Hooray my exhibition at the Dome in Buxton is up and running.
We put most of the work up on THursday after a slow start. The previous artist had left the board in a sorry state with a load of velcro pads to be peeled and scraped off. This took a while and brought a lot of the paint off. we decided to re-paint the boards and bought some paint from focus and without thinking started to applyit liberally, unfortunately it didn't seem to be the colour it promised on the tin. Instead of a brilliant white it resembled a mushroom colour. So off to the shop again for a replacement. We finally got the boards into a hanging shape but we had taken almost 3 hours getting there.
The work went up quite easily though and we were really pleased with the way the two different works seem to complement each other. Marc's work is fine art photography of the inside of a historically important building in Buxton and my paintings are of a sense of place within the landscape of derbyshire. When we put up the exhibition it was the first time we had seen each others actual work. I think that both the collections of work marry together perfectly to make a very coherent and strong exhibition.
I met up with the lady that is running the commission from the Cavendish group and she was ecstatic about the exhibition, which is fantastic news. we all get together on Tuesday for a private view with the members of the Cavendish group and guests.
It has been a really enjoyable commission. Marc is a great guy to be working with and the people from the Cavendish and the University of Derby are all lovely people. We take the exhibition to the University of Derby in Derby in April 2009. I still have more work to make for that exhibition as there is around 5 times more space to fill at that venue.
