I wrote a bit about the Portraits for Peace exhibition/live portrait painting studio I'll be taking part in for #fairsaturday this year. I'm painting the portraits of three peace activists in Orkney.
The exhibition opens on Saturday at 11am, Northlight gallery, Stromness.
Getting increasingly unhappy with my web-hosting. Wordpress is grinding to a halt on the editor side.
Portraits for Peace at the Northlight Gallery for #FairSaturday
The next exhibition at the Northlight Gallery Stromness will be Portraits for Peace and runs from Saturday 29 November - Fair Saturday - to 16 December. The exhibition is a collaboration between Northlight gallery, Stromness and the Orkney News as part of Fair Saturday events. The exhibition is open Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 5pm when visitors can watch Orcadian artist Martin Laird painting the portraits…
Portraits for Peace at the Northlight Gallery for #FairSaturday
Wednesday's Child - a #collage which will be going into charity auction at Northlight Gallery for this year's #FairSaturday open exhibition. Proceeds from the silent auction go to Orkney Rape and Sexual Assault Service.
Prints of this picture will be for sale on my website, but if you want to bid on the original email or come along to Northlight gallery from the 28th. See https://northlight.artweb.com/
I've had this subject matter in mind for months but it's only just come together.
#FairSaturday Events in #Orkney
At this time of year we are inundated with adverts trying to get us to spend money in a splurge of consumerism which retailers call 'Black Friday'. In a response to this encouragement to spend, spend, spend - even for items you do not need or cannot afford - the international cultural community has come together to create Fair Saturday.
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/11/25/fairsaturday-events-in-orkney/
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