Posted by Helen
Last Saturday I ran a felt jewellery workshop for the Rowan Art Gallery in Mold. Their gallery is made up of movable walls - a brilliant idea , and a long time ago ( as in sometime in the spring) they asked me if I would like to have a wall at the gallery for three weeks . I thought this was a wonderful idea as it means I can put a lot of my work together without having to have 30 or so pictures and the courage for a solo exhibition , so at the workshop , which went really well, they asked me is I still wanted it. "Great" I said "November"? "No, October 20th"! Oops. Fortunately I have been doing a lot of paintings which are the start of making my pictures and some felt making and quite a lot of thinking about my next pictures. So I set to and got going and and suddenly a creative surge swelled up from inside me! . Tim and Chanel who do all my framing for me ( The Cathedral Framers St Asaph), said they would frame anything I could produce up to a week before. So over the last few days three pictures have gone to the framers.
Falling Leaves.
Stormy sky and hills 1
Srormy sky and hills 2
good thing that the creative surge came when you need it! with me it's usually that I have it when I am not under pressure...
ReplyDeleteI like the middle one best - the stormy weather with the dark colours! though our bogs are mostly brown, yellow and a little muted green and this time - the sky definitely would fit the bill for the last two days:)) and I am already slightly "christmassy" in my mood - that's frightening:((
I really like both stormy hills- pictures (birch trees are so common here, the open landscapes catch my eye more), I can see where you get your inspirations when I looked at the photos of the hills you had posted earlier, I really liked to see what it is like there! Thank you for them.
ReplyDeleteI think my creative urge was waiting to be kick started! I have loved doing my pictures and now I am wanting to get on with another one but have had to divert onto getting stuff ready for workshops! sigh. Thank you both for you kind comments . I have just picked up the two stormy skies from the framers and at the moment they are both hanging on my sitting room walls and I am enjoying them. This may not be for long. I have sold almost all my pictures and the big ones all seem to get sold which is most surprising givent he current climate, especially as I sold the Rough Sea only two weeks ago. Only small ones are left.
ReplyDeleteI can't bear thinking of Christmas till my elder son has his birthday on the 12th of December! However I agree with you Bettina the evenings drawing in and the sudden cold weather all make one feel that the season is further on.