PART 4 studio work post 6

PART 4 in the studio…

In the studio work (post 4) , I have explained the process that happens with my paintings and in particular the importance of text in my work. While I don’t want the text to be … Read the rest

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PART 4 EXHIBITION PLANNING 3

At this moment in time, there are three reasonably reliable spaces for exhibiting my work.

  1.  My website       www.patricia-farrar.co.uk

The new website shows all of the work and will include up-to-date paintings. As well, there is the Blog section which at … Read the rest

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PART 4 exhibition planning 2

PART 4 exhibition planning

With the present complete lockdown, I’m not in a position to physically view The Robert Phillips Gallery in the Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre which I have now secured for an exhibition from 30 March to 5… Read the rest

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PART 4 Exhibition planning – preliminary thoughts – post 1

EXHIBITION PLANNING – preliminary thoughts

Question:

What and who are the paintings for?

Preliminary thoughts

Up to this point, the work has been a personal journey, it’s what life is about for me, each day looking for something I’ve never … Read the rest

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RESEARCH/ READING – ‘Seven Days in the Art World’

Part 4 RESEARCH/ READING

‘SEVEN DAYS IN THE ART WORLD’  Sarah Thornton

Granta Publications 2012

 

An interesting book!

The synopsis for this book read:

“Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description and, for Read the rest

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PART 4 “Someone coloured my world today” post 5

Someone coloured my world today from Patricia Farrar on Vimeo.

PART 4 STUDIO WORK – post 5

Perhaps it’s a constant with artists to wonder if their work is actually saying what they want to say! This may be … Read the rest

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PART 4 studio work – post 4

Part 4 studio work – post 4

In the studio, I am continuing to explore new ways of understanding the natural environment. It’s interesting to be doing this during the seasons when the environment changes quite radically. Sound and colour … Read the rest

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PART 4 STUDIO WORK – post 3

PART 4 STUDIO WORK post 3

In the previous post I was experimenting with wire in conjunction with the image to achieve the ephemeral nature of sound in the landscape… as an element which is there one minute and dissolves … Read the rest

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PART 4 STUDIO WORK post 2

PART 4 STUDIO WORK post 2

As well as exploring the place of words in my paintings, I’m also pursuing earlier experiments with wire. I believe it is possible to express ‘sound’ through colour which I’ve shown in the last … Read the rest

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PART 4 CURATING AS ART – studio work – post 1

PART 4 CURATING AS ART – studio work

My website is now up and running including a blog.  www.patricia-farrar.co.uk

Studio work continues the search for ‘sound’. It is interesting that since the garden is beginning to fall silent with the … Read the rest

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