Thank you to everyone for kind comments yesterday. It's odd how 5 years can seem an age and only a short time both at once.
On Monday I nipped over to the nearby village of Old Newton to have a quick look at the small Art Exhibition, this is usually in the primary school at the same time as the Church flower festival but this year the village has Open Gardens in June instead of the usual flower festival and the art was in the village hall.
This collection of birds are all done by free style machine embroidery
The Alstroemeria below is Hand Sewn Textile Collage
I went back to look at this one below a couple of times and would have loved to have bought it - but there's a limit to how many paintings a person really needs!
It's pen, ink and watercolour and called Around the Farm
I also loved this below which is very unusual - made from metal pieces which are rusted or touched with gold leaf all mounted on a board. This was £200.
I've not seen anything by this local artist before. They are photographs that are lit in such a way that they look like still life paintings. - Very clever. There were several very similar.
This collection below are all huge photographs of mainly African animals although he also photographs birds more locally.
And this artist below - Helen Maxfield - exhibits at most shows in Mid Suffolk. I love her lino-cut prints, she is very popular and these framed prints sell for £150 each.
Luckily she also has cards made from her prints for sale - they make lovely birthday cards and I usually get a couple when I see them.
And finally as it was Coronation weekend the members of the local art group had all done a small square each copying a portrait painting of our new King.
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Sue
These are great. It is good to celebrate local talent. The King's picture is clever. But I feel sorry for Iris and Helen. Iris appears to have to paint the black trousers , ABC poor Helen just had a grey rectangle in the corner!
ReplyDeleteClever idea, must have been hard to match at the edges in some places
DeleteVery nice and lovely to see different things.
ReplyDeleteI was fascinated by the photos that look like still life - a new idea to me
DeleteA good selrection of work at the small exhibiti on. I like the alstroemeria.
ReplyDeleteVisiting these small exhibitions is one of my favourite ways to spend an hour
DeleteYou have many talented local artists over there. My favourite is the metal horses piece and its sense of movement and speed.
ReplyDeleteThere were 3 different metal horse pieces - this was my favourite
DeleteBeautiful work, very talented, I do love Charles' portrait, that's really clever.
ReplyDeleteI'm always amazed at the ideas people have for their art
DeleteWhat a lovely exhibition using various styles to create beautiful images. We used to do the squares painting with our senior classes as an exercise in cooperation and teamwork-there were some hilarious results as you can imagine! Catriona
ReplyDeleteSo it wasn't a new idea - interesting to hear of your teamwork pieces
DeleteWonderful pictures-I could buy several of them. Particularly like the farmyard scene. Very high standard.
ReplyDeleteI love to look at all the things I could never do!
DeleteReally lovely art work there - thanks for sharing it x
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
I love to share the art exhibitions I visit - all small but so many clever artists
DeleteYou have some interesting local artists there. That's a strong show. About how widowhood feels, when people ask me how long it's been, I say twelve years, but really five minutes. I know that weird telescoping of time. You've built a nice new life for your new normal. I tried to write this yesterday, couldn't manage it, too close to home.
ReplyDeletePeople are so talented.
DeleteThank you for being able to comment today - widowhood certainly is a strange thing to cope with - but getting through is the only option, isn't it.
I like Helen Maxwell's artwork you've posted. I'd probably buy many cards as I like to support local artists.
ReplyDeleteAt some of the small exhibitions there are several artists who sell cards made from prints of their work but only a couple here and I only liked the ones by Helen Maxwell.
DeleteThat photography with the unusual lighting is pretty amazing, isn't it? I had a friend who photographed a dog lying in his gf study. Giving the decorating colors and the lighting, it looked like a Rembrandt painting. It was very striking.
ReplyDeleteLocal artist showings and sales are great places to browse and purchase lovely art as well as support local talent. I also like the farm scene in pen and ink. The hand sewn floral is quite a feat. I think about all the stitches it took to create this masterpiece. The lino-cut prints are outstanding.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lot of talent! It would be hard to decide which is best as they are each fabulous in their own way.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome art show, so many different styles to look at (and be enticed by!) :)
ReplyDeleteSome really lovely work there. I wish I could paint but I'm hopeless at it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely art show. Such talent. I also like that metal piece, so very different.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Some wonderful paintings there - and that almost-still-life photo at the end which is beautifully lit . I liked the painting you almost bought too - the bits of blue make it pop and it reminds me of many an old farm in Hampshire, the sort that haven't really got enough land to make it viable so the old boys who made a living when they inherited it from dad, go steadily downhill and do a bit of this and that rather than proper farming, to try and keep going.
ReplyDeleteLoved Helen Maxfield's work too - when I was younger I didn't like lino cut pictures - now I love them, and I didn't care for Art Deco anything, but now that has grown on me too. You can keep the mid-century stuff though!
Some of those works are absolutely stunning. I really would have been sorely tempted. That last one must have taken ages to assemble and such a clever idea. xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a great variety of artistic talent on display there. And I am duly impressed by that last group effort.
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