Congratulations! I am delighted to inform you that your work has been selected for Artlink’s Contemporary Art and Craft Fayre on Saturday 28th May 2011.

The Fayre will take place at the Artlink Centre for Community Arts, which is situated at 87 Princes Avenue, Hull, HU5 3QP and will open from mid-day until 4pm. The event is for local talent to showcase their crafts in a well-established venue.

I will of course be taking along my ever-popular hand painted notebooks as well as my range of mini paintings on easels, wooden trinket boxes, magnetic notepads and greetings cards. I may also take some of my smaller paintings if I have room.

Artlink have created  a Facebook event which you can view here.

Here’s an example of some of the work I will be selling:

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.

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!

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

Celestial

Ruby

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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!

I will find out if I have been successful on 4th February, so fingers crossed!

Red Rocks

3 Wise Men And And Interloper

My favourite tree was the recycled one. Preston couple, Tony & Maureen Dale, used the tree they had decorated last year and which they’d planted in the garden since. It had not survived so they decided to create their entry this year based on the theme of recycling. They sprayed the tree white and decorated it with an assortment of items that would normally be thrown away. Most ingenious of all, however, was the dynamo-powered fairy lights. In order to see them lit up, you had to sit on an exercise bike and pedal! I had to have a go, naturally! It kept me warm for a while, too – the church is extremely cold!

Here are some photos that Keith took at the weekend – spot the nutter on the cycle!

Decorated by Preston Primary School

Preston Parish Council Tree

I love the view of the trees in the shot above – the pews have had a “tree table” placed along the full length of them in order to accommodate all the trees within the church!

This, however, is my favourite tree, mainly due to the creative way of utilising the dead tree and the powering of the lights!