Going to make up for my radio silence since July with a bumper post from my recent trip to Australia. This was for a beautiful beachside family wedding with my sister, but we also snuck in a decent amount of gallery-ing.
The first point of call was in Sydney, or between Bondi and Tamarama Beach, at their annual Sculpture by the Sea:
Also picked up this early Christmas card for myself in a vintage shop. It's by Luka Va.
At the other end of our trip, we chanced upon the 2018 Melbourne Ceramics Market, then a day later, visited the c3 contemporary art space at Abbotsford Convent. This was where we found these thorny ombre delights by Adam Stone:
Daniel and I had a little adventure into Hull at the weekend, primarily to see the monumental wind turbine blade residing in Queen Victoria Square.. but we also perused a couple of artsy sites including Humber Street Gallery and Ferens Art Gallery where I found the following delights.
Georgie by Arthur Gaskin (above) and Study of a Young Woman by Thomas Cooper Gotch (below), both of which got me wanting to place bold colours next to elaborate patterns on paper..
In contrast, I also enjoyed this mellowed yin yang avocado painting by Helen Bradshaw from within the open exhibition..
And last but not least, these underfoot floor panels with their pressure shifting ink were addictive..
I've got new work on show in Leeds at the lovely Midnight Bell as part of an exhibition curated by Munro House called Exhibit, which runs at various locations across Leeds for 10 weeks from Monday 21st March through til 30th May 2016.
My work will be on display (and for sale at the very reasonable price of £76).. so if you're local (or not), I strongly advise you to pop along to see it in person.
Work on show includes the full set of my aforementioned terrarium project - Tis very exciting to have somewhere to showcase it so soon after completion! Here's a preview of the Autumn version to tempt your visual tastebuds..
