Problems of non-traditional art space..

EEEK!

The hang had to be stopped for today... as the walls I had intended to hang the art on in the shop were too solid to use!

My glamourous assistant (my dad) and I spent the much of the day trying to figure out which walls we could hang on and which walls we couldn't... and then plan the exhibition around that. I am mostly happy with what we came up with.. but need to have a bit of rethink. So I will back again tomorrow for another go!

This is the frustrating thing about exhibition in a non gallery space - the walls are not gallery quality! I am now going to be using a very dirty wall to hang one of my paintings. So I am pondering whether to paint that wall or just suck it up and accept the flaws.

And there is a grouping of paintings that were never going to be grouped together.. and I am not sure they go! So am pondering them.

Also, we took down almost a wall of books and shelves that now need to go back.

So...

really and truly...


EEEEK!!

Art infection.

My exhibition is starting in less than a week and I am starting to get scared.. and excited! 

I hate the period just before hanging a show, where all you can do is tie up loose ends. Which actually often means waiting for other people to tie up loose ends (i.e. wait for things from the printers). Or you are waiting for the weather to change (I have some half sprayed bunting waiting to be finished).

So there is a lot of waiting around.

But I know that on the day of the hang I will be beside myself with nerves and everything will take twice as long to do than expected. So I have started sneaking into the shop, putting up my 'down-cycled' bunting. So this will slowly spread across the shop, like some sort of art infection. 

The idea of this pleases me.

2 shades of grey.

This week I have been spray painting bunting grey for my exhibition.

I have a bit of thing for bunting! I think it's all the triangles. 

This grey bunting will go up around the shop during my exhibition and hopefully bring together my monochromatic paintings which will be dotted around the shop. 


When I bought the spray paint the shop keeper told me that sales in grey paint and paper have gone up since '50 Shades of Grey' came out!

Flyer First Draft

This morning I have a plumber in my studio; so I have been creating a flyer for my upcoming exhibition. 

This is the probably the first draft. 

I will ponder this draft in the gym and will no doubt come to a halt on the treadmill and fly off as I remember that I haven't included a vital detail. *

*This actually happened when I wrote my copy for the Coastal Currents Festival.