Thursday 6 November 2014

November 6th 2011


http://www.thecloudgallery.com/

"Moon Temple" art work in an old railway hut on Royate Hill Nature reserve


Local artist I met at Greenbank Art Fair
http://www.doorgart.com/3.html



Bowie night video. More on the way apparently



Tuesday 27 November 2012

RWA Exhibition



This RWA exhibition is on till the end of December
I took a few sneaky shots - not sure if you're allowed to.
Unfortunately I don't know the names of most of the artists. 


  
This is the inside of a large many-sided structure

Forerunner of the Bristol pound?

Striking picture. Don't know who it's by. Something about memory? Is there a face there?







I think this is called "Burnt Stubble". 



Sculpture Figure with shoes instead of a head.


DJ Derek. Famous Bristol DJ. I've seen a few artistic representations of him over the years.

Damien Hirst. The famous artist. I don't think these are real butterfly wings. I hope not.

I think these two are by an artist called Rita Dee. http://www.rwa.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2012/11/rita-dee/

Mosque type building. Didn't get artist's name.


Tidy Art Links

http://www.jeanniejeannie.com/2011/08/29/the-art-of-clean-up-sorting-and-stacking-everyday-objects/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57eeP31s-Rs

Sunday 11 November 2012

Saved Stuff

Mivart Street history. It was a plane makers. Click for link Andrew Film Open Studios now gone, but this link should take you to the artists.
Updates: on Artists site and Odds and Ends
Moo I've just ordered some postcards with these. Not that cheap by the time you add on VAT and postage, but an interesting way to show off your art.

Tuesday 2 October 2012

Space Telescope

This is some sort of nebula where stars are being born. They look a bit like camels holding sparklers.




Jonathan Jones wrote in the Guardian about the photographs from space being the best art around in these days.

Here are shots from the Hubble telescope

Tuesday 3 July 2012

Easton Arts Trail 2012

Easton Arts Trail 2012
Some snaps from the arts trail weekend.
 I didn't get round to a lot of things and didn't take that many photos, but here's a few.

Rainy Day. 
This seemed appropriate as it was a showery weekend. 
This and the paintings below were done by children at Whitehall primary school.











More children's paintings. The Royals, I think.









Below: Amanda Jane's colourful stall at the community centre










Below: Found objects (beach glass)







Below: installation of white painted objects at Gratitude Road







Saturday 25 February 2012

Matisse Exhibition, Winchester





Winchester Library currently have an exhibition of Matisse's cut paper collages. He made these towards the end of his life in the early 1950s. They were made by cutting designs out of painted paper.

Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse











Monday 26 September 2011

Art Supplies Online

Click on the picture for links to Conte crayon sites




Claude Monet - Man with a Big Cigar, c. 1855-56
Black and red Conte Crayon, with touches of pastel, on blue-gray wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper, laid down on blue wove paper, 597 x 384 mm. At the Art Institute of Chicago.
Source: Wikimedia

My Comment: Claude Monet was a great painter but he has made a basic error here. Can you spot what it is? Yes, he's made the man's head far too big compared to his body. Unless he really knew someone who looked like that.





Pullingers Art Supplies


Jean Vincent - site dedicated to Conte crayon work

Monday 12 September 2011

Henri Cartier Bresson



Henri Cartier Bresson was a French photographer.
Amy's painting of a man jumping in a puddle reminded me of this.