I took down my exhibition About Time at the Manor House gallery in Ilkley today. Back home with a pile of pictures and paperwork to be sorted out I have to say that despite the rather dazed state I am in because of a cold my prevailing state of mind is one of gratitude. The … Read more
Yesterday’s opening day of my exhibition at the Manor House Gallery and Museum in Ilkley went really well. I think that about thirty people turned up and the place was pleasantly full with a nice “buzz” about it. It was a really encouraging experience., and it was good to renew acquaintance with some old friends. … Read more
This might appear at first sight to be a rather odd question. I’m prompted to ask it, however, by the experience of this week. I’ve hung my exhibition in the South Square Centre (Almscliff: an enduring obsession) and on Wednesday evening the “Unit 9” group of artists met for one of our regular sessions, and … Read more
Regular readers will perhaps remember a post from a couple of weeks back in which I speculated as to whether one of my pictures had been stolen, because I couldn’t trace it. Since then I have been frustrated and puzzled by my inability to locate several other pieces, which I had in mind for my … Read more
When I visited the Manor House Gallery and Museum in Ilkley in order to get a preliminary idea of the space that would be available for my exhibition, it didn’t appear to be all that large.* Since that first impression my estimation of the space that will be at my disposal, and the possible number … Read more
I visited the Manor House museum and gallery in Ilkley this afternoon, at which I will be exhibiting during the Easter period. The curator and I seem to have hit it off, and I learned the very good news that a popular local group will be exhibiting in the neighbouring gallery at the same time, … Read more
I’ve been puzzling for a little while about how I am going to cope with a rather congested period in my exhibiting programme later in the spring. I am committed to quite a big solo exhibition at the Manor House Museum in Ilkley, over the Easter period. At the same time, however, knock-on effect of … Read more