Exhibitions

West Bristol Art Trail - Oct 17th - 18th, 11am - 5pm
I'll have my entire print collection framed and on the wall for all to see and if you get bored looking at that then there's a brilliant collection of ceramics by Katy McCulloch and a stunning collection of oil paintings by Justin Williams. And that's not all... there are 120 artists exhibiting in over 50 homes and venues throughout the area! For more information visit the West Bristol Art Trail web-site. Look forward to seeing you at 20 Royal York Crescent! www.westbristolarts.org.uk

Recently visited

The Banksy exhibition, Bristol Museum - June 13th - August 31st
Very entertaining and very clever... well worth the 3 hours of queuing!

Musée de l'Orangerie
Recently spent a few days in a late September hot and sunny Paris! This museum is famous for 'Les Nympheas', a gift from Claude Monet to the French state. They hang in two oval rooms as requested by the artist and cannot fail to bring peace and serenity with their beauty!The lower floor of the museum houses the Walter Guillaume Collection. The gallery space is superb and very simple and contains masterpieces by Modigliani (one of my favourite artists), Picasso, Matisse and Derain.

Foundation Cartier, 'Born in the Streets - graffiti' until 29th November 2009
A modern art gallery, recommended by Carol Jackman, artist, Spike Island. Sadly for me, I am not a great fan of graffiti art but I have to say for me it was a million times better that the exhibition at the RWA earlier this year. The exhibition was more interactive and very cleverly displayed so even though the subject matter wasn't up my street (excuse the pun!) I was still inspired by it and enjoyed the space. Highly recommended for any graffiti art fans!

'Garden and Cosmos' The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur - British Museum until 23rd August 2009
Featuring 56 paintings on loan from India, none of which have ever been displayed in Europe. Amazing detail and colour created by the artists of the royal courts between the 17th and 19th centuries.The museum is having an 'Indian Summer' season so there's lots more on offer including 'India Landscape' - created by Kew and featuring a selection of plants from the Indian subcontinent, displaying a range of colours and scents from South Asia.

Picasso 'Challenging the Past' - ended June 7th 2009
His work is, as ever, always inspiring, loved it all especially his portraits and nudes.

Kuniyoshi - ended June 7th 2009
Very similar to the Indian paintings I recently saw at the British Museum. Lots of storytelling amazing detail and inspiring mark making!