Tuesday 29 November 2011

Exhibition Review!





Here are some photographs from this weekend and my joint art exhibition.  As you can see we were able to use Palazzo Aragona Cutò (built in 1712), which was the perfect location, we also had perfect sunny weather too!
We had two large rooms at the top of a double staircase, complete with high painted ceilings and tall shuttered windows.
Venus and Mars on the ceiling
 
                                                           
We are a little group that paint and chat together one morning a week, out of this friendship came the idea of organising our own art exhibition.  Each of us had about ten paintings and a wall/panel to display them on.

This is my part of the exhibition, a mixture of coloured pencil pieces and some larger oil paintings.




We had a lot of people come and visit us and there was even  a queue outside the door on Saturday morning before we opened!  
I met so many people who enjoy art and made a whole load of new contacts, the whole exhibition was a very positive experience...



.........and there was even a little time after lunch on Sunday to sketch the view from the window.





18 comments:

Unknown said...

Congratulations on your successful exhibition. It is good to recognise the pictures behind you on the panel.

Made.by.Fay said...

What a beautiful setting. So glad you had a good show. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

Lucia B. said...

Wonderful place! A very good opportunity to show your beautiful works. I wish I could have been there!

bettyfromtexas said...

This is such a wonderful thing, this group of artists sharing their passion through conversation and collaboration! And in such a gorgeous place. . . congratulations on the success of it all!!

Sarah Melling said...

Congratulations, Cathy, on a well-deserved exhibition! And what an amazing location...gorgeous.

Nicky插畫之旅 said...

Congratulations and thanks for sharing this beautiful photos. It's really wonderful to have the art exhiition for the art work.

Jennifer Barnes said...

How lovely. The exhibition looked great and the setting glorious. Well done.

Anonymous said...

If your friends paint as well as you, I am not surprised that the exhibition was a hit. Hope you have booked a return visit!

Revelle Taillon said...

Congrats Cathy! What a lovely place for an art show. Great way to make more contacts!

Sandra said...

Nice friends, great talent and a "lets do it" attitude. Great combination. Congrats on the show.

Unknown said...

Very glad for you Cathy :) Thanks for sharing and for the final bunch of flowers ! Congratulations for all.

Melliott said...

This is the best kind of exhibition, when you can get together with friends, self-select what you will show, and design the whole thing yourself. Did this once with eight painting friends at the local public library, it was great fun. You had the advantage, too, of a gorgeous locale. Congratulations! Your art is so wonderful, it needs to be aired in public.

Melliott said...

This is the best kind of exhibition, when you can get together with friends, self-select what you will show, and design the whole thing yourself. Did this once with eight painting friends at the local public library, it was great fun. You had the advantage, too, of a gorgeous locale. Congratulations! Your art is so wonderful, it needs to be aired in public.

Cathy Holtom said...

Thank you, I agree it was the best kind of exhibition, we had enormous fun!

nanke's stuff said...

That's such wonderful news! Your work is just so beautiful, and I know all the visitors loved every second of it. And what a treat to be able to do it with good friends. Congratulations!! nancy

Alex said...

The exhibition looks awesome! Congratulations ^^

debra morris said...

Glad it all went well Cathy!

Unknown said...

Congratulations it looked fab.