The first thing I did in January 2017 was to make a planning calendar for the year and to fill in or block out anything that was definite. There was the Kingston Artists Open Studios in June and two art fairs, one in October and one in November. Also visits to Ireland in March, May and the end of June.
I gave up the Kingston studio in November 2016. Whenever I was there I always seemed to need something that was at home and vice versa. The commuting took a big chunk out of the day as well. Instead I made some space in the spare bedroom. Although rather small it's been a better arrangement,
Everything was fine until I started having an unusual back pain sometime in May. It put me in the hospital in mid-August and it has wiped out the rest of the year — I had to cancel both art fairs, unfortunately. But I did manage the Open Studios in June and met some lovely people including artists.
In in the first half of the year I made some ink drawings and simple watercolours of the Common and other things. They were a way of getting to know my new surroundings better.
I gave up the Kingston studio in November 2016. Whenever I was there I always seemed to need something that was at home and vice versa. The commuting took a big chunk out of the day as well. Instead I made some space in the spare bedroom. Although rather small it's been a better arrangement,
Everything was fine until I started having an unusual back pain sometime in May. It put me in the hospital in mid-August and it has wiped out the rest of the year — I had to cancel both art fairs, unfortunately. But I did manage the Open Studios in June and met some lovely people including artists.
In in the first half of the year I made some ink drawings and simple watercolours of the Common and other things. They were a way of getting to know my new surroundings better.
Blackthorn, North Wales (pen and ink)
Canada Geese on the pond (watercolour)
Mount Pond, Clapham Common (watercolour)
They were mostly what I had to show in the Kingston Open Studios. I haven't loaded them onto my website yet, there are about 10 or 15 that are presentable.
Now it's a year further on and I've made no new work since falling ill in June. But I managed to do a lot of reading and thinking and have begun tentative work on a new project.
Edited Jan 31 to remove the Artfinder link as I have closed my page on there.
Now it's a year further on and I've made no new work since falling ill in June. But I managed to do a lot of reading and thinking and have begun tentative work on a new project.
Edited Jan 31 to remove the Artfinder link as I have closed my page on there.
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