The Director of the Norris Museum in St Ives came to visit my pop-up gallery yesterday because she had been interested by my use of objects to make paintings about family life.
There is a beautiful contemporary art gallery within the museum and she felt I could be a good fit to display my paintings and installations there. She seemed to like what she saw and (fingers crossed) I might get an exhibition there next year (or even the year after when I turn eighty!)
One of my visitors remarked that he liked my word 'ruminating' when I was describing how I worked over a long period before starting a new painting. This was in answer to a question about my methods of developing a piece of work.
It poured with rain on Saturday during my 'Artist At Home' event (though that must have been better than the heatwave on Friday!) but I still had some interesting people call in, keen to find out about my paintings.
I've been getting ready for my 'Artist At Home ' event recently. This takes place next weekend (the poster is on Instagram) from 12pm - 4pm as part of the Ely Arts Festival.
I haven't tided the studio because I believe visitors should see it just as it is, but I will sweep the floor in the garden gallery before Saturday. I've also been experimenting with different locations for the new paintings which have been framed, as I need to be sure they won't get knocked over in the crush!
Hope to see you there if you are visiting Ely.
Yesterday I led Ely's jubilee parade in my 1931 Morris Minor. I was relieved that the car started and even happier that it didn't break down during the proceedings. There was also a worry that my lone windscreen wiper might not work, but luckily the rain held off.
You can see the video on my latest Instagram post.
Without being to obvious I hope it will advertise my latest openings as part of Ely Arts Festival and Cambridge Open studios, where the car will take centre stage - complete with bunting!
