ST •⁠ ⁠NICS

In December 2021, I put up my first exhibition at St Nicolas Church in Earley. I got this opportunity through my art mentor and friend  Emma. For a while now I've been growing my collection of paintings, some of which have been done during livestream evenings at Reading Burn 24/7 over the last couple of years.

I started to plan possible layouts of how the gallery space could look for the exhibition - arranging which painting would compliment and contrast with each other. I've been slowly growing in confidence with where my art journey is going and having this opportunity to display my art was one of those wow moments of seeing how far I've come.

I ordered some more products (including some new card designs) and preparations of the exhibition started to take place. I made a flyer to advertise my exhibition as well as planning a meet the artist evening, which took place in the middle of January 2022.

I hadn't had my collection of art displayed together before and they all look so different from being on the floor of my studio. Having an exhibition made me think about the last time my art was displayed, which was at college and how much has changed since then.

I created garlands to create a sensory experience as people walked through. I made the garland out of a painting I did at Reading Burn back in October 2021.

Have a watch of my video tour below:

Thank you St Nicolas Church for letting me use your space to exhibit is has been such a blessing to me.

Please leave some thoughts and encouragement in the comments, I would love to hear from you!