Clarification

Due to staff errors at the gallery, there has been some promotional material on various websites and in print that suggest I am currently showing new work in a solo (or two-person show) at the Architects Gallery, Teddington. This is not the case. The gallery presently has some older work of mine that I had agreed for them to show from time to time in mixed exhibitions. Apologies for any confusion this may have caused.

A great result

A very relieved artist! The show is going well. So much is risked for a solo show like this - creatively, and of course financially, as earnings tend to plummet during the months and sometimes years of work and preparation. I'm almost faint with relief. Little time to rest however - the January London Art Fair is fast approaching and the new work will need to be ready.

Return to London

Back in London! As fabulous and frustrating as always. Wonderful to see dear friends and much loved places. First visit to the gallery yesterday. Extraordinary to see the show finally come together - I've only seen the fragments until now, as the paintings were created and then sent off - after so long and so much (often embattled) work. The catalogue looks wonderful, and the hanging is very good I think in the somewhat awkward space. I am enormously relieved. And not a little exhausted. The opening is fast approaching, and I'm praying it all goes well. The next few days will be a study in hope and fear.

The Finish Line

Buried in the studio these last few months completing work for the show. There are now 14 large-scale paintings in the U.K, and I will be taking the final two rolled up with me on the plane (hopefully dry!) in a couple of weeks' time. The studio is almost empty, and in truth so am I. Still a little way to go but the finish line is in sight.

Slow progress, beautiful weather

The first six paintings for the solo show are leaving for London this week. Finally! They have all taken an enormous amount of work to bring to completion. Autumn here in the mountains has been extraordinary - endless days of clear skies and radiant colours - timeless perfection. The quality of timelessness has passed into the studio however, and has been experienced all too frequently as no movement in terms of progress. The gallery (Stephanie Hoppen) are in the early stages of preparing the catalogue, and the new paintings are underway, so I'm hoping 'progress' is now the order of the day. I feel very privileged to have Nicholas Usherwood - the well known and respected London writer/curator/critic contributing the introductory essay to the catalogue. I have admired and appreciated the sensitivity, authenticity, simplicity and depth with which he writes about art (a rarity!) for many years, and am thrilled to have his participation in the show.

London Art Fair

The London Art Fair is now on in Islington. All the work arrived in time from Australia in spite of the holiday season (and my anxiety). Unfortunately all the frames have warped - possibly due to the extreme weather conditions in the U.K, and will have to be re-done (at my expense, unfortunately) after the show.

Here are a couple of links if interested:

http://www.londonartfair.co.uk/

http://www.contactmusic.com/photos.nsf/main/works_by_anne_penman_sweet_2709182

Galleries: Todays Picture Gallery

Pic caption: Works by Anne Penman Sweet. The 2010 London Art Fair - press view held at the Islington Design Centre.. London, England - 12.01.10

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