Seven Ways Exhibition

Today has been extremely busy i only just have enough time to write this! I got up at 5:30 today to go into work, when i got home i baked a cake as my grandma was coming over for afternoon tea, planned to make polish cake for her aswell but she got here before we had finished so Jake and Beth carried it on whilst we went to the seven ways exhibition at the wymondham arts centre... and breathe.....

She lives in Suffolk so it is a rarity that she comes here as it's a long windy drive, and she works alot so it is hard to snatch some time from her. We have recently just had a courtyard made up in our garden and now that the grass seed is down (finger crossed we'll have fresh green grass in time for the summer!) we can focus on prettying up the courtyard. My step mums idea is to get lots of plants out there and as my grandma has a gorgeous garden filled with potted plants, blooming flowers, a little rustic table and chair set - she is the perfect person to get help and advice from. We took a trip out to all the local garden centres(not the best of days considering the rain and wind is out of control) to get ideas on what kind of plants and trees and flowers would suit best out there. Our house is a terracota colour so reds and natural colours have been chosen i think this will look really quirky and fun :)

After all of this we got to indulge in the exhibition. My uncle - Richard Hunter and my auntie - Dee Nickerson were exhibiting their work there and it is lovely ! Richard has gone for an abstract approach to colour and composition wheras Dee is more illustrative and has used fresh colour palettes and natural landscapes....

 Taking a look round I found that Nelly Closes' work was also very interesting and quirky in appearance.

I like how she layers up colour and media,layering up thicknesses of medium and texture!

Her work is quite abstract as it isn't life-like but has a hint at real life. The use of bold colours makes it her own, and is her own personal attachment to the subject that she therefore portrays.

I like the accent red color on this they remind me of lots of little poppie flowers! This is interesting due to the fast that she has set up a forest like landscape and has added a checquered geomteric addition to the painting and then further added these organic poppy shapes. I really think this is visually pleasing.

detail photos of some of her work. I really like anything floral whether it be abstract, or picture perfect and i love how she has combined masculine shapes and colour in with feminine structures.

I also really like her writing!