hello journal. three more pictures from the artworks 2015 art exhibition at blackthorpe barn in rural suffolk. it is a timber-framed, thatched medieval threshing barn, built on land once owned by benedictine monks. from the mid 1980s it has been a centre for exhibitions of art, design & crafts. it is also a home to nesting bats, and some industrious spiders: don't look up, look straight ahead at the art on the walls [and the sculptures on plinths].... however, the high-beamed rafters and thatched roof are the architectural features of the barn!introducing four, five and six [4, 5, 6] - my series of small pieces in this art exhibition:
4. chicken scratch, painting and collage, 6cm x 9cm[frame size: 18cm x 18cm x 4.5cm deep]
5. tinker, painting and collage, 8.5cm x 7cm[frame size: 18cm x 18cm x 4.5cm deep]
6. building blocks, painting and collage, 7cm x 6cm[frame size: 18cm x 18cm x 4.5cm deep]artworks is a professional art group with a fixed membership of thirty east anglian artists. each year we organise an art exhibition at blackthorpe barn. all artwork is new, not previously exhibited. wide variety of art on show, abstract to representational: painting, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media....ARTWORKS 2015Saturday 5th September to Sunday 27th September 2015Blackthorpe BarnRoughamBury St EdmundsSuffolkIP30 9HZThe exhibition is open daily 10am - 5pm.Artworks Gallery shop (small paintings, original handmade prints, sculpture, ceramics and glass, wide range of artist postcards & greetings cards). Artworks café for light refreshments. Free parking on site. The Artworks exhibition is signposted via AA road signs. Junction 45 from A14.
one-two-three
pictures from the artworks exhibition...
twelve pictures hung in a row along the lower thatched barn wall.one, two, three:
1. fireside puzzle, painting and collage, 5cm x 7cm[frame size: 18cm x 18cm x 4.5cm deep]
2. red brick bricolage, painting and collage, 7cm x 7cm[frame size: 18cm x 18cm x 4.5cm deep]
3. little house, painting and collage, 5cm x 6cm[frame size: 18cm x 18cm x 4.5cm deep]...ARTWORKS 2015Saturday 5th September to Sunday 27th September 2015Blackthorpe BarnRoughamBury St EdmundsSuffolkIP30 9HZThe exhibition is open daily 10am - 5pm.Also includes the Artworks shop (selling modest-sized paintings, original handmade prints, ceramics & glass, extensive range of artist postcards & greetings cards), and the Artworks café for light refreshments. Ample free parking. Signposted locally via AA road signs. Junction 45 from A14.
artist of the month
it's august and i am an artist of the month at a very nice restaurant.below are two of my paintings: edgescape : corros 2008, 90cm x 90cm, and farmscape iii 2010, 60cm x 60cm[getting ready to go out to the restaurant]
[three paintings in the restaurant]the textures and hues of edgescape corros seemed harmonious with the month of august: harvest time, ripening fruits, mellow days, sultry summer evenings, colours slowly fading, or transitioning into the colours of autumn. the title corros alludes to corrosion, but i also wanted it to infer the imaginary name of a tropical faraway island. at the time, the motivation behind my edgescape paintings was to evoke memories or sensations of other places, possibly real, or all in the mind...a little rain must fall sometimes. by september the fields are ploughed once more, back to the cold, dark earth again. farmscape III [as one of a series] alludes to these sparse, minimal, agricultural landscapes.side note: as i was adding the labels to these paintings, the song 'golden brown' by the stranglers started playing on the restaurant's stereo, a song which is not about the change of the seasons or summer time - but still, what a beautiful, laid-back and chilled tune, it seemed perfectly apposite at the time; i am now listening to it again.i have seven paintings on display at Duffy & LeBan at Chameleon House restaurant from thursday 6 august to wednesday 2 september, 2015.Duffy & LeBan LtdChameleon House Restaurant3 Redenhall RoadHarlestonNorfolkIP20 9ENDuffy & LeBan at Chameleon House opening times:Tuesdays 10.30am to 2.30pmWednesday to Saturday 10.30am to 2.30pm, 6.30pm to 9.30pmSundays 12.30pm - 3.30pm
Chameleon House also has accommodation in the form of three B&B suites and a separate holiday let [a restored 19th century brewery building], which makes it a very nice place to stay.