MERTON ARTS TRAIL TWO WEEKS TO GO!

OPEN STUDIOS - PART OF THE MERTON ARTS TRAIL IN OCTOBER

I expect everybody getting ready to open their studio or work place soon is also in the middle of selecting or rejecting, work to display for visitors.

There is so much to choose from, and not enough wall space to hang it!  Some chucking out to be done as well.

Prints, drawings to choose

Oil paintings in place

Here is a photo of my current state, with walls nicely repainted.  I have got some prints that do not fit anywhere, so they have to go outside in the entrance.

Hope you are all planning to come along!

There are a lot of artists taking part in this area, so after visiting me, walk on to the next ones.

I have taken part in open studios before, and here is an old photo from when I was renting a studio at the Wimbledon Art Studios, in London SW18.  This year I am planning to hang smaller work, easier to carry home.  Also I have some greetings cards printed, done by an excellent printer in Croydon.  Good to have just in case you need somebody's birthday card or congratulations card. They are blank inside.

Wimbledon Art Studios in 2009

MERTON ARTS TRAIL - PAULINA TAKES PART!

MERTON ARTS TRAIL, LONDON SW19 AND SW20, OPEN 10.30 AM TO 5.30 PM

PAULINA LITTLE'S OPEN STUDIOS IN OCTOBER FOR TWO WEEKENDS

Taking part in this Merton Arts Trail Open Studios event, 8/9 October and 15/16 October.

I will open up to show my oil paintings, prints and cards in Merton Park in South London, along with about 80 other local artists in other venues around the Borough. You can visit and see my small recent oil paintings at Poplar Road, Merton Park. 

Why not bring your children along to see these colourful and representational paintings and prints, many of them already framed?

Please contact me for more details if you need to know to how to get there. There is a link from the blog for COMMENTS which sends a message via email.

SPORTS ART

The oil paintings are all those made recently, most with a theme of sports-related events. Typical is the painting of Jamaican Beach Volleyball, and the small oil painting entitled 'Marathon Legs, Emmanuel Mutai' which is on show at the Bankside Gallery, London South Bank in the LONDON LIVES competition exhibition, until Sunday, 18 September.  

GREETINGS CARDS

I will also have some greetings cards for you to look at, from reproductions of my sports paintings.

Some of the paintings you can see are on the main page of my web site, here "http://sportsportraitartist.wordpress.com/"

MERTON ARTISTS

Details of the 80 artists taking part in this Open Studio event, the first to be held in the Borough of Merton, are listed in the catalogue, which I can send you, if you get in touch by email with your address.

This is the web site for Merton Arts Trail  . You can also print off a copy of the Merton map, showing studios that will be open, from this Merton Arts Trail website.

MEET ARTISTS IN THEIR STUDIOS

It is an exciting opportunity to meet artists in their studios, and I am is looking forward to your visit. 

 FREE PARKING

Please note that parking is free in the road at weekends. The nearest station is Morden, on the Northern Line, or Wimbledon on the District line and overhead rail, with links to Waterloo and Clapham Junction. After you have visited my studio there are a couple of other open studios within a few minutes walk.  

Other studios are spread out over the Borough, and in addition to Merton Park include Wimbledon, Cannizaro House,  Raynes Park, Phipps Bridge, Wimbledon Village, Southfields and Wimbledon Park.

This is the first time there has been an Open Studio event in the Borough of Merton, and it has been organised brilliantly by Wendy Bliss and Chrissie Craig, many thanks to them!  Sponsors include Fielders Bookshop and Artists' Suppliers in Wimbledon, Time & Leisure Media Group, Cannizaro House and the London Borough of Merton.

TOP EXHIBITION IN LONDON - JOHN BURNINGHAM

JOHN BURNINGHAM - ARTIST ILLUSTRATOR

  Racing Results © John Burningham

The Fleming Collection in Berkeley Street, London, W1J 8DU is having a show of this illustrator's work, starting Tuesday, 13 September to 22 December 2011.

The picture above I have copied from the Fleming Collection website, and I look forward to seeing the collection of his work, reviewed by Jackie Wullschlager in the Financial Times.  He is one of my favourite book illustrators and his work brings back good memories of reading and looking at the books with my children.  Unfortunately my books are well worn and battered now!  Here is a link to the Fleming Collection website 

The Fleming Collection, London

It should be a fascinating show, as it includes London Transport posters, and working drawings.

At the same time there is a special display of his posters at the London Transport Museum, in Covent Garden, London.  This runs from 9 September to 1 December.

London Transport Museum John Burningham exhibition

From this link you can see there is a competition using Flickr Groups for photographs or art work entitled 'Children's London', and a book signing to take place on 26 November at the Museum.

I love this depicition of horse racing!  It looks as if it is done with gouache.