Marking Time Workshop

The work station, complete with drawing media, examples of mark making by other artists, hand wipes and chocolate!

There were not that many people about, but we had fun!  Jim Moir, aka, Vic Reeves was in the gallery briefly; I was talking to a lovely lady at the time so did not have a chance to say hello or ask him to sign the visitor book.  Never mind, he probably didn't want to be bothered anyway.  It would have been interesting to hear what he thought of the show though, particularly as he paints and exhibits his work as well.

These lovely people were engrossed!

People have been genuinely interested in my work and all the ideas I have incorporated; it has been rewarding chatting to them.  There are some lovely comments in the book so far, (not all of them by my family!)

Interestingly, none of the adults wanted to participate, and no one was interested in drawing onto the canvas; in the end I collaged the work left behind onto it and carefully worked over and around the pieces to produce a piece of work to reflect the day.  I would quite like to paint into it, but it isn't mine - it is hanging in the education room at the museum for now.

Lovely marks, on the floor, before I washed it!

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The Show Opens

I was up early this morning in order to get to the gallery to finish painting out the mirror plates and put the labels on the walls.  Once this was done, I whizzed back home to have something to eat with everyone, pick up the postcards and back to the gallery.

Everything looks really good and I am pleased with the whole exhibition.  Thank you so much to Andy Dalton for your help with the hang and for your encouragement while I was making the work.  http://www.andrew-dalton.com/

2 out of 3 of our kids came to see the show this afternoon; the third was stuck on the M62 for more than four hours, so we'll go again tomorrow so she can see it too.  

Also off to Inspired by...gallery at the Moors National Parks Center, Danby tomorrow for the opening of their show: From What Has Been.  So it will be a busy day looking at art again.  http://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/visiting/visitor-centres/inspired-by-gallery

Thanks to Chris Thomas and his wife Pauline for dropping by today, I am just so glad I was there to see you both!  Chris was a student of mine when I was teaching Art and Design Adult Education at Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke; he found me on facebook a while back and got in touch.  Chris is currently studying for his MA in Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art and I am looking forward to meeting with him up there so he can show me round the galleries.

There are some nice messages in the gallery book and many people have wished me luck on facebook too, especially fellow members of Ryedale ArtWorks; thank you to everyone for that!  I am stunned that my post on fb with one picture of the show has had 327 hits already.
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One More Hanging Day To Go and I've Sold a Painting!

History Painting, dominating the space during the hanging selection process

Many, many thanks to Andy Dalton for his help and encouragement today, not forgetting the jokes and fun!

We spent all morning stretching History Painting onto the beautifully crafted stretcher I purchased from Bird and Davis's Artmanufactury.  It went together quite easily with two of us to do it and, despite its really large dimensions, we stretched the painting quite well.

The original idea was to place it on the end wall but it dominated the space far too much, so we changed it and it is now hanging on the long wall on the left side of the space.  We managed to get it up without too much of a hassle.  I am so pleased with the way it looks and very, very glad that I resisted working on it further; I like the rawness of it.

New positions, wrapping still in place on the 2 other large canvases

We placed the newest painting on the end wall and its companion on the right side wall, further down with all the other works placed and spaced well.  I did manage to make the gallery space look very small and I had about 3 times more work than there is space for.  I am sure we have made the right selection and less is more; it is going to look very good, if I say so myself!

I am so pleased with the way this is shaping up

Highlights of the day:

• Seeing how good the work looks on the walls.
• Working with Andrew Dalton again
• Selling a painting before it is even up on the wall to a lovely and interested couple who came to see the work early because they go home to Sheffield before the show opens on 29th March.  

History Painting stretched up at last and looking good!  The lighting will be sorted out tomorrow.

SOLD!

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