art
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No updates for last couple of days as I didn’t want to share finished work to soon. I did produce a couple of extra pieces yesterday using a couple of chair seats found in the outside studios. The re-use of found materials is important to sustainability of practise. My father started my wombling tendencies years…
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Had yesterday off as was tired from the heat, been fairly constant low-mid 30’s and humid so spent the day at Nilaya Hermitage up in the hills, http://nilaya.com. In early as refreshed and ready for a 6 day slog as I have to have work ready for when they take the current photographic show down.…
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Sunday, it seems, is not a day of rest for the arts here too, MOG is open until 5pm. After a good rest yesterday Sunday studio began with a couple of tests, one to see if I should create layers using the same colour or integrate grey. I decided against the grey as in this…
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MOG Met with Subodh Kerkar whom I haven’t seen for 15 years, a delight as always. Talked about access to materials and exhibition possibilities. It’s so refreshing to work with an owner/artist who answers to no one, who makes decisions immediately, with generosity, kindness and trust. The politics of the UK system can be testing…
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Got a taxi to MOG this morning to see it for the first time. It’s a much larger space than was expected, 3 floors and many indoor and outdoor galleries full of Goan and Indian art including Subodh Kerkars. I’ve been kindly allowed to use Subodh’s studio which has great light and beautiful high ceilings.…