Imprinted, St Albans Museum and gallery, 24th Nov till 3rd feb

Everything is Kept

Delighted that one of my 'time pieces', Holding Still 2017, is currently inhabiting one of the Keepers Galleries at St Albans Museum and Gallery.  It's part of the Imprinted exhibition with Suman Gujral, curated by UHArts, University of Hertfordshire's arts and cultural programme.

We'll both be talking about our work in the gallery at a meet-the-artists event on 9th December, between 3.00 and 4.00 - all welcome - no need to book.

My piece includes twelve of my paintings, twelve pockets of the now dried flowers seen in the paintings, and the twelve vases that are featured in the paintings - all given to me or purchased from craft stalls or second hand shops throughout my life. The paintings were made one per month on the day that I picked the flowers.  I made the paintings over a few hours, never allowing myself to go back to them once the day was finished.  They are in second hand frames that I repurposed to fit the paintings. The vases in this show were all made by other people and I hope I remember to acknowledge them where I can.  This seems a good place to start:

Here are the credits for the vases:

(From top, left to right)

January: Tintagel Pottery, 1984
February: Lisbeth de la Cour, 2003
March: Lisbeth de la Cour, 2005

April: Denby, 1930

May: Ford and Sons, Derby pattern, Burslam, 1900
June: Trident Pottery, 2007

July: Unknown origin and date

August: Stuart Crystal Vase in Cascade Fuchsia Pattern, 1999
September: Unknown origin and date

October: Kinska, London, 2013

November: Jean Knowles, Norfolk, 2004

December: Wileman bone china c1840 - 1900

The frames also had previous lives and were reclaimed from family and friends' pictures and from second hand shops.  I now have a range of prints, paintings, drawings and embroideries, emptied from their frames - they are kept carefully and I'd like to find a way of showing them one day too. 

You can find out a bit more about this piece here.

Draw Jam Sunday 17th June

Delighted to be part of the Let Us Leap festival in Hertford, inspired the painter Alan Davie: 

Sunday 17th June
Draw Jam by Jane Glynn & Michael Wright

11.00am - 4.00pm | Hertford Castle Lawn

Join us for a day of socialising and art making on the glorious lawn of Hertford Castle for our Draw Jam where anyone can come along to draw and hang out. Our two resident artists, Jane Glynn and Michael Wright will be on hand, loaded with materials from pencils to Chinese brushes, to guide jammers on their journey into spontaneous drawing from the imagination and to facilitate a series of gigantic collaborative drawings to be displayed in Hertford Library.

19th July 2017

Here's another oil painting of flowers from our garden.  Making one painting a month as part of a 2017 diary - you can see all the pictures and buy limited edition prints here:

Flower Print Shop 2017

11th October 2016

Solo show this month at Artistsmeet in Rickmansworth.  Visual diary made over the past five years including books, animations, pictures and prints.Open evening tomorrow (12th October) from 5.30 - 7.00 followed by bookmaking workshop. Childrens drop-in workshop on Tuesday 25th: 12.00 - 2.00

6th May 2016

Here are a few pages from my sketchbook.  Been drawing with charcoal in the beautiful gardens at Knebworth House.