On the Pin Board

Some of you may be wondering why there’s been no movement on the blog for a while, so I am checking in to say that I have been swamped by a tsunami of work and am swimming for all I’m worth to keep my head above the water level! However, the beach is in sight, with only a month to go until the National Arts Festival begins in Grahamstown and our sibling exhibition COMMON ROOTS:DIFFERENT ROUTES opens its doors to the public.

There will be more on this shortly.

In the meanwhile, it is most fortunate for me that amidst the current of this organized chaos, run three streams of calmer waters that help to keep me physically and emotionally buoyed and assist me in keeping perspective. I am speaking about my art class students who flow in and out of the studio each week, bringing with them an abundance of good humour, creative talent, yummy things to eat and wine to keep the creativity flowing. Despite my distractions, they have all kept their focus and have produced some truly amazing work over the past few months. So today, when I have nothing of my own to show, I am delighted to have some of their work to share. Most of these students started out as complete beginners not so long ago. Click on the images below to enjoy them at their fullest:

Helen de Vos. Pencil

Holly Nel. Pencil

Mary Birt. Ink wash

Jo Rice. Charcoal

Nadia van der Walt. Ink wash and resist

Nicola Byers. Ink wash and resist

Kevin Whittington-Jones. Charcoal

Sonja Were. Charcoal

Helen de Vos. Charcoal

Jean Hardman. Chalk pastel

Kevin Whittington-Jones. Ink wash and wax resist

Helen de Vos. Charcoal

Nadia van der Walt. Charcoal

Jo Rice. Charcoal

Kit Mills. Charcoal and ink

Mary Birt. Chalk pastel

Andrea Upfold. Collage

Holly Nel. Charcoal

Sonja Were. Charcoal

Andrea Upfold. Chalk

Sonja Were. Chalk pastel

Kevin Whittington-Jones. Collage

There will be another post soon that will give some background to our forthcoming sibling exhibition.

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