by heather | Jun 9, 2015 | Blog
Prior to the opening of the exhibition in the Gallery at Salisbury Library I felt I had to be proactive and make sure the public knew that it was on. I sent details to Meridian South, BBC Radio Solent. the local press, local blind clubs and organisations. I also...
by heather | Jun 8, 2015 | Blog
It was only a matter of weeks after my first show that I was able to secure a second solo exhibition in one of the Art Galleries at the Salisbury Library. This time the show would run for three weeks. Twelve months to create 22 tactile paintings. I already had...
by heather | Jun 5, 2015 | Blog
The launch of my first solo exhibition at The Oxmarket at Chichester was hugely supported by friends and family, as they would do, I got great feed back, lots of sales and felt really good. I really wanted to see what the public response to the tactile paintings...
by heather | Jun 4, 2015 | Blog
During one of my frequent visits to art galleries, I walked in front of an elderly woman. I turned to apologise. She told me she could not see and had lost her sight recently, she also said that her greatest loss. I asked her if there was anywhere she could go to...
by heather | Jun 3, 2015 | Blog
It is all very well making lots of paintings but after a while you wonder what to do with them all. Most of the time I gave them away to anyone who liked them. At about the same time, and as part of his Gap year, my husband and a friend went to Base Camp on...
by heather | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog
Having made one contemporary painting called Freedom, it did not mean that I could create another one. In fact for a few days I could not think of anything to do. Whilst waiting for inspiration I really needed to paint something so I went back to copying, using...
