Racing Lines
Art by Maxine Dodd
Harborough Artists – Open Studios – Thank you!
To everyone who came along over the weekend to visit artists in the Harborough Artists Cluster Open Studios Trail, thank you for your wonderful support. I was delighted to show my work alongside Marion Holden and Derek Brittan in Great Bowden. Two excellent artists and great friends! We had over 100 visitors on the two days and made good sales. The weather was perfect…
Call to cyclists!
Call to cyclists to see their favourite sport in art at two Leicester galleries
jGallery – Racing Lines: Pop-Up Exhibition
Bonjour! I know, the Tour has started and I’m late… but there is a good reason! My good friend Sue, owner and curator of jGallery in Moulton, Northampton, contacted me with an idea of a new show celebrating not only the Tour de France but cycling itself – from vintage to ultra-modern. The key word for us was ‘funky’! This show should be a…
Racing Lines: Le Tour
Hello and best wishes for 2018! This first post of the year is another to encourage a visit to my home city of Leicester – this time for a personal reason. The Leicester Society of Artists runs a programme with the Cank Street Gallery in Leicester featuring its members throughout the year. An article about each artist appears on the LSA website and Cank…
‘Racing Lines: Le Tour’ on tour – update
Hello! A quick update from the previous post, to say thanks to everyone at jGallery on Saturday. It was great to see old friends and meet new! Gallery owner Sue and I were delighted that some of the paintings will be making their way to new homes at the end of August. The exhibition has been curated with great imagination by Sue for which…
‘Racing Lines: Le Tour’ on tour
Hello! Following the first ‘Racing Lines: Le Tour’ exhibition in July, I’m delighted to tell you that the exhibition has a new home throughout August. This is the lovely jGallery Contemporary Art Gallery and Coffee House at Moulton in Northamptonshire. Moulton is a pretty village set in the countryside. It is a popular area for cyclists, so is the perfect venue for the paintings. jGallery…
‘Racing Lines: Le Tour’ Open!
Hello! It’s been a great few days working with the curators, Katie, Billie and Jan at the Alfred East Art Gallery, Sheep Street, Kettering. My exhibition opened on Saturday, on a gorgeous sunny day, with French cafe music playing in the gallery, the scene was set perfectly. I so enjoyed welcoming guests to chat about cycling and art. It was a wonderful afternoon that will live long in my memory….
‘Racing Lines: Le Tour’ nearly there!
Hello! Welcome to a final preview of work that will appear in my exhibition at the Alfred East Art Gallery, Sheep Street, Kettering. (For fans of the Women’s Tour, this was the setting of the finish line for yesterday’s stage – which was wonderful!) My exhibition opens next Saturday, 27th June and if you are able to come between 1pm and 3pm, I will be at the gallery…
‘Racing Lines: Le Tour’ teams, riders and racing…
Hello! It’s been an enjoyable process selecting work for ‘Racing Lines: Le Tour’, I find that the pictures remind me of the races quite vividly – just as photos do. This week’s preview highlights some of the racing itself, the teams, the time trials, the sprint for the line and the long and winding peloton. Have a great weekend, here are my drawings:
‘Racing Lines: Le Tour’ another glimpse…
Hello! Following last week’s post featuring pictures for my exhibition, here is another group from last year’s Tour. I chose these because they feature the crowds who line the course, giving atmosphere and support to the riders. These devotees turn out in all weathers and all terrains to follow the race. They carry flags, wear daft clothes, make bunting, dress up their livestock, write slogans on…
‘Racing Lines: Le Tour’
Hello! I’m in the process of choosing work for my exhibition which opens at the end of June. Over next few weeks, I thought I would run a series of posts featuring some of the pictures that you’ll be able to see. This first collection is based around the first four stages of last year’s Tour de France, set in England and France. They are linked thematically but I’ve…
Garden Perspectives: JGallery, Moulton, Northamptonshire
Hello! I’m so excited to say that my large oil painting ‘Window on our Garden’ has been accepted into the exhibition,‘Garden Perspectives’ at jGallery in Moulton Northamptonshire. The exhibition runs from 15th May until 15th June, please check the website for opening times. Click on the link for details gardeninviteMD and jGallery’s website http://www.jgallery.org.uk. Hope to see you there! Here is my painting…
