December 2009

Hello,

In December I was part of the The Lodge Artist Society annual exhibition at Astley park Coach House Gallery. The Lodge is a great group of artist of all abilities and welcomes new members, I have enjoyed my time there so far very much! The exhibition took place over three weeks from the start of December and there was a private view including prize giving. North West artist Gerry Halpin was the judge and the event was attended by the Mayoress of Chorley. Opening night was a busy event and I was awarded the 'Ray Landless Best in Show' trophy for my painting 'Stoneface I' which was a complete shock! There were many visitors to the show over the three weeks and this generated many sales within the works on show including a couple of mine. I am looking forward to new events this year and my work will be in the Garstang annual open exhibition this month (details to follow).

November 2009

Hello,

The end to 2009 was quite a busy time for me. My work on show at the County Inn in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, which mean a long way to travel but they look fantastic! Looking forward to getting some feedback, if you're in the area pop in it's on the village green and is a lovely pub!

Hi there,

This is a very recent piece called 'Errupting Landscape', it's significant as it's much larger than how i've been working lately. It's good to get back to working larger but i do like the detail in some of the smaller ones so i'll continue to do both! Look out for more updates coming soon.

This piece is called Blue Wave. It's part a a small series of work done on board rather than canvas. It was interesting to work on board as most of my paintings for the last few years have been on canvas which is a more flexible surface. Board is not but this but this itself makes for some interesting and unique markings. let me know what you think!

This piece is Called 'Burn'. It's part of a medium sized set of work which has been working really well at the moment, however I want to get back to doing some much larger pieces but the logistics of that may prove difficult at the moment! I'm still trying to think of ways i can do this without destroying where I'm working.

This piece is called SoftscapeI, it plays on the inspiration coming from the ladscape. Although my work is based on the organic i mean this in a sense of freedom and letting the paint do what it wants rather than a litteral, pictorial representation.
I'm always creating new work so keep checking out my blog or my website for new pieces!

Hello!

Welcome to my blog! This is an example of one of my pieces, you can check of more of my work at riaharding.com.

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