Four artists collectively showing together at the Autumn edition of the Affordable Art Fair.
Artists showing on stand D7:
Boo Compton
Carrie Jean Goldsmith
Gina Cross
Jo de Pear
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Recent small works created to exhibit at the Art Car Boot Fair with Smithson Projects.
Each print is from an A/P of a total of 5. When all are sold I will not be creating these again at this size and they are at the Art Car Boot Fair price of £75 only - usually would be priced at £95
Works are fine art archival prints on Hahnemulle German Etching paper
Size: 21 x 30 cm
Signed and numbered.
With 30 years experience of working in the creative industries - from making the tea to running my own gallery and making my own work, I have a solid understanding of the ups and downs of finding your way. I have given hundreds of portfolio reviews and face to face tutorials and worked as a mentor at BA and MA level as well as mentoring and supporting privately alongside the artists I have represented since 2009.
As a very experienced art buyer, designer and artist curator I have a finely tuned eye for what can make a successful portfolio of work in both the commercial and fine art world.
One of my strongest skills is to help creatives find their direction and help them see the possibilities for their work. I regularly give surgeries with students, graduates, practising artists/designers and with creatives who are coming back to their practice after a hiatus : whether that’s been raising a family or dedicating time to a full time career for example.
If you are at a point where you want an experienced eye to help you put together a portfolio that will work, then please do get in touch . Each client is different and the sessions are tailored around your requirements.
My services include :
- One to one portfolio surgery to help pinpoint a creative direction
- Pricing of artwork + professional practice questions and answers
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- Website and portfolio presentation
Mentoring + Professional Practice Clients include:
The Design Trust
New Ashgate Gallery
London College of Communications
University of Creative Arts
University of Arts Bournemouth
Brighton University
Norwich University
An exhibition featuring abstract artists Gina Cross and Christine Wilkinson
4 September to 2 October
Meet the Artists: 22 September 2024
This collaborative show ‘Duo’ highlights the distinct but complementary styles of two abstract artists, showcasing Gina Cross's colourful prints and original works on copper alongside Christine Wilkinson's refined, colourful abstractions.
‘Duo’ invites viewers to explore the interplay between colour, form, and texture, offering a unique visual conversation that reflects the two artists’ viewpoints.
Gina Cross is a London-based multidisciplinary artist whose work investigates the relationships between shape, colour, space and light. Her current artistic practice spans a diverse range of materials and methods, including metal, paper, photography, and digital processes. Gina describes her ongoing work as an effort to "join the dots," reflecting her continuous exploration and study of contemporary art history.
Christine Wilkinson’s practice utilises an iterative process where artworks lead and flow into each other. Colour is core to Christine’s work moving from the more subtle and serene to the vibrant and impactful. Her work blurs the boundaries between photography and painting. Light becomes form. Form without substance, existing only as an instance of colour and light.It begins with a photograph or a fragment of a photograph - car headlights maybe or sunlight streaming through a window. It’s a starting point, a process, reducing the image simply to random pixels to be used as raw material. Then it’s about finding the subject matter through the process, evoking a sensation rather than pinning down an image.
Gina Cross is a multi-disciplinary artist and curator whose work investigates the relationships between space, form, colour and light.
Gina’s current work is focused on working with paper and metal to create sculptural works alongside using photography as a core part of her practice to document the ephemeral nature of form and the interaction of light and colour. The results are a mixture of photographic prints and physical artworks on paper and metal.
Gina states that ‘my work is inspired and influenced by many factors including the sculptural qualities of some haute couture, architecture, the play of light and shadow. All of my work is fundamentally concerned with the relationship of space, colour, light and form.’
Since 2022 Gina has been working on reclaimed copper plate, photo etching the plates with textures and shapes that are derived from her own photographs and manipulations. The metal undergoes chemical processes to transfer the imagery on to the plate, and Gina embraces the imperfections that happen in this process that are adding themselves to the existing history engraved in the metal.
Colour is applied through a number of processes, including mono printing, screen printing stencilled shapes and enamel spray paint, working intuitively and not to a plan.
The reflective surface acts as the spacial element in the compositions, helping the applied colours shine but also they reflect the light and colour of their surroundings, and in that sense they come alive.
These works were recently shown at the London Original Print Fair 2024 and are currently created for commissions and gallery shows.
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Beginning with large sheets of paper, I create sweeping gestural marks directly with a knife to create new dynamic, unplanned shapes. Once the paper has been sliced, I then work intuitively with the paper - cutting, slicing, pinning and slotting the pieces together to create new sculptural forms. This part of the practice is playful and unselfconscious - allowing the process to dictate the results while being connected to the physical experience of making and responding to each stage as it develops.
What emerges are ephemeral sculptural works that I photograph in the studio using mostly light and colour filters to capture the shapes and shadows that each variation reveals. These become studies of space, colour, light and form while I focus in on the compositional interactions of shapes created through the playful process. I am also reminded of plants and leaves and how they move together. The intention is to record these shapes as they interact together in a moment in time, while also embracing any imperfections of the paper and sometimes capturing the movement of the paper in the studio breeze.
There is an intimacy to the works as they themselves are fleeting moments in time. For me, these works have become a personal meditation on intimacy, tenderness and non-verbal connection.
A collection of graphic art, design and illustration publications from my own personal collection that I am moving on to make way for new things. I am donating to the Red Cross proceeds from the sale.
Flat rate of £5 shipping for UK or collection free from London SE5
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