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Exhibition at the Southville centre - May

Here are a few pictures about the Southville centre exhibition I had at the Cafe in May:

Artist studio - In Bristol Studios

If you work as an artist it is vital to have a studio where you can hide and work undisturbed, and preferably it is well lit with natural light - this is very important! I've attached a few pictures about my studio space, that you can see below.

I've tried to work at home before, and it is different for everyone I belive - some people prefer to stay home - but there is just too many things that interrupt you, and maybe you will end up cleaning and doing the dishes. Your studio is your sanctuary, a sacred place where it is all about art- and you can be brave with the paint, don't have to worry about the floor or the wall, make as much mess as it is necessary...

Southbank Bristol Arts Trail 2010

Invitation for you:

I will be exhibiting abstract paintings and selling small prints and cards at the Southville centre, in the Cafe area - as you enter to the centre it is to the left - on the 8 and 9 May 2010, Saturday and Sunday.

How to find Southville centre: http://www.southvillecentre.org.uk/article.php3?id_article=24

Link to the artists: http://www.sbaweb.co.uk/arts_trail_2010/artists_a-z?page=6

About the event: The eighth Southbank Bristol Arts Trail will be a weekend of arts and performance in homes, churches, community centres and public houses around Southville, Bedminster and Ashton. Over 55 venues will be opening to show work from over 150 artists, makers, performers, musicians, and others.

Venues will be open on 8 and 9 May 2010, between 11 am and 6 pm, welcoming the public to see and enjoy the festivities in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Some venues may also open on the evening of Friday 7 May.

Paintworks Spring Art Market

Thanks for everyone who came to visit me yesterday, it's been a busy day at the Paintworks Spring Art Market.

Spring Art Market Bristol

spring art market

The latest in arts and crafts will be showcased and sold to the public by more than 40 local and regional artists. Open 10.30am to 4.30pm.

Sunday 21st March, from 10.30am to 4.30pm. Free entry.

The fabulous Art Market is back this Spring to showcase a selection of the best art work produced in Bristol and the region. Enjoy the relaxed atmosphere, have a chat with the artists and perhaps indulge in a slice of homemade cake!

There will be a children's area including a clay and ceramics workshop throughout the day and both Bocabar and the funky Diner will be open as usual.

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Exhibition

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Please come along and visit my exhibition in the Wellspring Healthy Living Centre (at Barton Hill).

- Starting from 6th February for 6-8 weeks -

Motherhood at Wellspring

It has been a unique and valuable experience for me both personally and artistically to work with mums and babies in the Wellspring Healthy Living Centre. As a professional artist I have been painting portraits for nearly 10 years. I've always been fascinated by the human body, the emotions and expressions that a simple movement can transmit. Witnessing this special connection between mother and child, this very special bound was very inspiring for me.

As an artist I always observe and pay attention to the details. I try to understand what I see and interpret it to a visual language. On the session I have seen and felt a lot of love, patience and caring. This unexplainable feeling of motherhood was present in the air. This is what I tried to capture in the drawings the way the mums were holding their babies, or just sitting next to them but always with them watching and guarding. At first when the sessions started I could see that the mum's were a little bit shy and maybe scared to see themselves on a drawing, worrying how they may look, not having enough confidence. Then I could hear them sometimes saying surprised: 'Oh you draw me so beautiful'. As I spent more time with the group I could see their confidence getting stronger, and the mums were a lot more comfortable being a 'model'.

What is WWOOF?

World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms

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Healing colours - Blue

I want to talk about colours and how important they are. I don't want to talk about artificially generated and manipulated colours that all around us in the city. The real colours are made by nature and mother Earth.

Some of you might think it is not so important, but unfortunately the human race lost connection a long time ago with this natural source. But, it is still not late to get it back...

Sky blue:

Have you noticed that your mood changes when you can see the sky in the morning and you wake up for a lovely sunshine? This is the colour blue. When you are fortunate enough to have a nice day like this, take a few minutes and look at the sky. Just stare at the colour without trying to think of anything else. This will fill you up with piece. It will give you energy to start your day with honesty and helps you to say what is on your mind.

Blue is the colour of communication.

'Golden Sun' (Valera Fulop 2009)

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Invitation

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Red Lion

I have been reading a brilliant book lately, (Maria Szepes: The Red Lion & The Elixir of Eternal Life), if you interested in spirituality even a little bit it is a must to read....

This is a very helpful review by Dennis Waterman:
This book can be read as a novel and on that level it is quite entertaining as it follows the five primary lifetimes of our protagonist in a 300 plus year span of a maturing Europe. During these lifetimes our main character deals with the manifestation of most human qualities; the lower ones such as lust, greed, ignorance, passions, and anger and also the higher ones such as the desire for knowledge, health, long-life, wisdom, a still mind, and energetic calm. The author spells out the karmic consequences of these strengths and frailties so that the reader cannot possibly overlook them. Beyond these unveilings there are philosophical insights such as, “The body’s weapons are passion, desire, sensuality, and yearning after beauty. The spirit’s weapons are aftereffects of these desires---nausea, disillusionment, suffering, aging, and death. The soul is the bridge on which the two forces fight continuously.”

This tome is valued highly by the worldwide alchemy community for its in-depth understanding of the science of the soul as well as the science of the body. It is an impressive work that alludes to what is real while keeping the important information out of the everyday reader’s hands.

This three hundred and seventy seven page journey begins with the following stern warning:

“No one should start thoughtlessly down the path of the arcane sciences, for once he starts he must persevere to the goal. Otherwise, he will be lost. Once on the path, a single doubt will produce madness, a single stop will cause a fall, a single attempt to shrink back will plunge the luckless soul into a bottomless abyss.

You who are now beginning to read this book will be either a king or a madman once you have finished. You can do what you want to with it; you will never hate or forget it. If your heart is pure, it will be a shining torch; if your heart is strong, it will be a weapon in your hand. If your heart is wise, it will become still wiser. But if your heart is base, this book will be hellfire to you; it will brand your soul and weigh your conscience with eternal sorrow and restlessness.”
--Eliphas Levi

It is unclear to me if Levi is writing about this particular book or one of his own, and although I am no great fan of Levi, take his warning to be real, Szepes must have wanted you to or she would not have placed it up front. Of course if you are reading this review you must have some interest in the subject matter already. I believe that all human beings are on this path from the beginning it is just that sometimes their connection to the path is temporarily misplaced. My final counterpoint is that although the consequences of slipping from the original intention of liberating yourself are indeed more severe than minor failings of the will they will not send you to a ‘bottomless abyss’. Since we live quite naturally in a magical universe it amazes me when individuals use the spoken or written word to create such dramatic exaggerations. Or is it that in his dualistic reality such is indeed true for him? For those with an education (including religious indoctrination) dualism seems natural. From my viewpoint it is natural for those that dwell largely in the left brain and much of what I (Dennis Waterman) write is an attempt to get the reader to break with this (accepted) pattern. I have chosen this moment to spell it out for you so that those that need to hang on to their precious answers can make their break for the exits.

Late in the book the main character becomes an assistant and student of the Count Saint-Germaine, as the Count (possibly) leaves this earthly plane he reveals ‘The Eleven Rules’: which are

Love God above all else.
Use your time to develop your soul.
Be completely unselfish.
Be sober, humble, active, and silent.
Learn the origins of the ‘metals’ in you.
Beware of charlatans and liars.
Constantly revere the highest good.
Learn the theory before you try to practice.
Practice charity toward all beings.
Read the ancient books of wisdom.
Strive to understand their secret meaning.

I applaud this advice wholeheartedly and know that insofar as all of us are able to follow this guidance the world will be a better place to live. As regards ‘lists’, ‘commandments’, and all other forms of guidance I wish to mention my memory of a fragment of the gospel of Thomas (censored from the current bible for centuries). In it Christ is asked, “Why do you give us only two commandments, whereas Moses gave us ten?” The profound answer from Christ is, “If you understand not even one commandment is necessary. If you have no understanding not even ten times ten times ten commandments will be enough.”

The signposts that real teachers leave for us are called Truth, Love, and Peace. Follow your heart!

New Portrait, Paris


Hello again, It's been a while.... I wanted to share with you my wonderful experiences in the capital of ART, yes it is Paris. I spent only a long weekend there, but I still managed to visit some beautiful artistic places.	I always wanted to visit the Rodin museum and finally a dream came true :) (Thank you S., again) If you are an artist and keen to learn the Rodin museum (Museé Rodin) is a perfect place to stay and do sketches for a couple of hours. Wonderful experience.	So here are some pictures....

	I've made a new portrait for Julien and Christelle who just got married and lives in Paris, congratulations again!
This is the original photo:	and the oil painting:

New work stuff - origami

Hi everyone,

I wanted to post this a long time ago but have been busy with many other things.....

I have made some new paintings being inspired by my loved one, Sebastien -by the way he is a very talented photographer - he made some origami the other day and I just felt that I need to do something about it, so here it comes: