I got a bit (ok very excited) over the weekend because Ashley Longshore commented on one of my photos on Instagram (this one), if you don't know Ashley Longshore then google her, she is an amazing and inspiring artist. Anyway I got so excited that I...
Here's my lovely new monkey piece. I've been experimenting recently with collage and painting. It feels so good to get my hands on some paints again and get a bit messy. It's so much fun. I'm not sure where I'm going with this monkey yet...
I realised there was one flower piece that I hadn't posted yet. And it's this one. Tierra is it's name and it's hand cut from a map of the Americas. It is based on a Chrysanthemum. It is 30 x 40 cm and comes in a lovely...
Our next exhibition this week is Ai Wei Wei at the Royal Academy. This is one of the biggies this autumn. It's had a lot of press and publicity. Ai Wei Wei is a controversial figure and extremely adept at generating publicity. Which to some...
My parents staying at the moment which always means catching up on some exhibitions. The first one we went to was The Celts - Art and Identity at the British Museum. I probably wouldn't have gone to this off my own back but I'm glad I...
We also went to quite a lot of the pavilions not in the main venues and various collateral exhibitions. Here are a few of my favourite [caption id="attachment_4735" align="alignnone" width="800"] Graham Fagen for the Scottish Pavilion in Palazzo Fontana. There was a brilliant film at the...
This is the big one, it's like a marathon of art viewing. But full of a tasty lunch of squid and scallops we made it to the end and back! Here are some of my highlights [caption id="attachment_4764" align="alignnone" width="800"] I liked this alot[/caption] [caption id="attachment_4765" align="alignnone" width="800"]...
This was my favourite pavilion, which is why it gets it's own post, along with being some of my favourite work I saw the whole weekend. There was so much work and it really resonated with me. The themes and subject matter felt very current and...
We worked out a new routine this year rather than dashing off to the Giardini in the morning and getting very hungry about half way round and getting grumpy (ok that's me). We did some shopping saw a couple of collateral events or other pavilions...
We went to Venice to visit the Biennale recently. It's my third time and I was a bit more prepared this time. I always feel like I need to go into training for it. It's amazing but there is just so much art that by...