Byard Art show starts Thursday

The old cellar door

I've just taken new work to Cambridge for byard Art's Figuratively Speaking exhibition which stars Thursday 10th September and continues until 4th October. P.V. this Thursday 6-8pm

Painting the door frame

Painting the door

Walking the horses

Sunday trip to Barnards farm

On Sunday Hudge and I went to Barnards Farm near Brentwood in Essex
http://www.barnardsfarm.eu/
It was great. A fantastic collection of sculpture in an exciting garden and on 6th of September they show their collection of vintage cars and bicycles.

Me with a great Elizabeth Frink.

September again

Well, I'm back into the swing of it again after a very relaxing and revitalizing time.
We went to France and canoed and swam in the river, watched paragliding, went to Mont st Michelle. Orlando and Hudge swung in the trees, we went to a couple of Monday evening concerts at Point D'Ouilly, Heard a lovely singer at L'Beauzart place at Thury Harcourt,. We decided to turn the basement into a studio/gallery and do open studios in the Swiss Normand next year, (- so if your touring near Cleasy pop in.) - got some lovely photos for inspiration. - then we rushed back to collect Natalia and have a day sorting out electrical stuff. (I-pods etc) then dashed to Gatwick for a trip to Limone at Lake Garda.- wow, we had a fab time. Its soooo beautiful there. Lake views from our room and twisting streets with shutters and bougainvillea. Lemon groves and wonderful secret glimpses through wrought iron gates. Swimming in the clear waters of the lake. There was an exciting electrical storm one evening. Again very inspiring. I schlepped art stuff with but it was too hot to sit and paint. so I read huge amounts of easy reading instead.
Back home we have started our weekly drawing again, I have finished off the paintings for Byards next show. "Figuratively speaking" and I am looking forward to working on the new stuff. I am working quite loosley at the moment, with a brush not a pallet knife and enjoying the marks it makes. -and I have changed yellow.....ooohhh risky.

Where did summer go?

Blimey, the time has zoomed past.
I finished a couple of commisions in july.
the allotment painting and this painting called a moments peace.
I enjoyed painting both of them and hopefully the people liked them.- they said they did.

frailty of dreams performance

Here is some video taken during a rehersal and the performance of Frailty of Dreams
The whole thing lasted about 10 mins but its cut it down to about 1.
I hope you enjoy it.

trying out uploading videos

this is a bit of trial uploading,
I have just learnt how to edit film and was having a go at a bit of the film of the performance we did last week. Frailty of Dreams. Gina very kindly came and showed Juliet and I how to do this. -She also filmed a rehersal for us.
I was going to upload it then take it off straight away, but I think I will leave it.
Its a bit of film from the middle of the dress rehersal, then the same bit without the sound, then the next bit has a bit of chat, and an affect added, -old film affect.

Nero Artists at the ancient house gallery

Every year a group of us called Nero Artists,- (so named, because we used to meet weekly upstairs in Cafe Nero in Ipswich,) put on a themed show in the Ancient House attic gallery. We put it on at this time cus we were part of the Ip- Art Festival. Unfortunately this year we can't be in the Ip- Art brochure as there is no disabled access to the gallery and we didn't have enough time to find another venue.
But we have gone ahead anyway.- this year the theam is windows. and its fab.