Collecting Prints 3

Collecting Prints 3

My previous Collecting Prints posts have been about my Old Master prints. However, on looking through the collection of art from my gallery background I see I have been buying modern and contemporary prints for a very long time. There was also the exhibition ‘Modern...
Collecting Prints 2

Collecting Prints 2

I introduced my interest in old master prints in a previous article. Since then the collection has grown even further and has arrived at a point where it requires a modest rationalisation. The prints I am de-accessioning can be found in the Old Master Prints Gallery....
Collecting Prints

Collecting Prints

After over twenty years since completing my M.Litt at the University of Edinburgh, a research degree on the etchings of little-known Scottish artist John Clerk of Eldin (1728-1812) I was re-introduced to him in 2006 by an enquiry from a student at the University of...
ACE

ACE

For part of this year I have been assisting and supporting ACE (Art, Care, Education), a small charity based in Somerton, Somerset.  The charity provides art and creative activity which inspires, empowers and enables people to develop and grow. This is for all ages,...
NEW & UPCOMING

NEW & UPCOMING

I use these present chilly and damp winter days to work on the web site and catch up with research I set aside in the summer. In recent months I have not been as active as I once was in planning exhibitions and developing on-line displays, which has been refreshing! I...
JUNE 2021

JUNE 2021

It is nice to see that commercial galleries and some have now re-opened with others to follow shortly. It has been a very difficult past year for artists and galleries, so let us hope that everyone can move forward with confidence, without the fear of another...

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