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Royal Bath & West Show Art Exhibition

25/5/2016

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As you may know my specialism is drawing and printmaking. Not only can the processes be extremely relaxing but, I find solace in the routine of  process at times when other projects are becoming challenging. I have found that this frees my mind to work through other projects and  I am beginning to find themes or links in the subject matter of these 'Solace' works but they do not necessarily fit in with my more conceptual works, and there are times, I think due to my Artist training, that I view the results as a kind of guilty pleasure.

The resulting works have proved to be a bit of a conundrum for me  but I can't seem to stop making them, rather like revisiting the biscuit tin! It seems that there are things in the world that I find fascinating due to their sheer beauty, this perceived beauty increases when I commit the images to paper.  The slight problem is that I just haven't worked out where they fit in my portfolio. however, I  find myself beginning to return to some of the theories I researched during my degree on the role of drawing in contemporary practice and have decided to continue mining this creative vein to see where it leads me.

 I thought I would let the world (or Somerset) give me a bit of feed back so  I decided to enter  in to the Royal Bath and West Art Exhibition and have just been told 2 have been selected!  I have included one below which I call 'Patience' and was inspired by the cormorants on Cheddar Reservoir.

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©Andrea Oke 'Patience' Pastel
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Quartz Festival

10/5/2016

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I have recently been speaking to the artist Paul Newman who apparently saw my work during the Sound wave project for Somerset Art Works. Paul has very kindly asked me to join him and several other extremely talented artists for the 'Outside In' exhibition he is curating for the Quartz Festival at Queens College Taunton. I know a number of the artists that will be showing in the exhibition and can promise that it will be well worth a visit. 
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Ingrained Landscape ©Andrea Oke
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