Late December 2022
Wishing you all a Happy New Year!
It’s that time again, in those few quiet days between Christmas and New Year where it’s traditionally the time to look back over the last year, to pause, consider and reflect. (This blog isn’t about politics, so although we’re all affected by what has happened globally and nationally, I’m not going to comment on it.)
Looking back over the year since we moved to Plymouth, I’m very happy with everything that’s happened. I love living in a city and being so near Central Park there’s always somewhere to walk and observe. I’ve tried to draw and paint en plein air this summer and will begin that again in January. I’m working on a large body of work based on the park that will consist of paintings, drawings, prints and mixed media pieces. I have some work in the Artmill Gallery in Peverell and am delighted to say that 4 pieces have sold, which is really pleasing from the point of view of gaining credibility as an artist. I now share a studio with a fellow MA graduate at Grow, right next to The Box in the centre of town, and it’s lovely to belong to a small community again. We have plans to do lots of group things next year, which I’ll report here.
I’ve visited the British Art Show in Plymouth of course and have also managed to get across to Make Southwest’s hq in Bovey Tracey to see the joint exhibition by printmaker Anita Reynolds and ceramicist Kate Lyons-Miller entitled ‘Rippon’. It was well worth the trip and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the powerful and varied work on show. I especially liked Anita’s concertina books of prints. The drive over Dartmoor was also beautiful so we stopped to take photographs, something that I shall continue to do in 2023.
Make Southwest and Rippon: https://www.crafts.org.uk/all-exhibitions/ink-and-clay
Grow studios, Plymouth: https://www.growplymouth.co.uk/
Artmill Gallery, Peverell: https://www.artmillgalleries.co.uk/
