An exciting week where I collected prints and made a good start in selling a few too. I have never had prints made of my paintings before and so it has been a bit special. I have been working with Ginger – The Art of Print who are based in Warwick who have created giclee prints of an amazing quality.
This week I also uncovered my previous blog from May 2015 – ‘For the Love of Cov’ which documents photographs I took around Cov including those I used for the original Anarchy Bridge painting. https://fortheloveofcov.wordpress.com – I had an obsession about lost doorways at this point too, doorways to places that no longer existed. I think at this time I became aware that there were many overlooked places that we pass each day, grand architectural features of the past which had swallowed up and surrounded by more modern additions. Gosford street featured highly at this time, as did The Rialto in Radford and Station Tower before it was torn down. Moreover, it was understanding this: ‘The more you look the more you see’; a reminder to stop and absorb your surroundings at any given point. We have all just been too busy. Shortly after there was a small twitter thing #lookup which similarly asked people to stop, look up, enjoy what they saw, photograph and post. I have since this time viewed things differently when out and about, it is an absolute fascination to explore urban parts of the city I might never have seen or have previously missed. Coventry provides the perfect setting for this and it is constantly evolving.
Debating picking this blog page back up again, adding more recent photos I have picked up for potential paintings. Absorbing myself in creativity is good for my wellbeing and we all need that at the mo.
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