exhibitionist
Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2009, Posted in animals, exhibition, fine art, france
I’ve been burning a lot of midnight oil recently, preparing for an exhibition at the Arison Gallery in Chorlton, Manchester, from 3rd November. Deciding, with Paul, the gallery owner, which images to use, then getting them printed to the highest possible quality, has been a slow process, with much deliberation and debate. The final selection is now being mounted and framed. Too late to change my mind now!
I’m pretty excited, as you might imagine... Arison will exhibit a selection of my work - people and places, cityscapes and landscapes, all taken with passion and pleasure.
dark horse
Posted on Saturday, October 24, 2009, Posted in animals, exhibition, fine art, france
This horse lives in Aquitaine, by the sea. I photographed him last year for his owner, and have just taken a new print of him to be framed for my exhibition, so that he can look out on Manchester with that thoughtful eye...
blue onion
Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009, Posted in commercial, exhibition, fine art, france, landscape
I found a huge onion plant in the kitchen garden at Auberge de Concasty in France, and got right down onto the ground to photograph it against the incredibly blue sky. That was before the inn’s owner, Martine, mentioned that she always wore boots in the garden as there were occasionally snakes around.
I’ve had the picture blown up to a metre high and printed onto canvas - it has considerable impact! It’s hanging in my current exhibition at the Arison Gallery and is proving very popular - I’ve taken orders for three copies in the last fortnight.
discuss
Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2011, Posted in commercial, exhibition, manchester
I do love Manchester's trams, especially the new yellow ones. I've become a total tram geek - anorak? - whatever! Great then, to go along to the Arndale Centre, to watch - and photograph - people taking time from their Saturday tasks, or leisure, to take a look at the exhibition stands about the proposed Metrolink 2nd City Crossing. There were big signs across the city centre, telling people about the exhibition, where it was and what it was about, and inviting their views, and there were plenty of staff on hand to answer questions.
