gannin to the Baltic

Newcastle Quayside



This is when I was back home in September and mum and I went to the Quayside. I'm on the top floor of the Baltic Center for Contemporary Art. I remember it when it was a flour mill (that's going back a few years). Was wonderful to see it transformed into an art center. Would have loved seeing this exhibit, "spank the monkey" coming up sept-jan 2007.

They say: "This

Emporium Exhibit: ugly pretty things

"Homage to Frida"

oil on wood







"I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head

without any other consideration. "
Frida Kahlo







If you would like to see more of her work and life, please visit here.



My exhibit is up until the end of November at the Emporium in Yellow Springs, Ohio.









Hope

art motivation

Anna Seller's asked what is your art motivation? Hum! I had to stop and think for a minute since I seem to be blocked at the moment and rather obsessed about that. I am working around it though :)
What motivates me:
Well it certainly isn't the money LOL! (bless gallery owners Mike and Sheryl for their support despite that wee problem). I suppose it boils down to a very basic need to create or be