More paintings

Posted on December 3, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Fine Art, Gallery, Harper Street, Middleport pottery, Painting, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

Spode reflected and my willow pattern painting. I like pattern and design so doing both of these a few years ago was a delightful challenge. The window frame in the bottom painting was old and peeling and it was fun trying to get a likeness of it. The top painting was a willow pattern platter but using two different images to meld together to create a unique image. The border around the painting was all my own design. (There is a teapot painting on the table but the details are not visible). They are being photographed so I can have cards and prints, they are up for sale at the Arts and Minds Gallery, Veterans Support at Harper Street in Middleport.

Work at Arts and Minds

Posted on December 3, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Arts and Minds Gallery, Fine Art, Harper Street, Middleport, Middleport pottery, Painting, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

I’ve just dropped off a few paintings to the Arts and Minds Gallery at Harper Street in Middleport opposite Middleport Pottery. I have asked them to do some cards from them and they have also taken the pictures to sell for me. It’s really pleasing to have my work included there. The galley has a wide range of beautiful art work. It also is part of a network that supports local veterans and their families. I have been able to show and sell work there because my hubby has a link to the military.

The gallery is warm and friendly and are always supportive. I think it helps that it doesn’t feel exclusive and snobbish. It’s in a great place too, helping to expand the creative area around Middleport pottery in Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Abstract Christmas tree?

Posted on December 2, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Digital art, Digital manipulation, Felt pens, Fine Art, Fun, Life, SketchingLeave a comment

Art is complex, it can mean anything. Art can be good and bad, but one person’s good art is something someone else might loathe. I just edited this image to crop a smaller area and add a circular frame. Now I look at it I can see a series of stacked triangles that look like graffiti. It could represent a Christmas tree, or a forest, or rain on a window distorting an image outside it. It could also be a Christmas tree bauble. The digital filter distorts my linework, and adds textures and pattern to my drawing. The colours were originally felt pens but they to have been altered by the digital filters.

Tabby or tiger?

Posted on November 30, 2022November 30, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized, Fine Art, CatTagged Art, Cat, Ceramics, Design, long tail, Pottery, scraffito, Sculpture, short legs, Tabby, TigerLeave a comment

In a display case, trapped like a tiger in a cage. Black and brown tabby sculpture. Little legs, massive tail. Iove this piece of cat sculpture at Salts Mill in Saltaire, Yorkshire. I think the technique is scraffito? Where you have a thin layer of slip pover a different colour. When it’s dry you can carve through it to reveal the underlying colour. A purrfect decoration for this wild tabby!

Almost sold…

Posted on November 28, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Painting, Fine Art, Commission, Acrylic on canvas, Life, Thinking, Owl, customerLeave a comment

On Sunday my owl painting almost sold, a lady came along and was interested in it for her daughter. She even took a photo of it to show her daughter, but unfortunately it was a no from her. I wonder what I can paint that I love that a customer would like? I try and do good paintings, but it is that balance between a commercial image and a more individual picture. I guess everyone is different, we all have our own ideas and unless I paint commissions I have to second guess the audience I have. My work is so eclectic, if I kept painting the same theme over and over again I know I would get bored x

WIP of beach

Posted on November 27, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized, Fine ArtTagged Painting, Fine Art, Acrylic on canvas, Sea, Water, Sand, tide, Beach, Waves, Wip, gentleLeave a comment

Starting a painting of a beach and the sea from above. It’s going to show the surf and the pebbles and sand. I want it to be gentle, a meditation, no words, no footsteps in the sand, just the quiet lapping of water as the waves roll in and out. A peaceful memory as a painting for a friend.

Mini dino

Posted on November 27, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, minature, mini, Paint, Painting, stegi, stegosaurus2 Comments

Matchbox sized dinosaur. A stegosaurus. I hope the lady who asked for it likes it. A bit fiddly because holding a mini canvas whilst trying to paint and having your arm shake made for a few smudges and bits to repaint. But I’m proud I can still do things like this…. I called it Stegi.. X

Some miniatures sold…

Posted on November 26, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, annual exhibition, Art, Fine Art, good day, minature, Orme Art group, Painting2 Comments

I managed to sell about six mini paintings, a medium sized one and a little jigsaw at our Orme Art Group Exhibition today. A small profit when you take into the cost of producing them. I also made a small sale at Middleport at the Arts and Minds Gallery. I just wish this was more of a regular thing. At the moment my business is really just a nice hobby. X

Little commission

Posted on November 26, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Commission, Dinosaur, Drawing, Fine Art, grandchildren, minature, mini canvas, Sketch, stegosaurusLeave a comment

What have I got to paint…..

It’s a tiny matchbox sized canvas. I painted a pink rabbit for a lady’s grand-daughter while I was at our annual exhibition today. Since I managed that I then was commissioned to paint a dinosaur for her grand-son. Help! I managed the rabbit, after all they are quite like cats with a longer, deeper snout. But there was no WiFi in the hall so I had to say I would do this one at home. I will have to Google what they look like, in the meantime I sketched it out to remind me to do it!

A little jigsaw

Posted on November 25, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Box, envelope, Fine Art, Jigsaw, Life, Painting, Poppy, Present, Print, Printing, Wild flowersLeave a comment

One of my paintings has been turned into a little jigsaw by the gallery I have it in. I need to decide whether to order a few off them. I’d like to get some flat boxes to put them in so I can have a picture on the front of the box. Probably unrealistically expensive but I think it would look nicer in a box than just a plastic bag? I need to find out about sourcing something. Maybe a strong envelope?

Mallaband-Brown

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