Reasons I have been so quiet lately #2: Alexandra Arts

 

This is the big reason, really. My wife and I have bought the former Alexandra Tavern/Arms in Rugby. And aim to open it as a Cafe/Gallery, plus studios, plus teaching space, plus… We’ve spent the last month working on it as best we can with no money. But hey, we’re artists. 

The print above is my first attempt towards a sign or logo. I liked the idea of Alexandra painting. I added the Alexandra Roses as a nod to her good works. I did also toy with the dea of Edward VII posing nude… but maybe not… yet.

Reasons I have been so quiet lately #1: Rugby Artists and Makers Exhibition 2022

 

I’ve been busy with this exhibition, especially the last couple weeks. There are 33 artists this time, so a good few more than last year. As you might expect, it’s another diverse collection. You can see this year’s catalogue here. This year we gave ourselves the theme, “Movement” and I suppose we more or less stuck to it. You can check out the flipbook catalogue here.

I did a version of the Tiger Dancer as a framed print for the exhibition. I roughly cut a piece of old plywood to create the colour block and then cut out the “flesh” parts only. The extended pink and yellow inks are also printed over the black, so the grainy texture carries over the black areas as well.