by Clive Patterson | Jun 1, 2011 | Blog, Monthly comment
I am pleased to announce that 4 paintings have been accepted for display in a new gallery in Berkhamsted called Art at 88. This is an exciting new venture run by two enthusiastic gallery owners who want to promote good locally produced visual art and craft based...
by Clive Patterson | May 15, 2011 | Blog, Monthly comment
Having been to the Hertford Open last year and seen the standard of entries, I thought that I would really like to see if I could come up to that standard and get one or two accepted this year. The acceptance rate is only 40% so I was going to have to aim high. It...
by Clive Patterson | Apr 14, 2011 | Blog
Currently working on a painting to be submitted to the Open Painting Exhibition in Hertford. This is a prestigious long standing exhibition open to all artists, but is subject to rigorous selection by the organizers so my I can only hope it meets their...
by Clive Patterson | Mar 25, 2011 | Blog, Monthly comment
I rarely do commissions, but I had a request that I did not want to refuse as it would benefit the great charity my wife runs here in St Albans. I was asked to offer a painting for auction at the Mayor’s Charity Ball to be held in a local hotel. If the...
by Clive Patterson | Feb 28, 2011 | Blog
This might seem a strange starting point for a painting, but it was one that was given to me recently to explore. I found the challenge of translating a given description of another person’s painting into one of my own without seeing the said painting, a...
by Clive Patterson | Feb 1, 2011 | Blog
The body of work I have established up to the end of 2010 has been the result of largly self taught practice and experiments with different media together with some part time tuition. This tuition has greatly helped me to explore different painitng techniques and has...
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