The Neilson Hays Arts Festival 09

The Neilson Hays Library brought back its Arts Festival this year and Attic Studios decided to head down there and make it’s presence known. On the weekend of Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th November, the Library grounds were packed full of artists and their creations, from ceramic pots, to copper sculptures, to intricate jewelry, to photography and paintings of all styles.

In our booth we showcased the paintings and drawings of Attic students, while having painting demonstrations by students, held throughout the two days. There was also an opportunity for interested kids and adults passing by to try their hand at painting one if the still lives we had set up.

Glazing Sangria nights…

Allo Allo! I apologise for the long absence. The studio has been rather hectic recently. Last week, the advanced installation of Alan Scott-Moncrieff’s course saw canvases spread out all over the floor of the studio and students on their knees frantically applying layers of tinted glaze to numerous paintings. A new experience for all. As a few of the partakers will tell you, it starts to become rather addictive and you end up walking around trying to find anything else you could possibly glaze.

Silver Fish & Turpentine Exhibition

1st – 21st June 2009

Opening Reception: Tapas Café, Sukhumvit Soi 11

Monday 1st June, 7:30pm

Artists: Jeff Battersby, Krittiya Sothikul, Maria Samper, Mary Eden, Rose Moxham, Rosie Koch, Sandy Chindavijak.

Drawing upon the work of eight emerging international and Thai artists, ‘Silver Fish & Turpentine’ showcases a collection of oil paintings that are the culmination of 3 intensive workshops conducted by Alan Scott-Moncrieff. They uniquely combine contemporary ideas inspired by the Impressionists and Expressionists bringing to life a range of subjects, from still life to portraits.

Elsie in the dark…

As many of you already know, Elsie has been absent from Attic for the last 10 days. If you haven’t been in, then you may not realise that Elsie jetted off to Nepal two weekends ago to get some well-deserved inspirational rejuvination.

The day she got there she informed me that electricity went out at 8pm at night and candlelit discos are the thing to do. Can you imagine Elsie in the pitch black at 8 in the evening? I can’t. In fact, it makes me laugh everytime I think about it. ;o) Sorry Elsie!