Feeling Reflective.
2011 has proved to be a very busy year for me, I started this blog concerned with how I could have a practice in the small amount of time I have after work and family take their share. So in this period of rest after a very busy year I am looking back on what I have managed.
I wanted to connect with other artists and this is certainly the case. Through Artsxarta the art group I am in and the monthly meetings I have in my village with a small group of artists. I am also involved with the Visual Art Committee for the next Bollington Festival in 2014.
As for getting my work seen I have been included in 5 group exhibitions with Artsxsta in Macclesfield , Buxton and Newcastle Under Lyme.
I had two pieces of work selected for the Stockport Contemporary at Stockport City Art Gallery and through this got a contact from Everyman Art gallery in Chorlton, Manchester where I have been included in 2 group shows.
I participated in a pop up Arts and Crafts weekend and had my first solo show “Forms and Feelings” at Bollinton Arts Centre in September.
High points:-
Getting selected for the Stockport Contemporary Open as the submission was so high.
My solo show, seeing my work as a collection, all the lovely feedback and even a small amount of sales.
Low points:-
Not being selected for the East Cheshire Hospice Art Fair in 2012 despite good feedback from my solo show because I failed to sell anything when I took part in 2010.
Spending so much time sorting out framing, lists, statements, meetings and hangings that in the second half of the year I have hardly had time to make new work.
For the New Year:-
Finding the balance between making new art and exhibiting.
Illuminated Falling, it is the new work….could be a new blog
HAPPY NEW YEAR To all at an and on Artists Talking.
