Exhibtion photos as promised :)

ok - so as promised, the paintings in the gallery, if you are on an email subscription and want to see the pictures you'll need to log in today, sorry - I've done a slide show of the exhibition - you can see it if you click here http://vivienb.blogspot.com/




They decided not to hang them together but to scatter them around the gallery so that they formed a repeating motif. I would have liked some of them hung in a group but never mind.



Colin Halliday was showing square seascapes, there were some nice textile pieces and there were interesting driftwood sculptures, pottery and some gorgeous jewellery, all with a sea theme - they were even playing sea mood music :D

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© Paul Anthony Ramsden 2024 said…
Lovin' the slide show, check mine out at...

http://share-my-art.blogspot.com/

The Solar Disc 2007

Check out my Summer Exhibition 2007 at Dewsbury Town Hall Yorkshire.
8:55 am
Anonymous said…
Totally stunning all the same. But yes, grouped would have been good too. Hope it goes well for you.
12:35 am
Lindsay said…
I think they have done a lovely job hanging the show but I agree with you....your paintings would have a greater impace hung together in groups. Perhaps you can have some of them in another show and do as you wish!
I love the feathers too! Interesting idea of using diferent midia for the same subject!
4:38 pm
vivien said…
thanks Lindsay :)

yes, I'll show the group elsewhere to hang as a group.

I want to do some more to the waterways project as soon as I can.
8:15 pm
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