New work unearthed!

I know the title of this blog post seems odd, but I’ve recently been having a tidy up of my artworks – they are all in bubble wrap and/or cardboard boxes ready for transportation to exhibition or for delivery to customers. During the process of tidying up, I undearthed this new work – well, new to the internet, that is!  I’d forgotten I had this particular painting, which I created a few years ago and took to exhibitions with me – and I’d never managed to get a decent photograph of it because it has been framed and glazed by my husband. However, today he’s successfully taken a photo for me and I can now show it on the Rogue Gene Gallery and my own website. It’s called “Groene Maelstrom” and measures 46cm by 33cm around the frame (that’s 18 x 13 inches). The painted areas measure 14.5cm by 21.5cm each and the rest is black mount.

"Groene Maelstrom" by Helen "Aitch" Davison.

Painted in acrylic in an abstract expressive style, it has a mesmerising effect on you as you look at the painting. I find it quite relaxing as an image. You will be able to see it on the RGG shortly – you may even wish to purchase it as a Christmas gift for someone, feel free to do so!

New Mini Colour Project

I’ve not had too much time to paint recently what with starting a new job and being mainly focussed on settling in and learning the ropes. I have however had a few hours here and there to get started on a mini project where my aim was to select a subject and create it in different colours. After the success of my Contemporary Poppies in Pink painting which sold within 1 day of completing it (!), I thought that might be a good subject to base my project on.

So after some deliberations and a few snatched (but precious) painting sessions here are the first two paintings in the series: Ornamental Poppies in Pink and Ornamental Poppies in Teal.

I hope they’ll be successful – the early signs are good though with one order for the Teal coloured painting already…! The next in the series I think will probably be in brown, beige and cream, or perhaps I’ll add some copper and gold. I also like the thought of warm orange, yellow and vermillion. Or I could do navy, light blue and silver….oooh the possibilities to get creative! Let me know if you have any other suggestions!

(Both Ornamental Poppies in Pink and Ornamental Poppies in Teal are available for sale through the Rogue Gene Gallery website)

Two new notebooks

Columbo notebook

"Columbo" decorated notebook

Having decided to take part in several craft shows during the coming weeks, I thought I’d better make sure I have plenty of items in stock so that my table is always full! To that end, I’ve been busy lately creating a few more wooden trinket boxes and a couple of decorated notebooks. These two are my latest – this time I’ve gone back to my school-days, when we often used to decorate our exercise books with wallpaper. It wasn’t very cool, but I loved doing it then and enjoyed fond memories when I re-created that effect with these two examples of 1970s wallpaper!  I’ve even gone back in time with the names of the books, using titles of TV programmes from that era as my inspiration.

Rear view of Poldark

"Poldark" - full view of the decorated notebook.

 POldark decorated notebook

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Andrea Farmer – new work

‘Oer Woodland Air’

'Rustic Woodland View'

 

I’m currently working on a new series of ethereal landscape paintings. These will form part of my solo exhibition at Essex Record Office and Chelmsford Arts Trail at Barda Restaurant during Sept/Oct 2011. These paintings are inspired by woodland landscape and the poems of William Wordsworth. See more at: www.roguegenegallery.com and www.andreafarmer.co.uk