Yesterday afternoon we drove over to Skipton for a presentation in connection with my current exhibition there. This is my “Green Man” material, which is currently hosted by Holy Trinity church, in the town. It was a really encouraging occasion. There was a short service first, which the vicar had carefully managed to relate to … 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
For only the second time since I took up art as my central activity, about twenty years ago, I have received an expression of interest from a commercial gallery.* Although I have exhibited regularly over that period, and indeed sold some of my work, it has rarely been the case that I have received that … Read more
Before agreeing to exhibit at a venue, find out whether or not the space in which your work will hang is on the first floor. Once again I have spent a good part of the day carrying my work downstairs from the gallery in order to bring it home. Why does it always seem to … Read more
I spent a good part of today invigilating my exhibition, Almscliff Crag: an enduring obsession, at the South Square Centre in Thornton. As expected, the flow of visitors was fairly slow, but the time spent in the gallery was far from wasted. After the opening night, and benefiting from the comment of a couple of … Read more
I have no idea whether other artists have the same experience as I do, but at the moment I find life very difficult indeed, in the build-up to an exhibition. In my case it is doubly so, because during April I will be putting on two displays of my work.* I suppose that you will … Read more
It doesn’t matter what is your walk of life, it seems to be the case invariably that there will always be one thing you ought to be doing, but it has slipped your notice. Today it struck me that I am in that situation, and ought to do something about it. It really is time … Read more