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And they’re up!

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Delighted to say that the hanging is complete and the exhibition “creative redemption” at the Oxmarket Gallery will open at 10.00 tomorrow.

As well as my mixed media collages, assemblages and sculptures, I added a few items that were not for sale but show the visitors the sort of things that I find:

Oil filters in various stages of decomposition
Old boot

The left hand images shows three oil filters in various stages of composition and the right hand image is of an old workman’s boot to which I have added a found jumble of fishing wire and seaweed.

I am looking forward to spending time with the other artists and chatting to visitors about the exhibition of the next three weeks.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

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Just a quick post as this photograph has been so popular on a Facebook Group I belong to: Beachcombing (British Coastline). I am always looking for interesting finds as I walk along the shore and a couple of frosty morning ago, I spotted this shell and saw a lovely landscape.  One of the great things about becoming an artist (whether a photographer, a textile artist, a painter, a ceramicist … it does not matter what) is that you gain “an eye” – you see so much more in everyday items.  These days where Mindfulness is big news, I think that simply taking in what is around you is a good way into “being in the moment.”

 

A painting in a shell Chidham Feb 2018.jpg