tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14392559372651522024-03-13T20:45:00.080-07:00Linell DesignsEncaustic Wax, Chinese Brush Painting and Fantasy MuralsLinell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-61944125361876599862018-05-28T07:21:00.000-07:002018-05-28T07:21:26.823-07:00DERBYSHIRE OPEN ARTS 2018 MAY 25 - June 3rd<br />
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ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER SORT OF EXHIBITION: TESSELLATING TILES!<br />
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Following on from last year when Linell Designs and Xenmint Photography joined forces to exhibit together, this year they have literally amalgamated their art and photography. The result is this:<br />
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Chinese brush painting pictures reproduced as ceramic tiles, and border tiles tessellated from a Xenmint photo of Well's Cathedral roof.<br />
We hand-printed our own works of art onto tiles, and are very happy with the result.<br />
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The tiles are durable for ordinary domestic use, just need wiping with soapy solution to clean. They can be installed just like shop tiles to enhance your walls with unique designs. We don't do the install, that is best done by a tiler or DIY enthusiast.<br />
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Now, the clever bit....<br />
If you are an artist reading this, and you want to immortalise your own work, we can do it for you. All we need is a good quality photo. We will tell you if it isn't good enough for reproduction before starting the process.<br />
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We can also print onto aluminium tiles as free-hanging pictures. And onto clocks.<br />
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Cathar King - photo on aluminium wavy tiles</td></tr>
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<br />Linell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-38922111399486615072017-09-18T04:55:00.000-07:002017-09-22T06:57:08.051-07:00WIRKSWORTH ART FESTIVAL 2017 Happy Crowds / Hostile WeatherAPART FROM THE RAIN....well it is September, that month of month of mellow mists, fruitfulness and relentless rain - the autumnal balancing act for April. Socially, it was a great couple of days as long as you were under cover. We were. Warned by various weather apps, we bought a great gazebo and had a regular footfall at The Old Lockup. This was probably owing to the really loud bands, beer, and bonhomie. Nothing like a bit of hostile weather to bring us Brits into cosy contact, huddled up together for warmth. Our gazebo did good work sheltering beer & music-lovers as well as our products, and those of Shop Reddish, next stall along. It sported a plethora of unique wooden items, from cheese knives to chopping boards.<br />
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We were selling hand-painted ceramic coasters and ceramic place-mats/tiles. We found people liked to PICK N MIX their choice of tiles, making up their own sets. And who are we to argue?<br />
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These are a series of Underwater tiles. Partly because of the alcohol ink pictures, partly because they are dishwasher safe. They all measure 200x200 cms<br />
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Below are a series of Red Flower tiles which proved popular.<br />
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Linell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-5468846569068542392017-05-14T09:14:00.001-07:002017-06-06T10:17:33.074-07:00Book Launch: Jake Wolf-Blood, Book one of FIRESTONE<span style="font-size: large;">Long time in the making, this teenage novel is finally ready for launch! I've been working on it for about 10 years, alternating with painting, but this year I stopped painting, finalised the book, and drew the pictures for each chapter. There's a sequel to be written as well, so that's my plan for the rest of 2017 into 2018</span><br />
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If you like a page-turner, this will keep your hands busy. It's a fast-moving adventure, action never stops, and the heroes and heroines are very human, full of flaws, but also humour. Each character goes on a personal journey as they try to understand what's happening, and help unravel some injustices done years earlier. </div>
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If you go to <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Firestone-Book-Wolf-Blood-M-Linell/dp/1999716701/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8">Amazon</a> you can read the first chapter, and keep up to date with the world of Firestone on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EMLinellFirestone/">Fan Page</a> .</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This Maltese-type cross is particularly suited to rep</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">etition either as a vertical or horizontal frieze. Very simple design with a striking impact. Four tiles mounted on a board makes a stunning centrepiece for a dining table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can take a simple motif like a butterfly and make it dance across a bathroom wall. \If you reproduce the design smaller, the butterflies will look as if they are rising up into the distance. Should you change your mind and want to remove the design, it can be cleaned off without harming the tiles.</span></div>
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Two-colour bird designs that work very well. It's amazing how simple and effective just two colours are. I don't know if this is a chicken below, but it looks very stylish pecking away at a flower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'll be exhibiting 6 pictures created using </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">encaustic</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> wax</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">. At our gazebo at Art in the Gardens in September so many people enjoyed being able to touch the wax as well as look at the images.They have a surprising strength, whilst looking so fragile. I'm not sure if the organisers of the GSAS will encourage touching pictures: just tell them it's OK by me ;-)</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”</span></i> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is a quote from Voltaire and seemed very apt at the time<span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: small; text-align: center;">of the endless migrations across the Mediterranean last summer. Some of my work I like best has its origins in current events.</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There was a lot of stellar activity from NASA in 2016. The Rosetta Mission and Philae came top of my list. Perhaps to lose sight for a day or two of what we are doing on earth, it's good to reach out to the stars.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With coloured wax you can experiment with the look and feel of an entire new universe. Then return to Earth refreshed to get on with making some other rewarding creation: like dinner... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">SnaKing is part of my dragon series. The rest are painted in Chinese inks. (See previous blogs) If only I could write Braille, he would have a message encoded into his bumpy skin. I like the fact he is tangible and swims forever across my wall. He may be wingless, but he's certainly not lacking teeth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are times when paths cross and disturbances are created. Some confluences are smooth flightpaths, others disturbing or disruptive. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A prisoner in a small cell will magnify the minuscule so there is some observable differentiation, else madness sets in. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We all experience change and upheaval, and would probably die of boredom if we didn't. This picture tries to express some of those tangents both in form and colour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was during the Russian excursion/incursion into the Crimea in 2015 that </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">this warrior appeared and asked to be armoured with something arrow-proof. I was glad to oblige </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with gold leaf on a smooth raised surface of wax.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These are skeleton leaves from the previous year, ironed onto mdf board with coloured wax in 2016. One of the joys of wax is adding stuff, incorporating artefacts, experimenting. For an artist who likes to explore as much as liking to depict, it is an ideal medium. </span><br />
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I shared a gazebo with <a href="http://www.xenmint.com/">Xenmint Art Photography</a> and our space was rammed to the rafters with colourful art.- possibly far too much - but hey, it cheered up a gloomy day of solid rain.It started fine and bright but as the show opened at 10.30 the first drops began to fall. By 12.30 it had set in for the day and the paying public sensibly decided they would all wait for Sunday. I suspect Social Media had passed the word around because even the big marquees were empty of punters. One dragon painting went to a drenched friend who probably has pneumonia by now. Bless her.<br />
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The Gardens came alive during the morning with families and art lovers filling up their carrier bags. As one lady put it, "What's not to like for a girl with a credit card?" Fortunately for us the event organisers had a card facility which I was lucky enough to visit three times during the afternoon. And best of all I sold a big fantasy mural painted on coarse chipboard- "Nightflight"<br />
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just half an hour before the gates shut. Very pleased the buyer liked it so much! Quite a bit of soul-wrestling going on there for a while as she paced up and down, but she bit the bullet at last.<br />
Mutual satisfaction I hope. Although, I have to add that a young man from the next door gazebo was very disappointed as he'd been trying to persuade his Nan to buy it for him!<br />
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Sometimes September comes in like a lamb, this year it was a bit Lionesque. If it had been wet two days in a row, I doubt we'd have broken even, but Fate or Paul Hudson the Weatherman and a charming Irish girl smiled, and we got lucky.<br />
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Below are a couple of my new Encaustic Wax paintings that seemed to be of interest. People like the feel of the wax. and enjoyed being able to actually touch a painting. Half the fun of wax is its tactile qualities.<br />
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Linell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-63190298757200518762016-08-30T12:15:00.002-07:002016-08-30T12:20:58.402-07:00ART in the GARDENS SEPT 3-4th 2016<h2>
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There's a first time for everything. Art in the Gardens is my favourite show. Wonderful setting, great day out, and now I get to exhibit with Xenmint Art Photography, in our own gazebo. Sounds like a date in heaven!<br />
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Some paintings were accepted into the Open Art Exhibition in the main tent:<br />
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I'll have room to display some images in a new medium I've been experimenting with: encaustic wax. Most of this work I am preparing for the Great Sheffield Show later in the year, but this is a great opportunity to get feedback from visitors. As those who've seen my paintings before will know, I really like textures that have an almost 3D look and feel to them. It was one of the things that drew me to work on coarse chipboard, and I am loving the layering, the depth, and the physical feel of this new material. If you've painted with it, you'll know how much fun it is - I hope the pieces I will be showing meet with your approval!<br />
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If you are a woman, and live in Bolsover, and you haven't yet joined your local WI get your tapping finger out and either dial or email for a 2015 programme of events. Am I predjudiced? You bet.</h2>
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I was there, saw how this bunch of all ages responded to my hasty instructions on how paint with glass paints on a variety of surfaces. We only had an hour to make beautiful art, but you can see for yourselves how well they did, mostly with no prior experience in this art.<br />
With one hour in which to achieve the almost impossible, the ladies were off with their tubes of black, silver or gold outliner, either tracing or drawing their own designs, or using mine. Then, a quick blast with a hairdryer to make sure the outliner didn't run into the colours soon to fill these sections. There was a wide variety of artefacts to decorate: glassware, tiles, mirrors and picture frames, everyone had brought something to upgrade or transform, and there was surprisingly little squabbling over the paint pots. Ah the joys of adulthood!<br />
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I've duplicated the single tiles to show how easy it is to either make heatproof mats for your table, or decorate the tiles in kitchens and bathrooms. It doesn't matter at all if lines are shaky, the individual touch makes the tiles look like expensive Italian imports!<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">This iris is painted on a flimsy plastic folder, but with a white sheet of paper behind it, it will make a charming picture on the wall. The artist was afraid of making her own outlines to fill in, but the fear was needless.</span></div>
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Using an ordinary picture frame, picked up for nuppence, just paint on the glass and back it with white paper.<br />
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The use of silver outliner on the square mirror above helps the viewer believe it is a professional job.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18.7199993133545px;">Butterflies are always an eye catcher in glass paint and you can be as creative as you like with the patterns. No one will care if you aren't following nature.</span></span><br />
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2014 Was the year of my dragons. No astrological connection, Painted with Chinese inks, and glinted up with gold leaf, the frames are handpainted to suit the pictures.<br />
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My first befuddled thought was, W<i>e'll use peelable glass paints</i>. Second thought, two days later with brain more or less re-assembled: <i>Are you totally mad? It takes 24 hours to dry! </i>So waterbased glass paints it is. Two hairdryers to fix the outliner, and then pretty much whacking in the colour before our time is up and we all turn into pumpkins.<br />
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If all goes to plan, the Famous Bolsover 40 will turn up bearing little picture frames, a water pot and some paper towel - possibly they might have constructed a little WI flag with this kit if they bring a paintbrush as well. Some may even have made their own design for that picture frame. Failing that, they'll have to make do with mine.<br />
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Of course it can! And the proof will be up here next week.<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It does help if you have very few pre-conceived ideas, and a bit of imagination. But even that isn't essential. The process of unearthing or revealing what your board holds within is a sculptural one.. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> A thin wash on a board can reveal</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> hidden hieroglyphs, pastel brings the out texture. Painting between the wood chips highlights the negative shapes. There are so many ways to approach a surface as complex as</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> this.</span><br />
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Linell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-79506700761132409552013-10-11T08:24:00.003-07:002013-10-21T11:58:11.757-07:00MINI MURAL WORKSHOPS Fri OCT 11TH chesterfield Art Club & Sat FEB 1ST 2014 AT RUFFORD COUNTRY PARKUsing a new medium is always interesting, whether an artist or a beginner. The surface of OSB [ to the trade], common or garden hoarding to you and me, is just the stuff to inspire you into realms of imagination. I paint one side of the board in white acrylic, leave the other side raw. You may want to use either, or both sides.<br />
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Armed with these thoughts, you can be bold, crazy, or conservative. You can paint the smallest mural in the world, or take up a whole wall. But we will start with smallish boards just to get the hang of what to look for, what to develop. I usually start with sketching the outlines of what I can see. You might not. You might decide to ignore the textured surface altogether and impose an idea you have in your head onto it.<br />
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Linell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-70480910372929707392012-05-31T09:02:00.004-07:002012-05-31T09:04:48.287-07:00DERBYSHIRE OPEN ARTS SAT JUNE 1ST - TUES JUNE 4TH. 11AM - 5PMIt's here again! This year I'm in The Conservatory in Queen's Park, Boythorpe Avenue, Chesterfield S402BF.<br />
Also exhibiting are Elizabeth Forrest, papermaker and lettering, Carol Eason, painter, & Wendy Diprose, painter.<br />
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I'll have on show all the work I did at Chesterfield College during the 6 months Residency which ended in April, plus some other new work and prints, cards and even mugs. There will be plenty going on in Queen's Park over the weekend, so come along and join in the fun, funfair, Big Picnic - sounds a bit David Cameronish, but no doubt there will be lots of food, loaves, fishes, now known as burgers,[ not to be confused with Burghers.]<br />
Since it is hard to spot a flag anywhere in Chesterfield for the Jubilee, I suspect that at least 90% of them will be in the park. Welcome all, and look forward to seeing you there.<br />
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<br />Linell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-39812981287748346652012-04-04T08:54:00.002-07:002012-04-04T09:05:34.409-07:00Artist in Residence Exhibition April 16 - 25th 2012Monday April 16th, 5 - 8 pm Private Viewing at the Chesterfield College Dome on Sheffield Road.<br /><br />If you are reading this, you are invited.<br /><br />Six months has flown by, and I now have three finished pieces. The large mural has worked out well, with meddling man and woman in Unseen Influences. It happened around a lot of rather helpless feeling towards those who meddle in our lives...currently bankers and financiers, previously, beguiling women. The experimental fingers and toes poking gently at the water just to see what effect their ripples make. I did at one time fit the man with a bowler and tie, but decided to take that idea onto another piece of work. Hence Home Sapiens Oblivia, so absorbed in his newspaper he can't see himself as we do. The Emperor's New Clothes.Linell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-10298944724209256622012-02-20T07:30:00.001-08:002012-02-20T08:09:48.712-08:00Homo Sapiens Oblivia<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RP1wjSbLvJc/T0JnPajC33I/AAAAAAAAANQ/rUQxCXj__2Q/s1600/banker.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 82px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RP1wjSbLvJc/T0JnPajC33I/AAAAAAAAANQ/rUQxCXj__2Q/s200/banker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711240791981219698" border="0" /><span style="font-size:100%;">Bowlerhatman is still lurking about, oblivious to our world, sunk in pink paper.</span></a><br />This is the first of a series called Crisis of Faith. I am using chipboard, and cutting out the figures. A sort of banking puzzle maybe. Quite where it will go I don't know. This is the experimental stage.<br />Do bankers tesselate?<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RP1wjSbLvJc/T0JnPajC33I/AAAAAAAAANQ/rUQxCXj__2Q/s1600/banker.jpg"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></a>Linell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-78897992713256242012012-01-18T07:50:00.001-08:002012-01-18T08:07:42.662-08:00Artist in Res Week 4 JAN 2012Archetypal Bowlerhatman<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MySyEWeM7JI/TxbrhhBxdvI/AAAAAAAAANE/9NKTtoVtmRI/s1600/Bolwer%2Bhat%2Band%2Btie.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 171px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MySyEWeM7JI/TxbrhhBxdvI/AAAAAAAAANE/9NKTtoVtmRI/s200/Bolwer%2Bhat%2Band%2Btie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699001339517957874" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I suspect this hat will have to go. It was something to do with January and dire forcasts ahead, so the meddling man took on a banking aspect, hat, tie and starkers.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXMJMp7EuR8/TxbrT3j3pnI/AAAAAAAAAM4/SdcGi8_oII0/s1600/Bowler%2Bhat%2Band%2Btie.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 328px; height: 176px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXMJMp7EuR8/TxbrT3j3pnI/AAAAAAAAAM4/SdcGi8_oII0/s200/Bowler%2Bhat%2Band%2Btie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699001105048381042" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There is a fully suited and booted banker in the sky, reading his F.T. Must have got the wrong picture...<br /><br /><br />Below is One Happy Singing Viking. I've got job envy. It was right to select him out of various possibilites. His creativity does me good.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PUkW4z79E8k/Txbqj8mOtsI/AAAAAAAAAMg/aJ0Zy_V33ok/s1600/Singing%2Bthe%2Bbirds%2Bdetail.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 122px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PUkW4z79E8k/Txbqj8mOtsI/AAAAAAAAAMg/aJ0Zy_V33ok/s200/Singing%2Bthe%2Bbirds%2Bdetail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699000281766737602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Deatil of the Singing Viking<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T2KgZdDV0kw/TxbqwrUTpNI/AAAAAAAAAMs/zYh9L84w2q0/s1600/Sisnging%2Bthe%2Bbirds%2B2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 90px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T2KgZdDV0kw/TxbqwrUTpNI/AAAAAAAAAMs/zYh9L84w2q0/s200/Sisnging%2Bthe%2Bbirds%2B2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699000500466459858" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Landpacked creation seems to be wanting to be sung off land into the sky. Reversal?Linell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-41332370766080406482012-01-18T07:27:00.000-08:002012-01-18T07:50:01.697-08:00Artist in Res Week 3<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--0GJ1YWECbI/Txbo4IzDioI/AAAAAAAAAMI/tVf-Z3SzZQg/s1600/Unseen%2Binfluences%2Bcoloured.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 80px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--0GJ1YWECbI/Txbo4IzDioI/AAAAAAAAAMI/tVf-Z3SzZQg/s200/Unseen%2Binfluences%2Bcoloured.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698998429615884930" border="0" /></a><br />Entrance of THE MAN who appears to be stirring things up. The tranqullity of the bridge is now slightly disturbed. But not too much.....<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NXDhqsCCzGk/TxblQ28AwZI/AAAAAAAAAL8/kflpXabjRGQ/s1600/WP_000010.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NXDhqsCCzGk/TxblQ28AwZI/AAAAAAAAAL8/kflpXabjRGQ/s200/WP_000010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698994456271831442" border="0" /></a><br />This is me with a four foot board to the left and the eight foot one in front.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rtzaPt_PM_I/TxbpfpNHEbI/AAAAAAAAAMU/JUtGjL3OYgY/s1600/WP_000018.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rtzaPt_PM_I/TxbpfpNHEbI/AAAAAAAAAMU/JUtGjL3OYgY/s200/WP_000018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698999108330000818" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the four foot board. I allowed the woodchip itself to dictate this picture. the singing Viking is in the centre and I abandoned other ideas in favour of him and what seems to be his creation.Linell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-38935304478689678352012-01-18T07:21:00.000-08:002012-01-18T07:26:05.161-08:00Artist in Res Week 2<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o__HErz-2j0/Txbj3Z78qwI/AAAAAAAAALk/0oB9GBObGnM/s1600/Adding%2Bcolour%2B2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 99px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o__HErz-2j0/Txbj3Z78qwI/AAAAAAAAALk/0oB9GBObGnM/s200/Adding%2Bcolour%2B2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698992919478577922" border="0" /></a> Week 2<br />Adding colour a bit nervously.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8s5SEf6LvNQ/TxbkQ5QI7oI/AAAAAAAAALw/j6urqcYZooE/s1600/Woman%2Bemerges.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 100px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8s5SEf6LvNQ/TxbkQ5QI7oI/AAAAAAAAALw/j6urqcYZooE/s200/Woman%2Bemerges.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698993357381496450" border="0" /></a><br />A woman emergesLinell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-57504237925119547222012-01-18T07:11:00.000-08:002012-01-18T07:21:13.100-08:00Artist in Residence at Chesterfield College - AA2A<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AHEO3EyvfNI/TxbiT3FhPdI/AAAAAAAAALA/J5CQ_8ByKzo/s1600/Board%2B1%2Bpic%2B1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 95px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AHEO3EyvfNI/TxbiT3FhPdI/AAAAAAAAALA/J5CQ_8ByKzo/s200/Board%2B1%2Bpic%2B1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698991209316433362" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d69nLlHqgxU/TxbigKsAroI/AAAAAAAAALM/5hjwJOOZHfM/s1600/Board%2B1%2Bpic%2B2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 94px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d69nLlHqgxU/TxbigKsAroI/AAAAAAAAALM/5hjwJOOZHfM/s200/Board%2B1%2Bpic%2B2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698991420736581250" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q3bmWv2aZSM/Txbi6hBvzYI/AAAAAAAAALY/2nOTw0_opFM/s1600/Board%2B1%2Bpic%2B4.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q3bmWv2aZSM/Txbi6hBvzYI/AAAAAAAAALY/2nOTw0_opFM/s200/Board%2B1%2Bpic%2B4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698991873409928578" border="0" /></a><br />Nov 2011 - Jan 2012 Week 1<br />I used an overhead projector to get the rough outline of the bridge. then upended it to find the hidden monsters.Linell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-35690944442079325932011-10-31T08:03:00.000-07:002011-10-31T08:14:38.841-07:00Things got a bit complicated<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-borq1tUngB8/Tq66GfZVK0I/AAAAAAAAAKE/zEHWDqmwg_g/s1600/All%2BEyes.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 70px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-borq1tUngB8/Tq66GfZVK0I/AAAAAAAAAKE/zEHWDqmwg_g/s200/All%2BEyes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669673601575758658" border="0" /></a> Well, they did. The city started evolving bigtime. Suspect a strategy to keep those dragons from their den.Linell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-38789181569937513752011-10-31T07:15:00.000-07:002011-10-31T08:03:12.660-07:00Dragons' Den<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rUqVVkG7MLY/Tq63SlDsQ7I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/K51I649BeZw/s1600/Dragons%2BDen.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 102px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rUqVVkG7MLY/Tq63SlDsQ7I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/K51I649BeZw/s200/Dragons%2BDen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669670510719157170" border="0" /></a> A new perspective on pastel boards.....extending and incorpating onto the frame. This is a continuation of Dragonship. Both the city and the ships are eveloving into lifeforms....Linell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-62398021402874484862011-10-31T06:45:00.000-07:002011-10-31T07:13:51.000-07:00Nightflight 3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rXlYwOexMwA/Tq6nyfh5LoI/AAAAAAAAAJs/hWmfILtSiAc/s1600/Nightflight3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 110px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rXlYwOexMwA/Tq6nyfh5LoI/AAAAAAAAAJs/hWmfILtSiAc/s200/Nightflight3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669653466804989570" border="0" /></a> This is my latest take on NightflightLinell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-48415084579957006802011-10-31T06:15:00.000-07:002011-10-31T06:44:44.894-07:00Artist in Residence at Chesterfield College - AA2AI am delighted to be amongst 6 artists who've been selected by Chesterfield College to be their artists in residence for the next six months. This involves 100 hours of working at the college until April/May next year. The idea is to be available to the students so they can ask questions about our works, working practices etc. For them, a small window on what it is like to be a working artist, and for us a chance to share some of what we know, and no doubt learn a lot from them. A short intro to the students on Nov 24 will start the process, and then each of us will set up our work in one of the studios and begin.<br />For me, this is a wonderful opportunity to undertake a large mural on coarse chipboard, [OSB] something I can't fit into my studio at home. Ideas buzzing about how to carry this out, then how to carry it elsewhere...<br />The board I have in mind is 6' x8' [ or Length: 2440mm Width: 1220mm].<br />Ah, jigsaws......<br />Literally.<br />The mechanics of this are part of the exploration of my chosen material. I am really looking forward to starting since my pictures invariably end up quite different from what I begin with. I will be writing a blog for the college, and will link it to this site.Linell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1439255937265152.post-25777490012752230972011-07-28T05:59:00.000-07:002011-07-28T06:07:13.776-07:00BAKEWELL ART SHOW AUG SAT 6, SUN 7 MON 8th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hFsRgZNbw8I/TjFe6Qi_o4I/AAAAAAAAAJA/jofBnDS47B8/s1600/Steppe%2Bbrothers%2B2.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hFsRgZNbw8I/TjFe6Qi_o4I/AAAAAAAAAJA/jofBnDS47B8/s200/Steppe%2Bbrothers%2B2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634388963784369026" border="0" /></a><br />Chesterfield Art Club is holding its annual art show at Bakewell Town Hall this year. Come and see what we have on offer. Entrance is freeLinell Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346175805729073819noreply@blogger.com0