What goes in my browser?
one morning, violet silk pyjama jacket, pastel on book pages, (from sketchbook) mounted size 30 x 24 cm, 2023
For the past two weeks I’ve been gathering work for my browser to take to Bath Art Fair by finding unframed work (from sketchbooks and portfolios) and making some new work – you can’t frame everything.
Not everything goes in my browser and nothing stays there for long, either because it sells or I rotate it out. I like my browser to be relevant to the body of work I am showing.
With my follower’s help I’ve chosen these pieces to frame and hang on my narrow wall at the fair.
At a recent show, Art at the Park (Braxted Hall) I sold all three of my pastels on opened books and three out of four of my egg tempera paintings. I will be showing that kind of work in Bath. I have 12 pieces for my browser and about the same number of framed pieces to hang. Of the work for the wall, four will be pastel on opened book pages, the rest egg tempera. I don’t have any egg tempera for my browser this time but have included a few straight pastels.
To choose what was going in the browser and what I should put in the four frames I’d had made, I surveyed my Instagram audience.
Postcript to a Party, pleasure, pastel on book pages, (from sketchbook) mounted size 30 x 24 cm, 2023
It’s been hugely helpful to get input from my followers and they have seemed to enjoy the ‘job’ too.
You can buy tickets for Bath Art Fair by visiting their website.
https://www.bathartfair.co.uk/tickets/
The PV is Fri 23rd Feb 6-8:30. Getting a PV ticket gives you re-entry access to the art fair over the weekend and a complimentary drink. If you’re coming on Saturday or Sunday use the half price code HALFPRICEWEEKEND to buy your tickets in advance.
Here’s some more of the browser work!
Aftermath to a Party, The Pekinese You don’t know, pastel on book pages, (from sketchbook) mounted size 30 x 24 cm, 2023