Artist in Residence

Last week I was an artist in Residence at the Nature In Art Museum and Art Gallery in Gloucester. I have been lucky to be able to be part of their Artist in Residence programme every year since 2000 (with the exception of one year). Each week from February to November they have an artist or artists set up in their studio space to spend the week (Tuesday to Sunday) working so that visitors can see an artist producing their creations- whether that is sculpture, paintings, print-making, drawing or any number of other skills.

It is a long time since I have shown any of my zoo artwork as part of my display simply because I have shared the studio space with another artist and therefore have had to limit what I can show as the studio space is not that big.

This year I was flying solo again, the first time in many years, as I felt it was time to show my zoo work again and as I wanted  space to show my Botswana project work too. Too much stuff to fit into a shared space.
So here are a few photo's showing my zoo display. For more photo's of the whole display in the studio please click here.

On the table I had a selection of sketches, a portfolio of examples of my illustrations, a book showing examples of other work I do such as murals and a photo of Distinctly Different (Dee Dee) the gorilla sculpture I painted.

In a handy glass cabinet I put some original illustrations on show; one, the Kowari, also had a copy of the finished ID sign next to it so it could be seen as a 'before and after' example. 

On the wall I put up another couple of examples of finished ID signs, a couple of posts from this blog and a description of my job at the zoo.

If I am there again next year, and solo, I will add more to the display.

Sadly my time at home is nearly at an end and I will be back at the zoo to work from Nov 5th. I had so many plans to do to this blog during my two months off, but my preparations for a couple of workshops and the week at Nature In Art took up nearly all of my time; but the plans aren't forgotten I will add them as and when I can.