July 21st, 2010 by: Ashley
Sketchbook snapshot, July 21, 2001
July 18th, 2010 by: Ashley
Art for Ocean Conservancy, Tulips From Pat
12″x16″oil on canvas, $480 (plus shipping outside of the UK)
10% of art sales now through August 31 donated to Ocean Conservancy.
July 15th, 2010 by: Ashley
Art for Ocean Conservancy, Orangery at Kew Gardens
Orangery at Kew Gardens
7.5″x11″ ink on paper, $50 (plus shipping via standard mail outside of the UK)
10% of art sales now through April 30 donated to Ocean Conservancy.
July 12th, 2010 by: Ashley
Art for Ocean Conservancy, Kenwood House Coffee Cafe
8″x10″ oil on canvas, $250 (plus shipping via standard mail outside of the UK)
10% of art sales now through August 31 donated to Ocean Conservancy.
July 6th, 2010 by: Ashley
Paintings in progress, July 6, 2010
Most of this week I am painting at the Kenwood House at a New English Art Club workshop taught by Tom Coates and Julie Jackson. It’s amazing how far a little one-on-one instruction gets me. I’m already seeing a difference in my use of color and how I’m drawing preliminary sketches of the compositions.
July 5th, 2010 by: Ashley
Quote for July 5, 2010
I recently heard artist Grayson Perry speak at the Holloway Arts Festival in London. At the talk I picked up his biography, Grayson Perry: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl. It’s a fascinating narrative of a turbulent childhood and innate attraction to the art world. Having now read the book detailing the abuse he endured as a child and young man, his following statement sticks out in my mind even more (paraphrased from my poor memory):
Being angry at someone is like taking poison and expecting your enemy to die.
June 22nd, 2010 by: Ashley
Sketchbook snapshot, June 22, 2010
St Paul’s Cathedral and Millennium Bridge from the top floor of Tate Modern.
June 11th, 2010 by: Ashley
Art for Ocean Conservancy, view from Prague Castle
8″x10″ oil on canvas, $250 (plus shipping via standard mail outside of the UK)
10% of art sales now through August 31 donated to Ocean Conservancy.
May 29th, 2010 by: Ashley
Art for Ocean Conservancy, Whitechapel Gallery Cafe
Whitechapel Gallery
7.5″x11″ ink on paper, $50 (plus shipping via standard mail outside of the UK)
10% of art sales now through August 31 donated to Ocean Conservancy.
Now through the end of August I will be donating 10% of art sales to Ocean Conservancy, which “has assembled a rapid response and recovery team to address the human and environmental needs in the aftermath of the [Gulf Coast oil] spill.” With an estimated 5,000 barrels/210,000 gallons of oil leaking into the ocean daily, we greatly need the expertise of such organizations. You can also directly support their work here.
