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COLIN RUFFELL ARTIST [INTERVIEW]
INTERVIEW WITH COLIN RUFFELL ARTIST “I have been a full-time professional artist for over 50 years. I know … I am amazed as well. But it...
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PRIVATE VIEW or VERNISSAGE
‘PRIVATE VIEW’ or ‘VERNISSAGE’. These two events are in fact very much the same thing. They can be treasured highlights in an artist’s...
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ARTISTS COOPERATIVE SUCCESS
SKYLARK GALLERIES For the last eight years I have been a member of a collaborative group of artists who share the costs and workload of...
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ST PAULS CATHEDRAL.
Yesterday I delivered the latest batch of fine-art prints and greetings cards to the shop downstairs in St Pauls Cathedral in London. The...
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TRADE FAIRS and ART FAIRS
Art fairs and Trade Fairs An ambitious artist might be interested in exhibiting at trade fairs or art fairs. These are usually annual...
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Open Studios and Artist’s Open Houses
OPEN STUDIOS AND OPEN HOUSES This blog-post is about ‘Open Studios’ and ‘Artist’s Open Houses’. Open Studios is an established system...
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ARTIST RUN GALLERIES
ARTIST RUN GALLERIES... Community cooperative galleries i.e. Skylark Galleries in London. This blog follows my recent post on Commercial...
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Last Chance Saloon
Last Chance Saloon ‘In everyday speech, by British speakers of English, the term "last chance saloon" has been adopted to describe a...
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Artists Open House Exhibition... half way
ARTISTS OPEN HOUSE EXHIBITION 2017 13 Addison Road, Hove. 19th May 2017. The second weekend is over! That means we are half way through....
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ARTISTS OPEN HOUSE EXHIBITION 2017
ARTISTS OPEN HOUSE EXHIBITION 2017 13 Addison Road, Hove, Sussex, UK. 8th May 2017. The first weekend is over! This year it was busier...