Art project shop Slick or Slack exhibition

Next week from the 24th of October for one month. I will be part of a group show at the Art project shop which is located at the Earlham house shops, entrance is at Recreation road and the gallery is next to the Green Grocers. The show is called "Slick or Slack" a show of paintings. Which you might be able to say is it Slick or is it Slack?, is it art? This is the most daring exhibition ever shown in the UK.

I am very excited about showing my work at the "Art Project shop". I recon this gallery is fab, they have big machines for producing really large prints. Also they sell art equipment and they recondition old brushes and sell unwanted paints and equipment. The location of the gallery is great too right in the heart of the golden triangle on Norwich. The Gallery showcases work by people from Nansa and Barrington farm and the wider community and also has training opportunities for young people with various abilities. The whole project relies on sales to stay open so is worth while supporting.

Clementine the living fashion doll at Norwich Puppet theatre.

Here is a cute little film to watch, if you have difficulty watching it try here

On the 17th November 2012 at 7pm. My friend Clementine the fabulous living fashion doll will be at the Norwich puppet theatre. Showing casing the best talent in the UK and performing a wonderful cabaret  Call this number now and book your tickets Theatre box office 01603 629921

St. Margaret church of art 5th year.

Last night I went a long to St. Margaret's church of art 5th year exhibition. It was a full house of exhibitors. Because of my lack of finance and because I do far to much volunteer work. I couldn't afford to exhibit any of my own work and pay the rental space. However a few days ago my good friend Moira who I haven't seen for years purchased some of my paintings in Oz, which brought me back to being normal. Normal as in able to buy food. I saw this art work made by Jon Richmond and had to buy it. The piece is called Van Gogh's other ear. Having had many operations on my ear over the last decade. I can relate to this piece. Its like a certificate to say I can now hear, thanks to my surgeon at the NNUH.

This photo was taken by my friend Ann Nicholl's who is exhibiting her photos at St. Margaret's church of art. Ann also put this photo and a write up on her blipphoto which is a daily photo diary.

Hospital arts nomination for a Hostry award

The NNUH hospital arts has been nominated for an Norwich Cathedral Hostry award. Which the Award night is on the 26th of October at 7pm. at the Hostry in the Cathedral. All red carpet, champagne and canopies. £20 per head to watch the winners and losers.
I am tempted to finish making my coat that I started last year. I have had an evening of frock finding with Emma Jarvis running backwards and forwards with more and more clothes, which by the end of the evening of being stuck in a closet of frocks came to the decision that I might be better off in a trouser suit, unless I get poured into an all in one 24 hour girdle.
Shoes is another needle in a haystack falling on fallen arches with feet that only fit supported ancle comfy trainers or fluffy slippers.
My teeth look like they have lived in through some serious poverty which comes with the fact artists rarely get paid. Hair has only been to the hair dressers a handful of times. I remember every occasion like it were yesterday. I been to busy working up to my elbo's in words and paint to have time to worry about my appearance.
So I was thinking and made the suggestion to Emma that we hire a young, pretty model or actress to go and pick up the award, when we win.
Last week a camera woman turned up from Epic studios in Norwich to film Emma and I, in amongst the sculptures and exhibitions out on the hospital street, with all the hospital life going on. She is making a one minute film for the Award night. I hope we get to see the film before it goes out on the big night.
I have been changing all the exhibitions in the corridors, which wasnt anything to do with the awards it was just the timing of new exhibition arrivals. There is large photos of homeless people. Photos of underwater scenes, watercolour paintings of flowers and more paintings. All spanning along 3 floors of the hospital on both sides of the walls.
I can feel the build up to Christmas happening at the hospital as the choirs and pianists get booked in to make the place feel cosy.
The award for the hospital arts is long over do. NNUH is a very arty place to be.

Bishops garden

Bishops garden in Norwich was open for heritage week. Being on the way to Costume World, which I was cycling to that day, to hire some shoes for a pop video. I thought I would pop into the Bishops garden and see how the land scaped.

Here a pond with a hazard warning, so God cannot save you from the Lilly's and dangerous frogs in his holy garden.

Lapping lawns of holy paradise.

The rose garden. I turn my head away from the delights of pollen heaven.

Even the angels of manicured topiary can not reach these weeds in the gutters of shame.

View to a tree.

Some people have fairies that live at the bottom of the garden, but this Bishop has a house of Angels.

I swung the swing on the old oak tree.

Strange seeds 

Bishops house and a big tree looking out of Norwich.

Bishops ruin.

Raspberry cage.

You can't beet a root.

Looking up at Mulberrys.

Lady in the Bishops row.

Dancing yellow flowers

Robert on the perpetual motion swing machine.

Robert having the time of his life on the Bishops swing

Swinging from the tree kinetically in the Bishops garden.

Scarred of being swung as a human pendulum