Kathe Kollwitz Exhibition

23rd September 2017 IKON Gallery, Birmingham On Saturday I went on an OCA study visit to this wonderful exhibition. It's the first 'proper' gallery visit I have done and it blew my head away. I am very affected, emotionally, by the work of Kathe Kollwitz but nothing prepared me for the feeling I would get …

Clevedon Art Club Open Exhibition

On Saturday 26th August I went to see the Clevedon Art Club Open Exhibition. The members who were exhibiting ranged from beginners to professionals and all that lies between. The artworks were in a wide variety of styles and media which made it lively and exciting to look at. I found that since my visit …

Space Is A Place: From Painting to Performance Exhibiton

Bristol Museum and Art Gallery 14th August 2017 Before this exhibition I had no knowledge of Modern or Contemporary art except for that which is available in public or covered by the media.  In order to rectify this I went to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery because I found out that they have a 'Modern …

This painting has an altogether different feeling to it. It is hard to see as it was fixed to a lamp post well above my height but the painting has a board support onto which some collage has been added. This has then been painted on. What I like about this one is the movement …

This picture shows that beautiful confidence that children (and some very lucky adults) have. I like this painting because it shows one of the biggest buildings on the marina and although it is not a true replica I bet anyone in the town could tell you where it is. This makes me think about taking …

Community Art

Today I have been to see a 'pop-up' art trail around the marina close to where I live. The venture was set up to help local youngsters fund a new skatepark in the town. Yesterday 20 artists, 20 members of the public and 20 children made works of art on the same size boards and …