For the last three weekends, my studio has been open to the public as part of Suffolk Open Studios. It was a busy but fascinating time.
I had lots of visitors, from friends to students, to others who had either seen my work in the preview exhibition at Blackthorpe Barn or spotted my work in the brochure.
It is an ideal opportunity for people to see the “artist in action” and to have a chat about art, materials, and techniques.
Apart from showing “work in progress”, I like to mount an exhibition of a variety of work. This I feel is much more interesting for any visitor.
As can be seen from the photographs, my main interest lies in portraits, figurative painting and landscapes. For these, I work in all manner of mediums, from oils to acrylics, gouache, watercolour, pencil , charcoal and pastel.
The comments and discussions ranged far and wide from specific paintings to general chat about materials, techniques, and the classes I run.
From the artist’s point of view the feedback is invaluable and it is always fascinating to see which particular paintings prove to be the most popular.
But the “holiday” is over and it is time to get back to the solitary business of being a working artist!
