I’ve approached my first year at Warwickshire Open Studios with intense anticipation, partly because I’ve been preparing artworks and prints for it months beforehand, partly because I was looking forward to diving in those light hours of creating surrounded by wonderful arts and crafts and seeing new and familiar souls looking to immerse themselves in […]
Read more "Warwickshire Open Studios – Giving and Receiving"Yesterday I went to see Neil Moore‘s exhibition ‘Sympathetic Magic’ at Slate Art Gallery in Leamington Spa. It’s on until 1st February 2018: not to be missed. The address is 44 Oxford Street, CV32 4RA. Neil’s artworks reveal to me the intensity of the struggle of the creative spirit, the inner conflict between the strive […]
Read more "Sympathetic Magic"I was looking for a specialist arts shop in Leamington Spa, I really thought there isn’t one until a friend told me to find ‘Chrome Yellow Arts‘ – it turned out it’s only minutes away from my studio. That’s how I got to meet Suminder who, along with her partner Jonathan, both artists, are running […]
Read more "The Art of Suminder"With Christmas and New Year just round the corner, here is my list of the 10 best presents (that money can buy) according to me. I always think any gift should be special, personal and reflecting the character and preferences of the one it’s meant for. The mere fact of giving(gifting) is a about showing care […]
Read more "Top 10 Christmas Presents"You know when people say they have to write something down to realise it has actually happened… last couple of weeks have been quite surreal, I don’t even think writing helps me realise what is happening… My Exhibition Opening night, the talks with visitors, the meetings with the models behind the portrayers, the talks with […]
Read more "Exhibition Opening, work in progress"Dear reading friends, I’ve missed you. I’ve been so busy organising my first photography exhibition: Ichtys – The Fisherman’s Daughter. Feel free to pass by – it will be on all through July. I’ve got to tell you it’s a bit like a magical box new and new things keep coming up that need to […]
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