I sold my watercolour painting at The Bath Prize Posted Monday, 31st of October

I am very pleased to hear this very dull Monday morning that my painting I entered in The Bath Prize had sold at the auction on Friday. A tricky competition to do as they choose where you paint. It is of ‘North Parade Bridge’ which would not have been my first choice by a long way. Never the less, in it went, and sell it did.

 

Looking at it now I am quite pleased with the arch of the bridge at that tricky acute angle. My old Ministry of Defence illustration training comes to the fore again. Thanks Bath Prize, cheque in before Christmas please.

 

Preparing for the Affordable Art Fair, Battersea (AAF) Posted Sunday, 16th of October

The last few weeks and it seems like months, have been wholly swallowed up preparing for the Affordable Art Fair. I am surprised how much work it turned out to be in the end. The invitations have been written and sent, all the bills have been paid, the labels have been produced and trimmed out. [...]

Grayson Perry, The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman - A Layman's Point of View Posted Friday, 14th of October

  6 October 2011 – 19 February 2012 at The British Museum ‘This is a memorial to all the anonymous craftsmen that over the centuries have fashioned the manmade wonders of the world… The craftsman’s anonymity I find especially resonant in an age of the celebrity artist.’Grayson Perry RA, Turner Prize winner     The [...]

I am exhibiting at the Affordable Art Fair, Battersea (AAF) Posted Tuesday, 11th of October

I  am exhibiting at this year’s Affordable Art Fair in Battersea, London.     Over the years the AAF have generated a unique, buzzy and informal atmosphere with dozens of galleries selling their works all for less than £4,000. There is also a wide range of activities for all ages so there is plenty to [...]