…. and today I took a step! I actually managed to get off to the organisers my entry for this year’s “Patchings” exhibition.* I consider it to have been a considerable achievement because this wretched cold has left me in a state of misery and depression. Nevertheless, I got a grip, made some selection decisions, … Read more
Struggling against hay-fever this morning, my spirits were lifted enormously by the news that I have had at least one success with my applications for competitive exhibition entry. The annual exhibition organised by The Artist magazine, at the Patchings Art Centre in Nottinghamshire, has given one of my pieces a “highly commended” grading. It will … Read more
Every year at about this time I have to plan the programme of possible exhibitions for the coming year. For some reasons lost in the mists of history deadlines seem to cluster in March and April. It is never possible, of course, to enter every exhibition which looks as if it might be interesting, where … Read more
…. we are told, is better than three in a bush. It’s a bet on a small certainty rather than a large hypothetical gain. I’m juggling with a similar problem. I got back from the framer today a piece I might have mentioned before. It’s done in egg tempera, and includes multiple images of a … Read more