David Spencer Art Blog

Halesowen display now nearly over but have made a couple of sales which I appreciate in the current climate. I shall be removing the pictures next Thursday.  I should just therefore like to wish anyone and everyone who appreciates my efforts a happy Christmas and a healthy and hopefully prosperous New Year.

Cheers!!

Had a really good time at the staffordshire wildlife trust fayre. It really is a good event with most people liking what I am doing which is nice. There was also excellent cup cakes and mince pies and lots of ideas for presents. I will join the Trust this year which lets face it is about time !!  I shall be displaying framed bird slates in cabinets at Halesowen Library from monday 5th December and hoping that they will appeal to some people for those ‘different and unusual’ Christmas presents. Still painting one of them though but it will be finished in time.

Web site back up and running thanks to Richard in Sheffield, following severe server problems.Sorry for the missing period but onward towards the festive season (again already !!).I shall again be at the Staffs wildlife trust christmas fayre over the weekend November 20/21st with predominantly slate paintings. I shall also have some work on display at Halesowen Library during most of December. I had a most enjoyable holiday in Zakynthos though apart from the injured bat which belly flopped into the pool there wasn’t a lot of wildlife to be seen. We even missed seeing any turtles because it got a bit rough out to sea and the trips were cancelled. Wouldn’t mind a bit of the sunshine now though.

Had two of the three pictures submitted accepted for the NEWA exhibition and happily one was sold. Visited the exhibition myself and thought it was excellent this year. Virtually 50% of the exhibits were sold which is remarkable in the current climate. That’s why this is such a great event to be involved in. Have booked some hols in Zakynthos (will I need euros or drachmas !!) and will be interested to see what the wildlife (natural) is like there. Hope the sun shines.How quickly this year is passing. Wish I could find the brake to slow things up a bit, some of the leaves are already ‘turning’ autumn here. That’s all for now please add a comment if you want to.

Not a great deal happening so far this year. Have entered pictures in TWASI exhibition but no sales. I have doubts about the suitability of a marquee as a gallery space. When the weather’s poor/wet it is reflected inside the marquee and isn’t very conducive to  spending time there. It’s a pity because the Nature in Art venue at Twigworth Gloucs is brilliant. I think the artwork deserves better than the ‘tent’ though. I am just preparing three pictures to be entered in the NEWA exhibition on the Wirral which starts on 15th July. There are two slate paintings and an acrylic picture. If i am lucky enough to have them selected they will be viewable on the NEWA website. Other work has included pet portraits, in particular ‘Leo’ who will probably eventually make it onto the website. Think that’s it for now so get your brushes out and experiment.

Happy new year to you. I am pretty much unmapped out this year compared with last year art wise and need to apply myself to planning the future better. Due to recent success again at Staffs Wildlife trust Fayre at Wolseley bridge, I have taken up an offer to be at their other venue at Westport Lake, Stoke on Trent on March 13th. Again it will be predominantly slate paintings on show but to a whole new clientele. After that I shall again be looking to apply to put work in the T.W.A.S.I. and N.E.W.A. exhibitions. At the moment I haven’t got a private exhibition of my own work booked, but doesn’t time fly !

Mixed fortunes on the Xmas Fayres. The pelsall fayre was a shadow of its former self with fewer crafters and much fewer visitors who showed little interest in my work. The Staffordshire wildlife Trust however was again very productive and makes for an enjoyable weekend. I need to get my thinking cap on now to prepare for next year and hopefully secure new venues for the future.

Thats all for now and though times are hard I wish you a very happy christmas and a healthy and prosperous new year.

Hi, thought it was about time I said something though it’s been relatively quiet since last input. I have a local craft fair in Pelsall West Mids. on November 13th followed by a christmas fayre over the following weekend at the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust headquarters at Wolseley Bridge, Rugeley, Staffs. At these occasions I mainly present acrylic paintings on welsh slate of various sizes and so thats what I have been working on for the last month and a half. And then Hey Its Christmas again !!

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Bye for now.

Just returned from a good holiday in Tuscany Italy. This despite having been robbed at Pisa airport. Bird life somewhat disappointing though apart from lots of colourful bee-eaters. Think they are all shy in case they get shot. Better news is that all three of my pictures submitted to NEWA exhibition on the Wirral were accepted in my absence and have been sold. They can be viewed along with all the other entries on the NEWA (National Exhibition of Wildlife Art) website. Currently preparing for my own exhibition at the Library in the Cornbow Centre in Halesowen West Midlands. It will run from August 2nd to 29th.

I have delivered 3 pictures for the annual exhibition of The Wildlife Art Society International (TWASI) being held at’ The Nature in Art Centre’ Twigworth Gloucestershire. It is on from 29th May to 6th June. It is well worth a visit with the advantage of seeing what’s in the Art Centre also.My pictures are two framed slate paintings of a robin and a blue tit and a double canvas picture of bee-eaters painted in acrylic.