A chance encounter at Printfest in April has led to my work now being stocked at Cambridge Contemporary Art, which I’m immensely pleased about. I haven’t been able to visit the gallery yet, but I certainly admire all of their other artists- so I take that as a good sign! I’ve just sent a selection […]
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I’m going a bit deep with this one. It started in December with me stealing my husband’s Christmas present (before he’d read it)- Oliver Burkeman’s ‘4000 Weeks: Time and How to Use It’ and is continuing with Tara McMullin’s excellent podcasts and essays, via my favourites Wendell Berry and Michel de Montaigne. Actually no. It
Of late, the Arnolfini art centre in Bristol, has been hosting some brilliant exhibitions- contemporary, yet accessible. Their Paula Rego print show is no exception. ‘Paula Rego: Subversive Stories’ showcases the print output of Dame Paula Rego RA, from her days at the Slade in the 1950’s, all the way through to her current work
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The vernal equinox has just passed here in England. It doesn’t quite align with Easter, or the ‘start of spring’ (ie 1st March), or in fact my marker of Spring arriving (which is the first day I really feel the warmth of the sun on my skin- sometimes February, sometimes April). But it is a
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Helen Frakenthaler, once the queen of abstract expressionism, in a world of big male egos, also made floatingly beautiful woodcut prints alongside her large scale, stained canvases. Dulwich Picture Gallery continues it’s run of excellent exhibitions with ‘Radical Beauty’, it’s survey of not only Frankenthaler’s prints, but also how she made them. I visited recently
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My new online hand printing at home workshop dates are Sunday March 6th and Sunday April 3rd. 10am-1pm via Zoom. They are a fantastic way to enter into the world of printing without the need for specialist equipment or a printing press. Or they can serve as a kickstart to an existing artistic practice. Beginners
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Having been postponed for 2 years, Printfest, the upmarket, well curated, festival of all things print is happening! Taking over the small town of Ulverston in the Lake District between Thursday 28th April and Sunday 1st May, it will be a wonderful smorgasbord of contemporary printmakers and their wares. A great place to continue a
The origin of New Years’s resolutions actually comes from the Romans, who used the turn of the year to forgive and let go of any grudges or obligations owed by others. So, rather than piling lots of ‘I should’s onto ourselves, we could really be shedding things that are a heavy burden to us and
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I meditate and I hand mono-print. Is there a link between the two? I think so. I started to meditate regularly, with a local group, about 8 years ago. I did it initially to quiet a crazy busy mind, as a kind of balm for my worries, and time for myself away from my new
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