Blog Three

BLOG WEEK THREE

I have decided to get fit this week and started with a short cycle ride. I need to get up to North Pembrokeshire somehow to take photos for paintings of landscapes as I have somewhat exhausted South Pembrokeshire. Though not sure what medium to paint in, oils, acrylics or digital. Felt a bit low last night as I realised that I didn’t sell anything except a few cards in my pop up exhibition in Pembroke. Money’s tight at the moment and I have a large amount of prints and sketches as well as some larger paintings that I am putting in an exhibition in St John’s church in Tenby. It’s an annual event here. At least the weather is nice – sunny but a little crispy. I had to put my heating on for half an hour though this morning- so not so good.

I did go up to N Pembrokeshire today and managed to produce a semi abstract landscape painting. ‘Abstract art is easy to do but easy to do badly’, I’ve been told. I’m working on a triptych of different views of a lone tree, at night, in day time and with a turquoise sky.

A long day at the Oriel Q gallery in Narberth stewarding a photography and art exhibition. There was an interactive element and some visitors spent hours interacting so that was fun. A debate ensued about whether photography was the ‘death of art’ but I pointed out that is what some people are saying about digital art. Fortunately, I think there will always be a need for something other than lifelike reproductions.

On an up note, I was approached by an online gallery, virtualartists, in London and have sent them an image for an exhibition in October. Maybe this is the way to break into the London art market