Tag: art exhibition
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Lots of bird art
We visited the wonderful bird art exhibition at Rheged (near Penrith) the other day and were blown away. I’d expected to see some great art and that was there in spades with original paintings, prints, sculpture, needlecraft etc. But there was also so much more – legends about birds, poetry about birds, facts about birds,…
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Favourite picture – my vote winner
Visitors to the recent Windermere Art Society exhibition were encouraged to vote for their favourite work of art in the show, and the secretary handed out the resulting voting slips at last week’s meeting. I didn’t win, but five of my pictures got votes, and this is the one that had most votes for me.…
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Charity exhibition alert!
New exhibition alert! ‘Wheel of Time’, a charcoal and pastel drawing of one of the old water wheels in Coppermines Valley, Coniston, is on its way to a charity art exhibition in aid of Kendal homelessness charity Manna House, organised by local artist Jess Levine in October. Stay tuned as I’ll have more details soon, including the…
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Exhibition closed
The Windermere Art Society exhibition is now closed for this year. A huge thank you to everyone who visited, chatted, or voted for their favourite picture – and an even bigger shout-out to the folks who bought some of my work. Now comes the hard work of dismantling everything and collecting any unsold work. I’m…
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Sold: Misty charcoal mountains
I’m absolutely delighted that These Mist-Covered Mountains, my charcoal drawing of mist swirling over Cat Bells at Derwentwater, sold yesterday at the Windermere Art Society exhibition. Talk about blink and you miss it – I’d only just finished posting about it on here! The event is on for another week and there’s still plenty of…
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Sold: Allan Bank in acrylics
The stewards at the Windermere Art Society exhibition have just confirmed that one of my paintings sold earlier. This little 6×6 inch canvas is based on a photo I took a few years ago at the National Trust property of Allan Bank in Grasmere. The home of Canon Rawnsley, one of the original founders of…
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Misty mountains
This is one of the charcoal pictures I have in the Windermere Art Society exhibition this year. Called ‘These Mist-Covered Mountains’ (Dire Straits fans may recognise the reference!), it’s of Derwentwater, looking across from the landing stages at Keswick to Cat Bells on a very misty morning. I loved the effect of the mist swirling…
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Preview night
I had a super time last night with Other Half, four friends and at least a hundred other guests at the preview night for Windermere Art Society’s annual exhibition. The event was packed, sweltering and slightly exhausting – but a roaring success! Artwork is selling fast so come on down if you want to see…
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Windermere Art Society exhibition
It’s all hands on deck this weekend preparing for this year’s exhibition. I never realised how much sheer hard work was involved in terms of designing and putting up the stands, hanging all the pictures and getting all the other displays, payment systems, front desk etc set up. Hats off to the members who’ve been…
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All set for the exhibition
I finally finished framing, stringing and labelling all 7 of the pictures I’m entering into the Windermere Art Society exhibition this year. It took me a lot longer than I’d have liked, not least because I had to make a sudden dash to buy new frames after managing to break the last one I had!…
