Kingston Artists’ Open Studios
Here are some images from this year’s Kingston Artists’ Open Studios.
kingston artists open studios – image of “Rush Hour” (below) and “No Cares” (above)
kingston artists open studios jenny meehan “laid to rest” and “clog dance/sacred dance” oil paintings by Jenny Meehan
kingston artists open studios jenny meehan showing various acrylic on linen paintings by Jenny Meehan
kingston artists open studios jenny meehan “bright and breezy” and “resurrection one” paintings plus the table with information and prints.
kingston artists open studios jenny meehan – “bright and breezy” painting. this was exhibited at the Dulwich Picture Gallery a couple of years ago but still lives with me at the moment!
kingston artists open studios jenny meehan – “Resurrection One”
kingston artists open studios jenny meehan view showing my work and some of Cressida Borrett’s ceramics.
Writing this after the first weekend and before the second.. So still time to come along and visit 13 venues in the Kingston Upon Thames area…
18/19th June. 11 – 5pm at Studio KAOS 3, 14 Liverpool Road Kingston KT2 7SZ to come and say hello to me, and:
Caroline Calascione, find out more about her work here: http://www.carolinecalascione.co.uk/
Lizzie Brewer, find out more here: http://www.lizziebrewer.com/
Cressida Borrett, see some of her ceramics here: http://www.cressidaborrett.co.uk/
Plus more ceramics from Bali Edwards here: http://www.pots4u.com/
And also Anna Tikhomirova http://www.artist-anna.com/
Martina van de Gey will also be here from Germany: www.martinavandegey.de
and Seana Mallen: www.smallen.moonfruit.com
There are 74 artists taking part showing their work in 13 venues, so plenty to see! Take a look in the catalogue to plan your route!
It’s wonderful to have other creatives to talk with, bounce ideas about with, and generally spend time with. We need each other to encourage and support each other. One of the wonderful things about being part of KAOS I have found is that we a mutually supportive group, rather than competitive with each other, and this means a lot. While taking part in the Kingston Artists’ Open Studios event does take a lot of effort, it is good to talk to each other and those who visit.
One lady profusely thanked us last weekend for all our time and effort and I was very much blessed by that, as she recognised that we are offering something which we don’t often get thanked for. While we hope to sell some of our work (of course) the time and effort of putting on an event like the Kingston Artists’ Open Studios doesn’t normally generate profit for the vast majority of us (even if you sell something, it doesn’t translate into profit!). So we hope very much that people not only come themselves, but spread the word, as the more people who know about Kingston Artists’ Open Studios and who come along to the Kingston Artists’ Open Studios weekends each year, the more our work is appreciated. The process of showing artwork, introducing people to our work, and talking about what we do is a valuable contribution to society which is sometimes not appreciated. Aside from the practical necessity of selling the work, which does exist, (both from the point of recovering storage space in our already too “jam packed with artwork” homes and the need to reinvest in the development of our work/materials, etc) it is immensely motivating to see people discover art work which resonates for them in a powerful way.
Artists Need Collectors!
I have put that in bold, because it is a reality. We need people who discover that our art works resonate with them to a degree that they purchase them, and also, that they then invest themselves into keeping in track with what we are doing, and make a kind of mini internal commitment to “openness to buy” our work, not as a means of purchasing a commodity, but by way of a creative relationship which supports and encourages the artist, and also benefits the collector. A ideal collector will buy something not just because they love the art work itself but because they are interested in the artist and recognise that the artist is involved in a creative process which they need support and encouragement in. It is not simply a matter of buying objects for oneself. When you buy a piece of art, you help the artist in the creation of their work and support them in their vocation.
While there are some artists whose art working is a business, (among other things) (they have my admiration, and I applaud them on all fronts!) , there are many whose art working will never be, nor does it aspire to be a business (I am one of those!) What I do is a vocation only. However, this does not remove the need for money to fund it. Buying a certain piece of art may not be an investment of the financial type (however… you never know, when I am dead!!! Ho Ho Ho!!! Give me 100 years…or 300) and there is a challenge in purchasing a piece of art for yourself, I think. And the challenge is this: If it speaks to you, do you consider that encounter worth investing in? I feel personally that buying a piece of art and/or being a collector of art might very healthily be viewed as a type of self investment. There is a mysterious type of poetic strengthening of life which happens in the face of a deep resonance between a work of art and the human being encountering it. Sometimes, just sometimes, this is worth investing in, if the work is such that it has a sustaining effect on you as a person, and that you sense this will be a long lasting affair.
Profit is not simply about money… Indeed, I find it is seldom about money at all.
Where collectors (I term “collector” as anyone who has purchased one of my art works either to add to an ongoing collection, or who has purchased more than one of my art works) become patrons, is at the point where their relationship with your work of art becomes not something simply to do with them and an object they have paid for, but becomes a recognition that they are part of a creative process themselves. In collecting a certain artists work they recognise that they have a supportive role. Not one with strings attached. But one which recognises that in choosing to pay money for an artists work they are contributing in some way to the production of future work. The buying of an art work is not just a matter of themselves, but might be, if they choose to make it so, the beginning of an interesting and ongoing journey, in following an artist in the creative path they travel down, and periodically assisting in that path by buying that artists work not just once, but over a period of time.
This type of collector-patron, one who will invest in an artist and their work, and pick out specific artists which they develop an ongoing creative relationship with, is something I am mulling over right now, as I bounce around my thinking in this Journal. I think this is because I have been thinking about the word commodity.
Simple Definition of commodity
: something that is bought and sold
: something or someone that is useful or valued….Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary
It is the sick feeling I get each year before the Kingston Artists’ Open Studios event which has led me to start thinking this through. My experience or rather fear, of my work being viewed as a commodity only... an object brought and sold, probably brings on the dire feeling. An artists work is so much more. The usefulness and value of a piece of art is not very measurable at all. And the buying and selling bit has to happen, such is the world we live in. But what is the exchange really meaning in all this? Money is the medium of exchange, but what is the meaning of the exchange, what is it’s nature and what might be it’s potential? The use and value of someone choosing to buy artwork which you as an artist have created isn’t simply a material matter. That someone decides to invest and that this is symbolised partly through the exchange of money is always a great thing. Useful too, on a practical level. Essential. But the transaction can mean so much more to the artist. We are separate from our work, and don’t need to hang on to it, control it, or refuse to let go, however, what it will be, we always hope, will be so much more than something brought and sold. We want it to have a life of its own. An existence which will live new lives in the people who relate to it. We want that to be a good relationship. We poured ourselves into it, and then let go completely. Even if it ends up in a charity shop, we wish it well, and hope that no one sits on it. Well, I speak for myself with my very big “We”. But it writes better to say “We” and I know I am not alone.
And I guess it varies a lot with the type of work it is, and how much creative energy/significance/effort one has invested in it. I am thinking of my paintings here, rather than anything else. My paintings are the spear head of my creative energy and the tool with which I hammer on into reality, searching, but always in the dark! Wonderful abandonment, which strangely, I am found in! (And probably pretty much any other paradox which could be applied, could be applied! So words do fail..)
I do ramble on!
To finish on this one, I hope that those who I will call, for the reasons of my ramblings above, art “collector-patrons”; those who buy a few select pieces that mean the world to them, and who follow artists and take a genuine interest in them, recognise how important they are to the ongoing creation of art. For example, those who have brought my work and continue to do so, encourage and inspire me, by their investment. Which is not actually simply a matter of paying money for something, but rather the faith that what they have brought matters. That it matters to them, yes, this is clear and true, yet also, in that process, a recognition that it matters to me to the extent that I pour myself out for it. They see my investment and choose to invest. That’s a good thing.
I have just found this, which is kind of what I am getting at I think:
“Terry Eagleton offers insight into the idea that art may transcend systemic titles of value such as money, by “…suspending itself between life and death. The work of art seems full of vital energy, but is no more than an inanimate object. The mystery of art is how black marks on a page, or pigments on a canvas, or the scraping of a bow on a catgut, can be so richly evocative of life”(Eagleton, 2010, p. 71).”
I have quoted this from: http://www.artandeducation.net/paper/art-as-an-autonomous-commodity-within-the-global-market/
(Art as an Autonomous Commodity within the Global Market
Dan Zimmerman)
Other interesting thoughts:
“It’s cold logic then to think of art as a commodity, but what you are really seeing is a whole generation of peers and people older and wealthier than you deciding whether art history is going to remember you or not,’ said Crow” ( Kelly Crow, The Wall Street Journal’s art market journalist)
quoted from: http://ginafairley.com/artshub/is-art-a-commodity/
Also interesting:
http://archive.boston.com/business/blogs/global-business-hub/2012/04/art_as_commodit.html
from which comes: “Todd Levin, Director of Levin Art Group, told me, “Art fairs are not places where aesthetic or intellectual fields of value are created. Art fairs are competitive fields where the destruction of aesthetic and intellectual values takes place for the benefit of consumptive value.”
and:
“Some artists prefer to see themselves as pilgrims rather than as stock commodities. Regarding the art market, Amy Ragus states: “If possible, make your money elsewhere, so your art isn’t compromised to forces that often seek to exploit and codify your message.”
(My thought, not inevitable, and not terrible, (one artist can have more than one single “art” and it doesn’t have to be kept in a protective environment) however, worth being aware of what is happening and if it is exactly what you want.)
Kingston Artists Open Studios is still on this year:
https://issuu.com/kingstonartistsopenstudios/docs/cataloguekaos2016
Follow the link to view the 2016 Kingston Artists Open Studios catalogue
There are many different KAOS (Kingston Artists’ Open Studios) artists showing this year.
Below an image of the Cass Art Kingston Artists Open Studios Taster Exhibition.
Lovely private view, very much enjoyed. Even with my stick.
Exhibition open to all so do come and see it. Free. Cass Art, 103 Clarence Street, KT1 1 QY in “The Art Space” above the shop. Just go in the shop and ask to be directed in the right direction!
cass art taster exhibition wall 2016 with gentle leaves Kingston Artists’ Open Studios
The quotes below come from Living Within . (Copyright Living Within).
http://www.livingwithin.com/20052016-kingston-artists.html
KINGSTON ARTISTS PREPARE FOR OPEN STUDIOS WEEKENDS IN JUNE
Friday 20 May 2016 – Kingston
“This year there will be over 70 painters, printmakers, photographers, sculptors, ceramicists, textile artists, glass artists, and many others, taking part. Open Studios is a growing national movement, with towns all over the UK taking part at different points in the year, and is an opportunity for the artists to share what they do with each other – and of course the general public. Often working alone in their studios for most of the year, it’s great to spend two relaxing weekends sharing ideas and meeting people. It is also an opportunity to show a wider range of work than they can in fairs and galleries, where space is limited.”
“2016 is the biggest event yet, with 13 different venues opening their doors, including a ‘taster exhibition’ throughout the week of June 11th, held in the upstairs art space at Cass Art, in Kingston town centre. Providing you live in the area, you will receive a flyer through your door, or alternatively you can pick up a catalogue at Kingston museum, the library, Cass Art, Pullingers or one of the many cafes around town. A trail map is included, or can be downloaded from http://www.kingstonartistsopenstudios.co.uk/show”
Not forgetting the Anagrams Kingston Museum Exhibition.. Wheatfield Way, KT1 2PS runs till 2nd July.
So much to see!
Yoga and the Devoted Christian
Sadly, for the last two weeks I have been unable to do my local Our Parks Yoga class, due to my right knee becoming very unstable, and difficulty walking/pain just meaning I need to give it a bit of a rest. Still doing a bit of Yoga at home and planning a return soon, but waiting till I have seen a specialist as rather worried about what is happening with it right now.
Despite my current limitations, I am LOVING Yoga, and find it quite a revelation!
Wishing I had discovered it earlier in life, however, there is a time for things, so it being now is just fine!
Reflecting back on how my faith and views have changed… I am now in the second half of life.
There would have been a time, twenty years ago, when I would have viewed the practice of Yoga with suspicion and a certain amount of what can only be called paranoia and fear.
Maybe a feeling of somehow betraying my religion.
However, what has changed?
I think my experience with psychotherapy has changed rather a lot for me. Because the tendency of all people is to try and avoid that which makes us feel uncomfortable. Natural. Understandable.
But our fears are rooted deep within. We attach them to things. Fear is good when there is a good reason for it.
A “good reason” for fear with vary a lot, depending on one’s life experience.
Every person has their own sense of integrity, and for some Christians, to practice something like Yoga is something they cannot allow themselves to do. Others won’t even think about philosophical or religious ideas or possible conflicts and will just worry about if they are “doing it properly”.
I feel that the practice of Yoga is pretty much like anything else, what it means, represents, and promotes varies hugely depending on who is teaching it, how they are teaching it, and what the intentions and objectives are behind it. As is the case in the vast area of what might be termed Christianity, or in a more expressed in ritual/religious sense “the Christian Church” What is actually going on, being taught and expressed, and how this is being done, varies immensely. There are all kinds of things going on!
“Nowhere’s Safe” comes to mind…. words I remember from a Graham Greene book I read. Cannot remember which one!
Might seem negative, but for me, not so.
There is a place of refuge in our Creator God. Yes. But it is easy to allocate “safe” and “unsafe” places in our life. We are not always right.
If someone feels they are betraying themselves, their particular religious affiliation, or their innermost being, in some way by practising Yoga, then they should not do it. It is as simple as that. If it doesn’t feel “safe” somehow, then it doesn’t feel right.
However, if it seems in accordance with what God and the Holy Spirit are doing in their life, and indeed, then it may be for them a gift, and a wonderful thing, liberating, helpful, and definitely in the service of Christ and others. In my humble opinion.
For me, it is a gift, and I am grateful to receive it. I see my Yoga teacher’s work as an act of service, which I am grateful to receive.
I don’t feel any obligation to believe what I do not believe, or change what I believe, because of a variances and differences in philosophy in the context of a Yoga Class, any more than I would in any other setting. However, it is the case that I feel no imposition or pressure to do so, and this is probably something which varies a lot depending on the individual teacher of Yoga. There are more religious and ritualistic ways of Yoga, I am sure. It is doubtful that I would feel comfortable with that, just as someone who wasn’t a committed Christian believer and used to taking Communion at Church wouldn’t feel very right at all about taking Communion!
I am a big fan of Mindfulness as a practice, and I think that probably my appreciation of Yoga is the working together of the mind and body in what I view as a prayerful discipline, and the whole matter of body awareness and opening myself up to God, (God awareness) which I really love a lot. I do experience very good sense of communion with God when doing Yoga, and invite the Holy Spirit into the whole of my being in a very intentional and focused way.
I can see that some folk would worry about what they were opening themselves up to, if they felt that it was not actually in their own control and that their personal boundaries might somehow be infiltrated by “something else” spiritually without their awareness or consent. Or if they felt pressured or imposed upon in some way. But I think a good Yoga teacher is one, like any other kind of teacher, who doesn’t seek to impose anything, but instead, trusts, TRUSTS, in the Spirit of God.
I guess the problem for many devoted Christians with Yoga might be in a belief that there is more than one God and that actually the “God” or “Spirit” of Yoga is a different one to the one that they believe in. My own belief is that there is only one God, but lots of different ways and approaches, or paths, which people negotiate their way along in their quest for spiritual truth and freedom. I don’t believe God is an impersonal force, and I hold passionately to the uniqueness of Christianity in relation to other religions. Christ is God, and is Saviour. The ultimate truth. The light of the world. The point at which all points converge. I don’t need to argue any kind of case about what I believe being better, or more right, or “the only way”. Because quite clearly, it is not the only way to experiencing God’s truth, Spirit, and working in the world. God works in people who are not calling themselves Christians. He worked in me, throughout my life, long before I committed myself to Christ, in many significant ways.
The fact that I believe the SOURCE of all truth and revelation is indeed bedded in the work of the Lord Jesus Christ, is something I pray I hope to simply live out and testify to, in whatever ways I am given to. The way, it is a way of Love. So I aim to love, as I am loved by my Creator. I can express what about Christ, being a Christian, and knowing God through Christ, means, and how it matters, and have open eyes to the wonderful working of the Holy Spirit. In my own experience, I see the Holy Spirit manifest in my practice of Yoga. It is as simple as that.
It’s not that I don’t believe that there are harmful spiritual influences in the world… because actually, I do believe they exist. I don’t think a recognition of such is Medieval or delusional. But I draw my attention to what is good, and orientate myself to the workings on the Holy Spirit. And God is using my practice of Yoga in a wonderful and exciting way. Which I am very grateful for.
Suspicions about yoga are shared by many Muslims, Christians and Jews around the world and relate to yoga’s history as an ancient spiritual practice with connections to Hinduism and Buddhism. It is a spiritual exercise, to be sure, but what it means to someone is what it means to them. All the things in our lives mean something different to what they mean to someone else, I think. It is more OUR intention and purpose, which makes things what they are.
And as I mentioned earlier, the variety and differences, the various schools and approaches, the diversity of what Yoga “is” is rather hard to pop into one big lump. Just because Yoga is ancient, and a bit mysterious, doesn’t make it evil. You don’t have to agree with philosophies, theories and ideas about how and why it “works” or is beneficial to experience it as beneficial. God does work in mysterious ways, as that familiar saying goes! And, if Yoga is a “way” to God, then it doesn’t follow that this somehow supplants Christ, or that it is and “either” “or” situation. Or that it is in itself some kind of salvation by works. (I am sure it might be practised in this way by some, but that doesn’t mean that it needs to be). Deep down, we all struggle with the sense that we need to earn favour, approval and acceptance. This is lived out in our lives in many different kinds of way. Grace, pure grace, is always a challenge.
Even if yoga is, fundamentally, a religious activity, our yoga practice is OUR YOGA PRACTICE. It does not belong to anyone else. Therefore, if we are religious, then it will be, as we are.
No prizes for guessing what “Sun Salutation” is for me!!!!
Basically Yoga is a very broad term and this does cause difficulty. There are lots of different forms of Yoga and some are more overtly religious than others. For example, Hare Krishna monks, are adherents of bhaktiyoga, the yoga of devotion. But what most people in the West think of as yoga is properly known as hathayoga – a path towards enlightenment that focuses on building physical and mental strength. The word “enlightenment” might cause some alarm to some Christians I guess. but what “enlightenment” means depends on tradition. For some Hindus it may be a liberation from the cycle of reincarnation, but it doesn’t have to be. For many yoga practitioners it is a point where you achieve stillness in your mind, or understand the true nature of the world and your place in it. In this respect, it appears more to me to be a matter of Mindfulness. With wonderful physical benefits!
I guess there will always be debate about whether Yoga is compatible with Christianity, Islam and other religions. The yogic asanas might retain elements of their earlier spiritual meanings, however, as I move MY body and use MY mind, in prayer to MY GOD, then I think what is theoretically “retained” becomes meaningless in my practice, because I do not hold onto it, nor have I even held it. What Yoga embodies will surely stem from the soul of the person doing it, and no more or less? It is an art, and like my painting, I use elements of what has gone before, but what I do is not what has gone before, it is what is now.
It is all about intention.
When I take communion, in my local Anglican Church, I take the wine, though I am teetotal. I do this and it is deeply symbolic and special to me. It defines the importance of the sacred for me. I have rejected alcohol in my life, but I receive it in this context, and it deepens the symbolism for me actually, because it is about sufficiency in Christ for me. Yet I could ,if I wished to, chose to receive wine in other ways, drinking at a party or something. (Though it would not be a good idea for me!) It is the intention which is different. My fallen intention with alcohol was that it was, fundamentally there, as an instrument of destruction for me. That is what it meant. But in the rite of Communion, the intention is transformational. Its meaning is blessedly transformed for me. It is life, and life through the blood of Christ.
I mention this because taking that communion is not like drinking alcohol, even though it is drinking alcohol. That is the best way I can think of describing it, and I also believe that kneeling, for example in an asana, is kneeling in whatever way the intention is focused.
Religion is not installed in a person through repetition of outward rituals or practices. That is quite simply, rather empty. In my opinion.
Faith comes from the inside out, and from an inward working of God’s Grace. As a sacrament is an outward sign of an inward grace, Yoga practice can be that too. If you want it to be.
I won’t be chanting Hindu sutras, but I am happy to use “namaste” because I do acknowledge the meeting of God in each other. I don’t understand God as just an impersonal force, but I do recognise very much, especially as an artist, the creative spirit at work in the world, as it says “In Him we live and move and have our being”. There is something of the breath of God, which is very wonderfully engaged with by focus on the breath!
I view Yoga as a philosophy and approach, and one which can be very usefully engaged by Christians, without causing sudden destruction to their faith or adversely affecting them in any other way, as indeed much can be gained from the many rich areas of life and experience, which happen to be new or different to us, in some way.
Quote from Rebecca Ffrench:
“People say that yoga is Hindu, but “Hinduism” is a problematic term, coined by outsiders for everything they saw going on in India.
Yoga stems from the Vedas – the Indian holy texts that were composed from around 1900BC. Besides yoga, three major religions came from those texts – Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.
Around 200-400AD, a sage called Patanjali composed the Yoga Sutras. His “eight limbs” of yoga still inform practice today and discuss posture, breathing, meditation and correct living.
For many centuries yoga was all about meditation and austerity practices, such as standing on one leg for weeks or hanging upside-down from a tree. There were only 14 yoga asanas or postures.
The big explosion in hatha yoga didn’t come until the early 1900s in Mysore, India – now there are over 100 postures.”
Well, that’s enough of that for now.
Apart from… Yoga has helped me deal in all respects with my ongoing experience of osteoarthritis, and been a fantastic tool and resource in so many ways. It seems a shame to dismiss something or even prohibit something which is so beneficial to so many just because of irrational fears…
It is, I think, what comes OUT of us, which is normally the problem. So much inner trash!
Discernment with respect to our own inner brokenness and our faulty strategies of dealing with it, is probably more useful than avoiding this or that, in case of “pollution”. However, each should only do what they feel comfortable with, this is the main thing.
Art at the Bridge#7
This exhibition is still up. Wonderful to see my work in such a prominent place. Tower Bridge! I never would have thought! So pleased to be part of it. “Drawn Together” my piece of work can be brought as a print on Redbubble.com . Here is the link;
Artist Notes for Drawn Together:
“Building Bridges, the Female Perspective”.
This artwork expresses some of my female emotional experience: the emotion of two parts of my sense of self being pulled together. A feeling of balance and unity, which holds, even when the two sides are different in some respects. The suspended purple and yellow contrasting colours create stasis and tension. Yet, there is also a mirroring of the same essential structure in my composition, drawn together in a pivotal centre, which may suggest movement. This piece also resonates in relation to the Tower Bridge; an engineering achievement involving among other things, precision, balance, and design. Creative energy, both within and without, in both engineering and art.
building bridges the female perspective art exhibition tower bridge engine rooms jenny meehan
My friend Denise and me had a great day out! Loved the glass walkway and the Engine Rooms were amazing!
building bridges the female perspective art exhibition tower bridge engine rooms jenny meehan Jenny’s work “Drawn Together”
Here is one of the reviews:
http://whatsgoodtodo.co.uk/art-at-the-bridge-7-review/
Art at the Bridge #7
Tower Bridge, London
http://www.towerbridge.org.uk
8 March to 31 July 2016
Reviewed by Amanda Hayes
“I was privileged to be invited to the press night of Art at the Bridge #7 – Building Bridges: The Female Perspective last night, held in the fantastic setting of the Victorian engine rooms at the iconic Tower Bridge site it was the perfect backdrop to display art works. The engine rooms are very much an industrial setting with uncluttered bare brick walls and this lets the art speak for itself showing off the different genres with clarity.
Tower Bridge work with a range of community partners such as Variety & Southwark Young Pilgrims and has partnered with the Southwark Arts forum since 2011 to provide an annual exhibition at the Engine Rooms. This year’s exhibition is entitled Building Bridges: the Female Perspective and showcases the very different art forms from a network of local artists, 15 of which have gone through a judging process to exhibit at this prestigious venue. The works are a selection of paintings, photographs, mixed media, drawings and lino cut prints each showing their unique view, either literally or metaphorically of what building bridges in a modern world means to them.
Whilst the moody photograph Momentary Flight by Ana Katrina Giles-Myers, and the lino cut Albatross from Charlotte Tymms portray bridges in a more literal sense Donna Leighton’s etching entitled The New Baby explores building bridges in a completely different way by portraying the bond between mother and baby. A particular favourite of mine was Bound to Remember by Victoria Coster, a collage on canvas layering paper that would typically be discarded such as receipts for food and travel from 2006-2011 bridging together the space between those times.
Running from International Women’s Day on 8 March until 31 July 2016, Building Bridges: The Female Perspective is a must see exhibition set in an atmospheric setting. Art being a truly personal taste I highly recommend you go along and find your own personal favourite.”
Bits and Bobs
This is a nice little run down of exhibitions by British female artists happening in 2016:
More interesting reading from Gresham College:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/contemporary-christian-art
That’s it for now….
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Jenny Meehan is a painter, poet, and Christian contemplative based in East Surrey/South West London. Her interest in Christ-centred spirituality and creativity are the main focus of this artist’s journal, which rambles and meanders on, maybe acting as a personal (yet open to view) note book as much as anything else. If you read and enjoy it, this would be an added bonus!
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Jenny Meehan works mainly with either oils or acrylics creating both abstract/non-objective paintings and also semi-abstract work. She also produces representational/figurative artwork, mostly using digital photography/image manipulation software, painting and drawing. Both original fine paintings and other artwork forms and affordable photo-mechanically produced prints are available to purchase.
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You tube video with examples of photography, drawing and painting
by Jenny Meehan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAXqzMIaF5k
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