Reflections on the work of some other Shed Creatives - by Jillian Hunt

I have been looking at some of the other artists that inspire me on The Shed website - there are so many!  


I love looking at  Alella Green Corridor by Lottie Heffer, I wish I could take  architectual shots like this as with Paula Youens' Autumn Window.

Alella Green Corridor

Lottie Heffer

Autumn Window

Paula Youens

Phillipa Gedge has a lovely design like quality to the way she sees things like King Penguins Close Up. Jeanne Goodridge's Blue Wave has always been a favourite.  

Blue Wave

Jeanne Goodridge

King Penguins Close Up

Philippa Gedge

The way Moya Paul creates abstract distortions is very interesting, particularly The Ripple no.9 as also John Stevens post camera creations...but I also think it is enjoyable to see an image as it is, like Hestercombe by Bob Healey.  There are so many...Andy White's compositions, artist Fiona G. Roberts' style and the photograms by Sally Shrubsall.

Hestercombe

Bob Healey

Apple

John Stevens

7

Sally Shrubsall

Sea 2

Fiona G. Roberts

Potato Fields

Andy White

Ripple 9

Moya Paul

Guest blog & new work by Jillian Hunt, Artist of the Week

Reclining Nude

Jillian Hunt

My background is textiles and textile design and this often shows through in my images.  They always seem to be textural and often abstract.  I look though the lens and and create a section from the 'big picture' I am looking at - like a section of a flower you may not notice or water movements that you don't see at first. Using a digital camera and taking colour into the image is another dimension I enjoy although currently I am working in the darkroom alot and getting hands on creative with black and white film again as the image dimensions become tonal instead along with the textures and abstract design.

Petals in Spring

Jillian Hunt

I run my own business as a seamstress and therefore always working with fabrics and this has lead me to look at printing my images on dress fabrics and then also as The Shed does - printing on aluminium and also I am trying perspex.  I will be showing some of these different printing ideas in an exhibition I am sharing with some other artists at The Town Mill Art Gallery at the end of September this year and possibly at the church in June in Charmouth.

- Jillian

Looking out to Sea

Jillian Hunt

To see more of Jillian's work, please visit her Shed Profile! And as ever, comments/feedback very welcome - click below to add yours :-)

Artist of the Week: Jillian Hunt

Amonites

Jillian Hunt

This week, our Artist of the Week is Jillian Hunt! Jillian lives in Charmouth and enjoys walking her dogs through the fields and along the beaches taking her camera with her. She observes and is influenced by the surroundings. She witnesses and responds to the way the weather and seasons change familiar objects and landscapes. Rain on water, sun causing shadows, wind sending waves crashing on the shore. Her work has a wild freedom to it, and she captures raw moments of nature in a really unique way. Having studied Textile Design at Great Yarmouth School Art and Design, Jillian often uses her background to bring texture to her images. 


As ever, we will be hearing from Jillian herself this week, and seeing some of her new work, as well as enjoying what we have seen before!

Gulls in Flight

Jillian Hunt

For more info about Jillian, and to see more of her work, please visit her Shed Profile, and do feedback/comment with your thoughts on here :-)

Stream

Jillian Hunt

Sunlight

Jillian Hunt

Guest blog: Jeanne Goodridge on Photoshop, and the work of other Shed Artists

I have finished my photoshop course today & can't wait to get started on working on some of my images, looking forward to altering them to look more like art pictures. It's amazing what you can do in this program so watch this space. I have always just wanted to take the photo & not alter it in anyway but now feel the buzz to do something different. I love the way Moya Paul works with her photos....


I have looked through all of The Shed Artists' in the hope of choosing some to comment on - so many great photos, I don't know where to start! Here goes:

Chris Daubney for his wildlife - a subject I also love photographing whilst travelling in America.

Female Leopard
Chris Daubney

Impala, nervous at the waterhole
Chris Daubney

Philippa Gedge - great Landscape photos! 

Monument Valley, Utah

Philippa Gedge

Reserva Nacional Los Flamencos 3, 

Atacama Desert, Chile

Philippa Gedge

Mark Thomas the great reflections in photos Norway 1 & 2

Norway I

Mark Thomas

Norway II

Mark Thomas

Rob Reeks, The Shed: whilst on my last trip I was finding loads of old falling down buildings to shoot, such character & trying to imagine who used to live there..

The Shed

Rob Reeks

And finally Graham Wiffen for his misty awesome pictures:

Misty Sunrise over Corfe Castle

Graham Wiffen

Morning Mists over Colmers Hill

Graham Wiffen

- Jeanne Goodridge




Many thanks indeed to Jeanne for all of her input this week, and for these reflections on the work of some of our other Shed Creatives! It's great to use this opportunity to get a bit of a dialogue going - so do comment and respond, let us know what you think of these works, which images would you have chosen? And why? Please feel free to wax lyrical... :-)


To see more of Jeanne's own work, please visit her Shed Profile, and to buy prints of the work of any of our Shed Creatives, please visit our online Shed Shop!

 

Call for Artists: Flesh Art Fair

Calling all Shed Creatives and Artists everywhere! One of our own, Alfredo Lietor, is part of the team organising Flesh Art Fair, the new independent art fair for visual artists. Flesh Art Fair is an international Art Fair, based in Palma, Mallorca, and Alfredo is inviting all of us to apply to be a part of it!


Here is some more info from Alfredo:
Flesh Art Fair main purpose is to create an international meeting ground for outstanding artists, and to promote their work to improve their expectations in the art market.


Flesh Art Fair offers the following promotional resources and services for artists:

• To sell artworks directly and freely without any mediator (0% commission).                                  

• To be included in the Art Patronage Program of Flesh Art Fair, with the possibility of getting a grant from a patron, which would  cover your participation fee entirely.

• The promotion of your work through promotional materials (flyers, posters, street marketing, etc), the media, social networks and Flesh’s website.

• A place to establish professional relationships with art gallery owners, art collectors, dealers and others members in the art market.

• Invitation to the Flesh Private Dinner Reception for artists and patrons.

Applications for Flesh Art Fair 2012 will be welcomed until all vacancies are filled. 


To find out more about Flesh Art fair benefits for artists you can visit our web page Flesh Art Fair, and also download the following pdf “Flesh Art Fair participation rules”.

Guest blog by Jeanne Goodridge, Artist of the Week

Old Boat sat in Apalachicola Florida,

Jeanne Goodridge

We moved to Lyme Regis over 13 years ago when we bought a business, we leased it out 7 years ago this then gave me the time to spend on my Photography.  I belong to The Town Mill Arts Guild where I am also a committee member this gives me the chance to get involved in the exhibitions & the new retail section we have now set up, I also get to meet so many different people working with art, it is so interesting to see how everybody sees life  in their art. It makes you think how you can photograph different ways. I am exhibiting at the moment in the downstairs gallery at the The Town Mill. I also sell my work in various places in Lyme Regis & surrounding areas
At present I am on a photoshop course so trying out lots of new ideas with my present photos.

Untitled
Jeanne Goodridge

I spend about 18-20 weeks of the year in N.America where I travel with my husband in our MotorHome, we have now travelled through 32 States, our next trip is planned where we will be travelling around Arkansas,Missouri,Kansas & Okaholma I have read up on the States so now can't wait to leave knowing I will see so many different places to photograph. My camera goes everywhere with me not knowing what you will encounter next.

Hells Tate National Forest, lovely reflections
Jeanne Goodridge

Coastal photograhpy is my favourite, love shooting into the waves, the water, the birds & sand patterens are all great too. We see so much different wildlife in out travels & the landscapes are awesome.

Mississippi
Jeanne Goodridge

- Jeanne Goodridge


To see more of Jeanne's work, please visit her Shed Profile! And connect with her on Twitter @JeanneGoodridge

 

New work from Jeanne Goodridge, Artist of the Week

Untitled

By Jeanne Goodridge

Ibis Reflection

By Jeanne Goodridge

Carrabelle Beach - beautiful sunsets

By Jeanne Goodridge

Artist of the Week: Jeanne Goodridge

The Groynes at Folly Beach State Park, 

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

- Jeanne Goodridge

This week, our celebrated Artist of the Week is Jeanne Goodridge! Jeanne is based in Lyme Regis, Dorset, where she moved approximately 13 years ago, when she and husband bought a business there. Jeanne spends approximately 20 weeks of the year travelling the USA with her husband, in their motorhome, and hugely enjoys the photographic opportunities these adventures provide her with!


We'll be hearing more from Jeanne throughout this week, and showcasing some of her latest work too. In the meantime, here is a selection of her work, and do visit Jeanne's Shed Profile to see more!

Blue Wave, Lulworth, Dorset

- Jeanne Goodridge

Looking to Charmouth, Lyme Regis

- Jeanne Goodridge

Colourful Beach Houses, 

North Carolina Coast, USA

- Jeanne Goodridge

The Bee Wall, Sevenoaks, Kent

- Jeanne Goodridge

Reflections, Pamela Hollis

Our Artist of the Week Pamela Hollis has been taking advantage of the nice weather, and took these photos on Monday at the Marina in Weymouth. We especially appreciate the anticipation of summer they seem to embody - it's like you can almost feel the warm sun on your back when you look at them!

Thanks for these images Pamela, and here's to us all getting more camera time in as the days get longer, and the light gets more plentiful…

Life Belt Reflection, Pamela Hollis

Masts Reflection, Pamela Hollis

Reflections, Pamela Hollis

To see more of Pamela's work, please visit her own website, Holly Photographics, and her Shed Profile, where you can also buy prints of her work!

More exhibition news - Brympton Festival 2012!

Brympton Festival is a brand new celebration literature, music and art, and will run from 20-26 April 2012! It's an exciting new venture with a daily programme of events, as well as exhibitions, good food, and displays. 

And as if that wasn't enough, our very own Pamela Hollis (this week's Artist of the Week) will have two of her pictures exhibited in the festival! So do try and get down to what promises to be a really good week, and a lovely little festival.

 For more info visit the Brympton Festival website: www.brymptonfestival.co.uk.

Guest Blog: by Pamela Hollis, Artist of the Week

An interest in photography was sparked by a visit to Claude Monet’s garden at Giverny in the late ’80s.


Several years and countless rolls of film later - the digital age has been a revolution in many ways, not least - the ability to take hundreds of images of any subject, anywhere, without the necessity to carry numerous rolls of film! It has also given many photographers the ability to create a range of artistic images using a computer. It is interesting - and hopefully helpful - to learn that David Hockney has totally embraced the new digital technology of the iPad, which he describes as ‘a new medium’, also commenting that “a pencil is technology” - “a brush is technology”.


The landscape of the Jurassic Coast, as well as the ever changing colours and moods of the sea are endless sources of inspiration, but pretty much anything can become an element of my digitally created artwork.


My first exhibition “Photography - The Next Dimension” was held at Eype Centre for the Arts, near Bridport, in 2009. I will be exhibiting 5 pieces of work “Altered Images” at The Incident Room, 32 Salisbury Street, Blandford Forum DT11 7AR, between 3rd April and 26th May, Tuesday - Saturday 10.30am to 4.00pm. I do hope that some of you will be able to get there to have a look.


I discovered “The Shed” on a freezing cold January day in 2011 - I walked into the Malthouse Gallery where I found Chelsea, exhibiting, and working on, some of her amazing art...we got chatting and she told me about her plan for The Shed Photography website, I think I was the first person to sign up to be part of this exciting project! A year later it has become a wonderful showcase for a diverse range of images by a large number of photographers and artists. 


- Pamela Hollis

Poppies, Pamela Hollis

Visit Pamela's website, Holly Photographics to see more of her work, and also her Shed Profile!


Also please do comment on here if you would like to give Pamela any feedback at all on her work. All input is much appreciated and it's great to hear what all you folk reading the blog think of our Artist of the Week :-)

Altered Images Exhibition

Our Artist of the Week, Pamela Hollis has an exhibition next month: Altered Images,  at The Incident Room, Blandford Forum, Dorset.

Do have a look at their website, www.incidentroom.co.uk for more info! And do have a look at Pamela's Shed Profile to see her work, which is all for sale in our online Shed Shop too.

If you are a Shed Creative and have any exhibition news, please get in touch so we can help you publicise and spread the word! 

Artist of the Week: Pamela Hollis

Ammonite Abstract Green, Pamela Hollis

This week we are happy to present Pamela Hollis as our Artist of the Week! Pamela is a Dorset based photographer and artist, and says this about her work:

"Being self-taught in both camera and computer skills, has allowed me the freedom to push the boundaries and to experiment with altering and manipulating images, without rigid, pre-conceived external influences - thus allowing each image to evolve, intuitively, in its own way. I generally aim for the abstract in photography rather than the pin-sharp technically perfect image"


Here are a few images of Pamela's work, to introduce her - expect to hear more from Pamela this week, including a guest blog, new work, thoughts on the Shed and her exhibition news!

Solar Poppies, Pamela Hollis

Golden Cap from the Cobb, Pamela Hollis

Out of the Flames, Pamela Hollis

To see more work by Pamela, please do visit her Shed Profile, where you can also buy images, and her own website, Holly Photographics. 

Giverny Door, Pamela Hollis