Highlights of Cambridge: Show over!

I have now had a few days to recover from putting on an art show, so here are my thoughts. 1) Well, that wasn’t so bad. 2) Monetary calculation. 3) Wait, that is almost minimum wage. 4) Push the boat

Invitations Sent

Today I gave out and sent the first set of physical invitations to my show. Tomorrow, I send a few more. All of them are based on watercolours; a few, to clients or people who have supported me well, are

Lady in a Landscape: Day 1

I really really admire the high classical era, in which it seemed that the ideal of a painter was to make something look like life, but a little bit better. This year I am hoping to have a show with

Cambridge Art Fair: Roundup

Our art fair over the weekend was very good fun, but for me was not worth the time invested. I learned which of my reindeer cards were popular, but I did not manage to sell enough to cover babysitting costs.

Drawing Inspiration: Window Dressing

The window of my show had two purposes. I wanted to display things to the outside, and I wanted to keep the area semi-private for the Private View itself. I had a screen and I decided to put my works

Drawing Inspiration: Designing the Show

I have not got a single style. Right now I produce paintings in many different ways, and most members of the public, unprepared, assumed that the gallery was showing the work of several people. The best hint that it was

Drawing Inspiration: Drawing to a Close

While Drawing Inspiration was on, I did not blog on the show itself, because it was featuring so largely in my mind. Here are a few snapshots of the set-up process, rather than a long description with loving close-ups. ‘I