The First Cut.

This weekend I took a trip around Manchester. I seem to pop into the city art gallery every time im in Manchester. Its a really good place to visit and its amazing that you can still get in for free! I noticed that 'The First Cut' exhibition was on and decided to have a look. The exhibition itself wasn't too big, but the main gallery was pretty impressive. There was a really wide variety of work from loads of different artists, including Rob Ryan, Tom Gallant and Justine Smith. I found this work by Tom Gallant. 
(Heres the link to his website...  
http://www.tom-gallant.com)
I love Gallants use of pattern and collage in this collection. I like the idea of using game birds and I felt that this work really linked to my project. I also think the way the work has been displayed in these 3D memory frames suits the dated and run down feel to the overall piece. Above are some photographs I took at the exhibition.

You can take the girl out of the country...

...but you certianly can't take the country out of the girl!  

Autumn is my favourite season, and I hate being away from the country during fall, so last weekend I decided to take a trip back home to Shropshire. I went on a big Autumn walk along the canal and through the woods and took lots of photographs to draw from. Below are two mini montages of some of my favoutrites...

I love the warm golden colours in the leaves and I like the mixture of black and white and colour on my 'Berry Horse' Montage.

Mulberry Eggs.

Found this beautiful advert layout for the Mulberry Winter/11 collection before. I love the use of layers and colours and i think the mysterious woodland theme works really well. I was really inspired by this piece and I want to interprite this sort of style in my next painting. Using old wallpaper as the background and painting and collaging birds, berries and hips on top.

 

Taking inspiration from the image above...

'Bird Eggs' (Gouache Paint.)