Hang Ups

My “art room” is looking a lot less cluttered this week.
I’ve finally unpacked some containers, moved some things around, hung some bits and pieces up…

Some of the packages haven’t seen the light of day for quite a while. There are canvases that I’ve had for decades, and some that are a fair bit newer. There are various reasons why I haven’t hung them up before, but one is that they aren’t really too great, in my eyes. But – they exist. And they’re not terrible 😆 I hope to get some more work done – get some of the images out of my head and onto a canvas, or piece of paper.
I have a certain fondness for my older work, even if I can still see the flaws!

A bit of a mixture – the two on the right aren’t as old as the purple peopley one on the left. That’s from 1986 – my first year of art college. It’s been hung on many different walls and travelled round the world with me 🙂

This one is also from the last decade or so.
It’s bigger than the others, and the hooks I have available are tiny, so it’ll stay here. I have framed prints from college, but they are too heavy for the hooks – lots of glass and framing.

I also found a lovely photo of our family from years ago. It’s sharing space with some paintings I bought while backpacking around Europe in 1994, and a beautiful textile print made by a friend.

❤

I haven’t found a place to safely put this mirror – the hooks wouldn’t hold it, and I wouldn’t want the glass to smash on our uncarpeted floors. At the moment it’s just reflecting a gauzy, curtain-y dreamscape.