Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
In a couple of month's time Grahamstown's Festival Gallery hosts its annual end-of.year exhibition. This year the theme is Summer in Miniatures - artworks have to be no bigger than 30 cms. I've decided to try out a submission with the idea of 'Summer Nights' and use a selection of four night pictures taken this... Continue Reading →
One of the nice things about staying in Valla Folkhögskola is that it's right next to lovely walks through Valla Gård - with all of its historic treasures of rural life in Sweden - and into the forest beyond. Of course, it's also handy for going to conferences on the Valla campus of Linköping University which is... Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago I posted this picture on Facebook. It's one of my favourite trees catching the warm sunshine: full of twisty arching shapes. At the time my good friend Harry Owen said he could see an artwork coming on .... he was right. I've managed to find some time to work with... Continue Reading →
Last night Äsperöd had clear skies with a distant Aurora forecast so I headed up the hill after it eventually got dark. I was looking for a band of green on the northern horizon that merges into pinks and purples before the black of the night sky above. Uddevalla city lights put paid to seeing anything... Continue Reading →
'Angel Wings' and 'They look like something from William Blake' were the first responses I got to these pictures. They're a little different to the other triptychs because there's no background image, the runic tree is compressed to run up Natalie's spine. It really does look like the wing of an angel. So I copied and... Continue Reading →
I was pleased with the stained glass effect and the repetition of the archway of trees in the triptych I posted earlier so next I experimented with blending together a different set of images. The original inspiration is one of the Scots Pine trees on a rocky knoll at Äsperöd, Sweden. I followed the same process as... Continue Reading →
The visitors to my Portals exhibition gave me a lot of feedback and encouragement. Some of the ideas really inspired me and so, whilst the Festival was quiet, I started working on this small series of triptychs. I recently finished some of them and here's a first look at what I've been doing with a... Continue Reading →
I'd like to start by saying how wonderful it was to receive so much positive feedback from so many people. That has meant a lot to me and pointed my work, and exhibition next year, firmly in a couple of directions. I'll post more of these ideas shortly. It was quite something to talk about my pictures with... Continue Reading →
The cost of framed and print only copies are given below. All images are available in digital format at R250/image. Trees (costs do not include postage and packaging) Äsperöd Gnarly (900 x 754) R2200 framed (sold); R1350 print Äsperöd Gnarly Creature (900 x 800) R2300 framed; R1350 print Aurajoki Runic (643 x 900) R1900 framed (sold);... Continue Reading →
The pictures are framed, the labeling's done, digital images uploaded for distribution, picture hooks, string and the rest of the exhibition paraphernalia are all just about ready to go. So I'm almost there! I'll be hanging the pictures on Tuesday 28th, with Harry Owen's assistance, and the finishing touches should be done on Wednesday. Thursday... Continue Reading →
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