Aug29

It’s Exhibition Time!

2010Article posted by Gilly

At last, all the exhibitions that I’ve been talking about entering are underway and I can stop stressing about having enough paintings for them all. And a pastel painting even sold at Pastel Society Exhibition a couple of weeks ago, so that was a good start.

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Jul29

New Techniques

2010Article posted by Gilly

I’m a great admirer of the beautiful work of Arleta Pech, an artist from Denver, Colorado. For many years I’ve followed her career as a watercolourist and attempted to reproduce her techniques in my own works. I bought her first book about 10 years ago which is now almost falling apart, I’ve delved into it so often!

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Jun30

Lots of Pastelling

2010Article posted by Gilly

I’ve been working really hard since my last entry as there are seven exhibitions coming up that I want to enter, all of them within a week or so of each other, plus the solo stint at the Celtic Swan Gallery in October. I still don’t have enough work for all of the exhibitions! It’s possible I might have to miss one of them altogether.

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Painting a sulphur-crested cockatoo's feathers

May27

Life’s Still Busy

2010Article posted by Gilly

I’m now a year older than when I last wrote the ‘blog’, and life hasn’t slowed down one little bit! I’m not grumbling, it’s great to keep busy, it’s just trying to find the time to PAINT that becomes a problem!

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Apr21

New Friends

2010Article posted by Gilly

Isn’t the art world a fabulous place? I have met so many wonderful artists over the years who have enriched my life and offered so much generous advice and knowledge, not only here in Australia but also overseas. I am indebted to their generosity and friendship.

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