The past year has been unlike any other when it comes to the number of exhibitions in which my work has appeared. The down-side of that, of course, was the enormous amount of work these entailed, with the selection of work, preparation for the event, transport, hanging, publicity, and sometimes also invigilation. The often unrecognised … Read more
My exhibition at the Apothecary Gallery closes on Thursday, and I’ve been getting feedback both from the gallerist and from friends who visited the show. The response I have been getting is very warm, based on personal communication and remarks in the visitors’ book. I understand that the sale of cards has been pretty good. … Read more
I don’t think that I have ever experienced such a busy period in my artistic activity. I have an exhibition running at the Apothecary Gallery at the moment.* Then on 31 May my solo show in the South Square Centre will also open.** It is an immensely exciting time, but I’m not sure that I … Read more
This afternoon I called into the Apothecary Gallery in order to show my face at an event there. I found myself in conversation with a woman who had run a gallery in London in the past, and I was flattered by her appreciation of my work. She asked what arrangements I had made to publicise … Read more
A famous poem by Robert Burns prays that we might see ourselves others see us. I’m sure that this can be an uncomfortable experience under somer circumstances, and convinced that Burns is right in seeing it as a valuable one. Every now and then it turns out to be rather gratifying. Last night I went … Read more
In yesterday’s blog I was fairly hard on the “gatekeepers” to the world of art. The greater part of today was spent hanging my solo exhibition in the Apothecary Gallery, in Thornton. Galleries are, of course, a part of that structure of gatekeeping about which I was generally negative …. or at best, suspicious. I … Read more
It is interesting how the lack of progress on a particular task can leave a sense of a general failure to move forward in life. When that blockage is removed everything seems to loosen up. This seems to be my condition at the moment. On the domestic front we have been promising ourselves to get … Read more
I had an interesting afternoon today, visiting both the Apothecary Gallery, where I am to exhibit next month, and Andy Rushworth, who frames most of my work for me. On both occasions I found that I came away with the same message, namely, that attention to detail is important. I use a professional framer for … Read more
Perhaps you will have heard the old joke about London busses.* You wait for ages and then three come along at once. Well: it seems that exhibitions are like that. I find myself in the position of preparing for two definite commitments, while waiting for news of my possible acceptance for a third. During May … Read more
I am preoccupied very much at the moment by the task of preparing for my forthcoming exhibition at the Apothecary Gallery, in Thornton. I do want to get this right, because it will be the first occasion on which I have been offered a solo exhibition at a proper commercial gallery. It is not enough … Read more