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I have taken down my month long exhibition as part of Oxfordshire Art Weeks festival. I sold well but sadly on the penultimate night one of my more expensive paintings disappeared. My son, who was helping me, and is a […]
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My exhibition starts next month. I sent the ones to be framed to a friend. I have designed but not printed leaflets and the information cards. Could not print due to running out of ink and Amazon have taken forever […]
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Journalist friends on the local paper tell me that a press release for my May exhibition needs to be in three months before the event if I am going to have any chance of getting publicity. Evidently they work that […]
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I got down and dirty with sprread sheets for the offical end of first year of business. It is eye watering reviewing expenses all at once. My computer’s optical drive was the biggest single expense and less then 6 months […]
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Still drawing for one more painting for next year’s exhibition. I am drawing with a Wacom tablet straight to the computer. I’ve been surprised that people some how think this is a form of “cheating”, I explain that each medium […]
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I am now operating as a freelance artist. My income is a combination of ‘Carers Allowance’ and ‘Tax Creditis’ with a discount of sorts for ‘Council Tax Benefit’. The advice I have recieved is to earn only £5k or £25k […]
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Well the ‘Eynsham Doors’ installation has come down from exhibition. I have sold half of the individual pieces on it which is a plus; that means I have covered costs and made a profit. It was very popular and I […]
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The ‘Eynsham Doors’ are in the last two days of exhibition. It’s interesting that the people who purchased the paintings were divided into those who owned the actual doors and those who wanted to have my vision of the village. […]
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The doors are all arranged and I think they look grand.
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Back to the Ashmolean for another life drawing session. I decided to expand the drawing this time and finish the next time. These gods are in the bottom of the atrium and I viewed them looking down from the ground […]
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Drawing is a strange process for me. One part recording, one part meditation time, the eternal process of mark making and finally the deepening of memory.
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Colour of Music’ still continues but at times I forget what I was planning here. I am looking for paint in full thickness and clear colour. I am finding this a challenge but need to explore other ways of using […]