Nude Paintings, Landscape Paintings & Floral Paintings
Two good friends of mine asked me to partake in an afternoon with Dr Sketchy! Fabulous, an afternoon of burlesque and inbetween performances, we have the opportunity to sketch the dancing artists.
I have framed and entered one of the sketches for the NSA Spring Exhibition and it can be seen in 'Portraits'.
After the success of the Shebopalula Strand Exhibition and my picture of Kate Bush in particular being very well received and auctioned at the end of the show and the proceeds going to Breakthrough, it now lives with the winning bidder in Scotland.
Following on from this successful London show I am now in discussion with the organizers to be part of a possible touring exhibition that's yet to be decided but also contribute to the permanent exhibition 'The British Music Experience' at the O2 Arena in London.
As yet, painting format has yet to be decided upon. It's early days and will keep you posted!
I had been asked to do a painting of Kate Bush for an exhibition at the Strand Gallery in London for the She-Bop-A-Lula Exhibition, the theme being iconic women singers, which features over 60 photographs of some of the most successful and creative women singers from the last six decades.
There were just two paintings to feature in the exhibition, Kate Bush by myself and Barbara Streisand by Sally Munton both to be auctioned for the charity Breakthrough (for breast cancer).
‘I wanted an idea that would be totally different from the usual standard portrait so I came up with the concept of three canvas’s, the main canvas in the middle being Kate Bush’s face. I always remember seeing her in videos swaying and waving her arms around, pulling her hands across her face. Hence the two other canvas’s top and bottom. I thought that if I did her full body it would loose the impact and so decided to just paint the hands which we remember her for.’
The exhibition ran from 7 March - 1 April.
I have added two new paintings, one of my friend's dog Chris that she asked me to do for her mother and one of Hardwick Hall in Chesterfield.
Julie from True Colours Art Gallery in Mapperley has kindly accepted 3 of my paintings to exhibit on a permanent basis. She has asked me if I would like to paint in the gallery for a short period of time, which I have gratefully accepted, I will be there from Weds 30 Nov until Fri 2nd Nov 2011.
Went down to see friend in London who is putting on an exhibition at The Strand Gallery. It's in aid of breast cancer and is mainly a photographic exhibition featuring iconic female singers from the past. Photographers from all over the world have been asked to donate photos. She has asked me to paint a portrait of Kate Bush so busy now planning ideas for this project.
Was alerted to article published in Friday's Daily Mail by a friend in London. All ladies please click on link as this is so interesting. What have I been saying all along! How empowering it can be to strip off and bare all!
I had the long awaited exhibition last week and it went very well indeed. I had lots of lovely comments about my work which was very encouraging indeed.
Had two said friends come up from London to view and take their commissions and they were delighted with them. I think it was a total surprise to them the way I had tackled the subject in hand.
Working on second painting of friend. Going ok so far, lets see how it develops.
There is a wonderful site on the web - www.about.com/painting in which you can subscribe to their newsletter. It gives marvellous tips, how to, articles etc. which are very useful.
Finished the first one! It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears but I think she will be pleased. I have included in the painting things dear to her heart which I hope will give her a sense of personalisation.
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