Daisy Moon At Hope And Elvis. (Part One!)

Yesterday was a Hope And Elvis day!

My mate Sam and I ventured out to go to the workshop held by the fabulous Daisy Moon.

I'm afraid that I will have to split this post into two because there was so much to photograph!

Miss Debs and Miss Daisy Moon.

I had to take a close up of Daisy Moon's fabulous patchwork skirt.

Daisy Moon's work is so beautiful, such intricate, tiny stitches.

Look at the pockets on this beautiful smock.

You can see the love and care in every stitch.

The Hope And Elvis studio provides a wealth of inspiration too.

And the gnomes and pixies add a little magic too!

Louise and Daisy Moon are so generous with their materials and expertise.

And for now I will have to leave you chucks, will tell you all about the rest soon!

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Finished!

I've been working on this painting for a few months now.

It's always the same, I start off quickly, not knowing what it will be.

This is the thing I love the most about painting, I don't have to be in control or organised.

But as the painting progresses and things start to emerge, the painting slows down.

It's a bit like playing chess, and the next move has to be more considered.

This is one of the largest paintings I have done and I've really enjoyed chucking the paint around on this one!

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Mean And Moody...

This is the concertina sketchbook I was working in when I visited The Steel Rooms (which I mentioned in the last post).

What always surprises me is how unexpected the results are when you are mark- making and not completely controlling the outcome.

I felt really jolly, chatting with good friends in a beautiful studio space, but I feel that this does seem rather sombre...

Oooo hidden depths...

Ha!

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Fabi Wabi Sabi...

I spent a fantastic afternoon at The Steel Rooms on Wednesday, chatting with good friends and sketching merrily away (will tell you more about that next time.)

When I said my goodbyes and walked to the car park I was literally stopped in my tracks...

Don't you just love old, tattered bill boards!

Way more beautiful than any painting I could do!

This one is my favourite....

(well, we all run around like headless chickens sometimes don't we!)

Happy weekend y'all, don't forget to just stop for a minute and see the beauty around you (peace man!)

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Purl

It's such a proud feeling when a past student goes out there into the big wide world and follows their dreams.

Doubly proud actually, as this involves two past students.

Purl

Gwennaelle Cook

Gallery 3irty 2wo

14/2/15 - 22/2/15

10.30 - 3.30 pm (Closed Mondays)

Doubly proud indeed, as the gallery has been set up and run by another very talented past student!

It was the private view on Friday and it was very well attended.

It was also a great experience for the Art Foundation students seeing that, with hard work and determination, there are opportunities to work in the creative world.

Gwennaelle's collage work is beautifully composed, with a sensitive and refreshing response to the past and a flash of humour and playfulness.

' I am drawn to these crumpled, torn images for many reasons, their low- tech print quality, faded colour palette and the distinctive, awkward models posed on the covers.'

G. Cook

Well done Gwennaelle!

Look at those shoes!

Her paintings are contemporary, yet not intimidating, and share the exuberant and joyful quality of her collages.

I can't recommend this exhibition highly enough, Gwennaelle already has a line up of exhibitions booked and is an artist with a glowing future, (with an added dash of light magenta of course!)

Gallery 3hirty 2wo

Art In Unusual Spaces

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