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art market

To market, to market

Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Markets. In fine art circles this seems to be a bit of a dirty word. Artists seem to be expected to produce art for a year or so, pay for all of their living expenses, art materials, the cost of professional framing of all the works worthy of showing (and discarding all the failures), book an exhibition at least six months in advance...

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creative cauldron

Creative Cauldron - Findhorn

Monday, August 06, 2012
Artist inspiration and artist influences. No biographies, dates or scholarly research here -  this is a  personal response to the work of the Findhorn Foundation by Australian artist Fiona Morgan. Findhorn nature sanctuary - a meditation room - photo courtesy of TripAdvisor It's probably been ten years since I took myself off to Findhorn for their Ecovillage Experience week. I was looking forward...

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art business

Even the business cards have the stamp of the artist

Saturday, August 04, 2012
A few evenings of Star Trek and cutting up canvas offcuts from paintings. A quiet morning laying out and uncurling the canvas cards. A couple of episodes of Hearts of Space radio and stamping. ...

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