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  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many artists have found themselves without work, teaching, technical support and gallery work. Exhibitions and sales have disappeared. In an attempt to help alleviate some of this stress Artist Matthew Burrows instigated the ARTIST SUPPORT PLEDGE #artistsupportpledge in March 2020 The concept is a simple one. Artists post imagesContinue reading “Artist Support Pledge”

Harpenden Pop-Up Shop ‘8and’ is hosting ‘6more’, an exhibition of work by 6 women artists, featuring evocative contemporary landscape paintings, stylish textile work and stunning sculptures. Gill Ayre, Paula Barnard-Groves, Flea Cooke, Karen Frieldi, Anne Hignell and Judith Moule, all members of Herts Visual Arts , have formed a mutual creative mentoring group and haveContinue reading “‘6more’ exhibition and sale of work 21st – 27th October 2019”

Herts Big Art Fair Sat, 13 Jul 2019, 10:00 –Sun, 14 Jul 2019, 16:00 Hitchin Town Hall Brand Street Hitchin SG5 1JE Herts Visual Arts are again holding their annual Big Art Fair at Hitchin Town Hall during the Hitchin Festival, and I will have a stand there, as I have for the past two years.Continue reading “Herts Big Art Fair, 13th and 14th July, Hitchin Town Hall”

I am really looking forward to participating in the following events in the next few weeks, and hope some of you will be able to able to join me at one, or both of them: Ayot Art Show Now in its 45th year, the 2019 Art Show is held from Saturday 15 to Monday 17Continue reading “Upcoming Exihibitions in June and July – Ayot Art Show, and The Big Art Fair”

For one week only, the Wynd Gallery in Letchworth is holding an Artist’s Studio Spring Clean Show and Sale, starting on Saturday 6th April until 13th April, and, as I am an active member of this gallery a collection of my old paintings and hand-made prints will be available at knock-down prices. With at leastContinue reading “Wynd Gallery – Artist’s Studio Spring Clean Show – starts Saturday 6th April!”

Many thanks to all those who came to see our recent exhibition at the Wynd Gallery in Letchworth. Myself and fellow artist, Caryl Beach, had a week long joint exhibition, titled ‘Thin Places’, which launched with a very successful Private View on 13th October and finished on Saturday 20th October. The title of the exhibitionContinue reading “A successful exhibition!”

You are invited to attend the Private View of ‘Thin Places: An exhibition of work by Gill Ayre and Caryl Beach’ Saturday 13th October 2018, 2 – 5pm The Wynd Gallery, The Wynd, Letchworth, Herts SG6 3EN http://www.wyndgallery.co.uk The exhibition runs from13th – 20th October 2018 Thin Places are places where the veil between the temporalContinue reading “Thin Places Exhibition – Private View, Saturday 13th October 2 -5pm”

Please come and join us on Friday 31st August, 6 – 9pm, for the Private View of the anniversary exhibition ‘I Wish You Were Here’, at The Wynd Gallery, 6 – 8 The Wynd, Letchworth, SG6 3EN We are a co-operative gallery of 29 member artists, all local to Hertfordshire, and we are celebrating theContinue reading “Wish You Were Here – The Wynd Gallery anniversary exhibition – Private View Friday 31st August 6 – 9pm”

Thin Places: An exhibition of work by Gill Ayre and Caryl Beach  The Wynd Gallery, The Wynd, Letchworth, Herts SG6 3EN http://www.wyndgallery.co.uk 13th – 20th October 2018 Opens Saturday 13th October 2018, Private View 2 – 5pm Thin Places are places where the veil between the temporal and the spiritual worlds are tissue-thin, and in suchContinue reading “Thin Places: An exhibition of work by Gill Ayre and Caryl Beach”

I know that many artists face this dilemma when they are making work – not quite knowing when a painting is finished. Sometimes I think a painting is finished, I paint the edges, putting hanging wires on, even exhibit it, and then get it back to my studio and find myself playing with it again,Continue reading “When is a painting finished?”