appreciate all the positive feedback online and look forward to more sales so that my work can be seen further afield. If interested in buying cards or prints please comment here, message …
Monday 13 March – two photo card designs, two exclusively for Tourist office, three more designs so my Swanage Collection now stands at 4 images. More details in this week’s newsletter on Thursday 16th.
If you are a regular follower of the Facebook page – use link(s) above, then you will know of recent progress already. I hope that this blog and possibly an e-commerce website to follow (so many decisions) will keep everyone interested up to date. Ok, on 31 January I said that any art selling would …
Today I took one piece into a local gallery for an exhibition they are running, for £10 entry fee I get to have a piece displayed for up to ten weeks. So a good investment and a chance to get my work seen. Then I went to see the local Tourist Information Office who I …
From May 27 to June 11 I will be hosting a temporary Open Studio in an outbuilding adjacent to my home. I will be working each day on a mixture of pen and ink drawings and Marker pieces too. There will also be examples of my photography on display. Visiting will involve walking 400 metres …