This year is full of exhibitions which is making life rather busy! It’s hard to understate the amount of work that goes in to organising these events and getting the work ready. I have an exhibition starting tomorrow at Snape Maltings in the Pond Gallery where I exhibited last year. It’s tricky to find spaces to exhibit at but this is a nice one in a destination location with some other galleries on site, including the new Winch Gallery which currently has an exhibition of paintings by Maggi Hambling.
Most of the artists I have spoken to this year have been finding it hard to make sales as the current economic climate is not really conducive to what might be classed as ‘luxury’ items. The exhibition I had recently at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds was no exception – lots of nice comments but not many people in a position to buy the artwork right now.
Still, we have a lovely group of four of us exhibiting at Pond Gallery so we will see how that goes. You can see a kind of exhibition catalogue here. I will also have some smaller pieces available as well as cards.
After that, I will be preparing for the next exhibition at Aldeburgh in the Courtyard Gallery. This one involves an even bigger rental outlay so it is going to be hit and miss as to whether the 3 of us even cover our costs. The problem is, if you don’t get out there, you won’t sell anything so you really have to take a chance sometimes. Again, it is a lovely venue in one of the art capitals of England so hopefully the right people will visit!
