It was as I was about to go on holiday early in June, that Helen at the Church Street Gallery in Saffron Walden asked me if I'd like to have a solo exhibition . . . in September. So, taking out my trip to Alaska and recovering from the virus I'd caught while out there and preparing and going to Folk East, that gave me 8 weeks to get over 30 prints framed - if possible some completely new work - and lots of unframed prints packed and more greetings cards printed.
The past couple of months have been very busy!
I delivered all the work to the gallery on Friday afternoon. I had nothing to do until Sunday afternoon when the doors opened for the "Preview", thank you to everyone who turned up, especially as it was a beautiful warm sunny late summer Sunday that would be perfect for sitting outside in a garden instead of coming into town. It was great to see some Twitter friends 'in real life' and also someone I worked with a very long time ago!
My exhibition continues until October 4th and is open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
My work is in the the front area of the gallery and Helen has arranged complementary ceramics, crafts and gifts to style the area. The back room has the gallery's usual wonderful selection of artists work, so there's lots to see.
For those of you who live in the East Midlands, the Market Place Gallery in Olney has a selection of my work in their 'Selected British Printmakers' exhibition.
Olney, like Saffron Walden, is a quintessential small market town, surrounded by lovely countryside, with lots of interesting indie shops and some lovely foodie places for lunch. Both are worth a day out.
So what next? . . .
I need to get my head around stocking my online shop and meeting the requests from galleries for Christmas (there! I said the C word but very quietly!) But mainly I need a few days to recharge my batteries so this week I'm tidying up my studio, getting out in the garden and enjoying the fabulous weather . . . maybe I'll actually have time to use my brand new box of watercolours? You never know!
Celia
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Good luck with the exhibition Celia, from the photos it looks like a great display of your work!
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely exhibition, beautifully staged... And fabulous work of course! Good luck with the painting.
ReplyDeleteIt looks wonderful and I hope the exhibition is a great success for you.
ReplyDeleteCelia, your Church Street Gallery exhibit looks grand in these photographs. Wow, I'm thinking of all that you did, in the midst of all surrounding stuff, to have this fine representation of your beautiful prints.
ReplyDeleteI do love the new prints very much.
Do have fun with that watercolor paint box.
(Drilling still going on around here, but the weather has again lost its humidity and the evenings are pleasantly cool. September can be energizing!)
xo