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New Collaboration between Helen Davison and Amanda Hunt

amanda — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:05:59 +0000

Here’s a new collaboration between Helen Davison and Amanda Hunt – it’s called “London by Night”.

Helen painted the background in acrylics and ink and then sent the canvas to me. I then added the foreground layer in acrylics. This is a unique way of working with no communication between the artists, each adding their own character and inspiration to the painting. The end result is a truly distinctive piece of art.

I really enjoyed the challenge of this piece as the colours Helen chose for the background are unlike anything I would normally use. It made me think a little differently and I am really pleased with the result.

Art in the Street, Maidenhead

amanda — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:36:35 +0000

The date for the next Art in the Street Sale in Maidenhead has just been announced. It will be on Saturday 7th May and I’ve just heard that I have been successful in getting a stand! There will be around 60 artists displaying and selling some of their latest works. The market will be open from 10am to 4pm and more details can be found on the official website: www.maidenheadartmarket.org

Here’s a picture of my stand at the November market.

In May I’ll be showing some of my newer works with a range of small and large paintings all for sale. Come along and see me!

Mini Art Show

Aitch — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:44:18 +0000

I have recently entered 7 paintings for the 2nd Mini Art Show to be held at the South Street Gallery in Scarborough. I created 4 new ones for the exhibition and entered the 3 that I had entered in the first one also. The exhibition runs from February 17th to April 3rd.

Here’s a couple of the new ones I’ve created:

Celestial

Ruby

New Artwork

amanda — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:40:10 +0000

Thought I’d share with you a picture of my newest painting – Japanese Blossom.
I love chinese and japanese artwork with garden flowers and cherry blossom and was inspired to try a variation of my own. I was also thinking ahead to Spring (wishful thinking maybe!) when there is always a fantastic display of cherry blossom all down my road. The first true sign that spring has arrived and summer is on it’s way. Not long to wait now!

Andrea and Aitch in Etsy Treasury!

Aitch — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:13:29 +0000

Today I discovered that both myself and fellow Rogue Gene member, Andrea Farmer , have had one of our pieces of art selected for a Treasury on Etsy. Getting your art in a treasury is a boost to your self esteem as it reinforces the worth of your work when fellow art lovers are show-casing it on your behalf. It is also a really useful way of getting a lot of extra promotion since a lot of the time, Etsy users (both sellers and buyers) use twitter and other social networking applications on a regular basis.

I found out first of from reading an email message from the curator of the Treasury, michellpryorart. Then I saw a link on Facebook to Andrea’s latest personal blog post mentioning the fact that we were both featured in the same Treasury.

Here is a snapshot of the Treasury – you can visit Etsy and look at all the items in more details by clicking on this link if you wish, too.

In the Treasury, Michelle has kindly featured one of Andrea’s hauntingly ethereal landscape paintings entitled “All In It”, which is for sale in her Etsy shop at $30 (approximately £19) including free postage. You can view it full screen by going to Andrea’s Etsy shop here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/29132770/all-in-it-original-ethereal-landscape?ref=tre-4cde10b839fc8eef8023afd6-14

The painting I have had featured is one of my mini paintings complete with easel – “Moonflowers”, which is for sale in my Etsy shop, Arty Aitch, at $14 (approximately £9). You can view it full screen here.

Many thanks for Michelle for featuring two members of Rogue Gene Collective in her latest Treasury, it is much appreciated!

Chelmsford Arts Trail 2010

andrea — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:46:07 +0000

My Arts Trail exhibition is now installed at Goldsmith Webb Opticians, 19 Market Road, Chelmsford. Please do pop by and take a look at my ethereal and coastal landscape work if you are in the area. The whole trail looks set to be very exciting with a diverse range of work for sale and lots of special events.

You can collect an Arts Trail brochure from any of the venues taking part (look out for the numbered stickers and posters in their window) or from Interior Angle Gallery, 23 Wells Street, Chelmsford. The trail runs until Sunday 26th September 2010.

NEW artworks by Andrea Farmer

andrea — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:18:19 +0000

'Remembrance Day'

Apologies, it’s been a while since my last blog post. I have been busy painting, gardening and holiday-ing amongst other things. Here are some of my new artworks that have been keeping me occupied. You can read more about them on my blog: www.andreafarmerart.blogspot.com and purchase them from: www.andreafarmer.co.uk or www.affordablebritishart.co.uk or www.roguegenegallery.com

'Beach Pebbles'

Latest painting uploaded

Aitch — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:37:06 +0000

It’s been a long time since I uploaded any new work to my personal web-site. I have been concentrating on small craft-based items recently, such as my decorated note-books and hand-made cards etc. However, I did manage to complete a small painting last month in order to display it at the exhibition with ERA at Burton Constable Country Fair.

So, after a month without exposure online, here is my most recent painting – “Giza Look”. It is loosely based on the three pyramids I saw when visiting them at Giza, just outside Cairo earlier this year. I just wanted to re-create the feel of them, their texture and colour. The painting is in acrylic and in a wooden frame which is free-standing.

I need to get back to blogging, too after quite a long time without much input!