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@wiltshire artspace, Avebury, B&W, exhibition, fine art, fog, Heaven's Gate, Hive Artspace, lone tree, photography, WVAT 2017, Wylye Valley Art Trail
I finally plucked up the courage and participated in my first exhibition!
Representing fine art photography I was part of a group of artists of varied disciplines brought together to launch a new gallery and arts venue, the Hive Artspace in Warminster, taking part in the Wylye Valley Art Trail 2017, a biennial event held in South and West Wiltshire. My brief, in order to sit comfortably with the other exhibits at the venue, was to select images that were local whilst reflecting the natural world – easy to say but fraught with difficulties! After much deliberation I made a selection based on a standard size and format, all mono, similarly toned and linked by the prevailing weather conditions at the time of their capture – i.e. fog!
The response from visitors to seeing well known places through my eyes was incredibly rewarding and came with the added bonus of sharing fond memories and stories of places that had touched their lives. The exhibition was more involved and more successful than ever crossed my mind and, so far, the run down seems to be as busy as the run up!
Other exhibitors were:
Cath Bloomfield – printmaker and mixed media
Freya Brammble-Carter – ceramist
Susan Burrows – textiles
Fiona Campbell – mixed media sculptor
Diana Charnley – painter and printmaker
Dilana Nikolova – illustrator and cartoonist
Anna Shuttlewood – muralist, painter and illustrator
…. and my thanks to them all and The Hive Artspace for a great experience at a well received exhibition!
(All images are copyright to Noeline Smith)
Congratulations Noeline. More people definitely deserve to see your work. It’s stunning. We’ve been very lucky here on WordPress to have the privilege. I’d love to see your work first hand mind you. 🙂
Thank you – but can feel myself flushing at such praise!! 😳
Next time (?!?) I try it I’ll let you know – if I was on the ball I would have posted this before or during the week rather than after the event!
Really lovely and thoughtful summing up, Noeline, Thank you. Love your work it certainly deserves as much exposure as it can get. Yes, the WVAT was an excellent experience for us too.
Am off to Boston for a week leaving Friday. Hope to see you soon after…..XXX
Judging by the general feedback it seems it was a pretty good Trail all round – glad it worked out well for you too. Have a great time in Boston!
Congratulations on your first exhibition. Your images are very good!
Thank you David 🙂
Congratulations Noeline, and it must be a thrill to see your work displayed in such an attractive looking venue, and for it to be generating such positive responses. Thoroughly deserved and well done,
best wishes
Julian
Thank you; there were times when I wasn’t sure it was going to work out but it all came together in the end. Also, it’s the first time I’ve been able to see my images hung as a ‘collection’ so that was great ….
Glad you plucked up your courage and went with the exhibition. Congratulations it looks a lovely place and your images are as always stunning and they sit well in the space together. So pleased it went really well and is maybe a start of more to come 🙂 Love your series here.
Thank you 🙂 It was a rollercoaster of emotions and after all it took to get it up and running the nine days flashed by in no time at all – the whole venue looked great and definitely a good experience overall!
Fantastic Noeline, it is good to do.
Thank you Leanne.
Well done, Noeline! It takes courage and much effort to mount an exhibition. You work to a very high standard and I’m delighted for you that you found it such a rewarding experience. I also followed up the links to the other artists. It was clearly a very impressive trail in general.
Sadly I didn’t get to see much of the Trail this time but it is usually pretty good – clearly a lot of effort also goes into organising it and it pays off.
On a personal level, it was an incredibly nerve wracking experience with doubts at every step of the way. Obviously my website, blog etc. have an audience of sorts but there’s nothing quite like the trepidation being face to face with someone casting an eye over your ‘soul’!
That’s terrific! Congrats on the success and fun!
Thank you! It was bit nerve wracking but worth it in the end!