Art is often seen as highbrow and serious but art is also fun and Husb and I had a great time this evening at GS Artist’s opening event for this year’s 9to90 Creative Community Annual Show – and collage session. Swansea artist Rachael Barry provided the inspiration to chill out and have a good timeContinue reading “Having A Bit Of Fun.”
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#NoExcuse – Ana Mendieta.
dinahvagina is a multi media artist living and working in Wales. Her work in this new #NoExcuse exhibition is about the horrifying death of Cuban American artist Ana Mendieta. She was pushed from / fell from/ jumped from the 34th floor of her apartment block. Her husband was charged with her murder but was eventuallyContinue reading “#NoExcuse – Ana Mendieta.”
#NoExcuse – The Missing Women.
This mixed media piece, “Missing Women” is by The RAD Collective, a newly formed group of working-class creatives in South Wales that includes visual artists and writers who choose to work anonymously, “The first rule of the RAD Collective is you do not talk about the RAD Collective!”. Members of the Collective share ideas, resources,Continue reading “#NoExcuse – The Missing Women.”
#NOEXCUSE: NOT JUST AN EXHIBITION
A group show and beyond by Welsh artists dinahvagina, Rosie Scribblah, and the RAD Collective. November 25th 2023 to February 2nd 2024 Wednesdays to Sundays, noon til late Cinema & Co.ffee, 17 Castle Street, Swansea SA1 1JF, 07305 908260 #NOEXCUSE is a creative response to the topic of misogyny and the United Nations campaign againstContinue reading “#NOEXCUSE: NOT JUST AN EXHIBITION”
Art Community With Mari Lwyd.
The excellent 9to90 Art Community runs free art classes every Friday and I’ll be the guest tutor for the next few weeks. “On Friday 3rd November we are starting a very special 3 week drawing and printing course with artist and 9to90 all time favourite tutor Rose Davies. The course is based around the MariContinue reading “Art Community With Mari Lwyd.”
Blue Gelli.
I spent a bit more time playing with a gel plate at Swansea Print Workshop this afternoon, using a round gel plate, a few pieces of used bubble wrap, Cranfield Safe-Wash Process Cyan relief ink and Extender onto HoSho paper. I overprinted the pieces I’ve done in the last two weeks, mixing very little of the blueContinue reading “Blue Gelli.”
National Gallery On My Telly.
Something new for me and Husb this evening, we joined in with a televised life drawing session from the National Gallery in London. It was great drawing from my settee, I could happily do this more often. This model held a 14 minute pose. I drew with conte crayons in black, sanguine and white intoContinue reading “National Gallery On My Telly.”
Archive Life Drawing: 1
I’ve been browsing through some of my archives and seeing loads of work I’d forgotten about. This is from 10 years ago, working with an older male model, John. I went through a brief phase of drawing onto collaged paper and mixing up my drawing materials – charcoal, conte crayon and oil bars. I don’tContinue reading “Archive Life Drawing: 1”
#StandingStoneSunday
An illustrated front cover of a new book by Dewi Bowen, “Hunting The Wild Megaligh” with a wild boar, a capstone megalith, illustrations of mountains, valleys and coastlines. And a trail of ancient animals travelling across South Wales.
Emerging ….
I started this painting a while back, from a photograph of two grown-up siblings on the beach back in the summer with a driftwood fire. It’s taken lots of layers of paint, doing a bit of work and then returning to it, again and again, the siblings emerging more and more with each layer ofContinue reading “Emerging ….”
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