Exhibition at Byard Art

I've been very busy over the last few months preparing 8 new paintings.

If you are in and around Cambridge please pop into Byard Art to see them. the link to the gallery is below or
exhibition opens on 15th October and continues for a month.

                                           'Bistro Lunch', 90cm x 90 cm oil on canvas

                                           'Country Pub' 90cm x 90cm oil on canvas,

                                          'Dreaming of Spring' 100cm x100cm oil on canvas

                                          'The Italian Coffeemaker' 100cmx100cm oil on canvas

                                       Quick cut then off to Hip Hop' 100cm x 100cm oil on canvas,

                                           'Dreaming of Spring' 100cm x100cm oil on canvas

                                          'Cooking the Paella' 100cm x 100cm oil on canvas,

                                           'Working on the Essay' 100cm x 100cm oil on canvas

A Descent into Glamour

Looking forward to Giovanna Maria Cassetta opening Firstsite Colchester  
tonight performing her 'A Descent into Glamour'





Photo Kerry Brown

Follow the link below to hear her talking about it at the Spill Festival in Ipswich.
http://spillfestival.com/show/a-descent-into-glamour/

Under the Skin project.

Today I started working with a young man on the project.
He approached me on New Years day interested in working with an artist.
He has cerebral palsy and he tends to move a lot.
Here is a link to his blog, take a look you will find it interesting.
http://disabledtransman.tumblr.com/

I thought my Under the Skin project could be an interesting way to work together.
We got together and chatted about how to move forward and this afternoon he came and sat for me- the first of a series of sittings where we will explore with paint.

I showed him some work I had done a few years ago exploring the figure and movement.

                                                     I showed him Aubach and Bacon

 As I work we can chat...  

What does he want from this. 

He wants to show other people like him, that disability is not a barrier to explore life.

For me, I want to continue to look at identity, who we are on the inside and how difficult that is to capture as painting is about surface and what we see.... the qualities inside.

How do you capture someone’s sense of humour for example, or their kindness, or determination....?

What unites us…

Too often we see gender, age, physical appearance on which we make our judgements.

Artworks P.V. tomorow evening!

Exhibition Saturday 5th - Sunday 27th September 2015
10.00 am - 5.00pm daily.
at Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9HZ

I'm putting in these three paintings,

                                    Writing the diary, oil on canvas, 100cm x 100cm

                                     Balcony View, oil on canvas 120cm x 70cm

                                  Orange Sarong, oil on canvas, 90cm x 90 cm

Gestural Drawings by Annabel Mednick of Andi Hopgood at the Pump and Grind in Ipswich, on August 2nd 2015

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Sorry, its not the best video ever... but you get the idea... 
The gestural drawings are on a long piece of wall paper like a scroll. As it unrolls the event unfolds, documenting Andi Hopgood as she has her head shaved to
raise money to support two charities – SANE which works to improve the quality
of life for people affected by mental illness, and SOBS which exists to meet the
needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by the suicide of a close relative
or friend.

Artworks Exhibition

I'm going to be exhibiting with Artworks this year at Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham, near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk. 5th - 27th September 2015. 10am - 5pm daily. if your around this way, do pop in...

Drawing Andi's charity headshave

This Sunday (2nd August) Jazz singer Andi Hopgood is performing a lunchtime charity gig in Ipswich followed by shaving off her luscious locks. I am going to document the occasion with my trusty pencil..... I have plans to create a scroll so that afterwards the event can unfold before your eyes. Please come along if you are in Ipswich it would be great to see you there!