What’s in store… February 2024
Looking very serious in this self-portrait for Vogue Living.
January has passed.
I've had a birthday.
63 years old.
Eeek.
The years are flying by.
It's been a long while since I've made a New Year resolution. I've learned that it takes a lot more than just a thought to make a change.
Over the past 12 months, I have been reading Julia Cameron's 'The Artists Way' and attempting to put her wisdom into practice. This begins daily with writing 'morning pages', a journal of sorts, the result of which is hopefully emptying my head of a lot of unwanted baggage. Also included are affirmations designed to make the changes I'd like to initiate in life... either to the way I think or in what I am doing. I write them in triplicate. After a number of months of writing 'I am willing to exercise again' I am now exercising again. Overall, I am getting the boring things that I used to put off done more quickly and viewing the world with a bit more detachment.
Had a lovely start to this new year with a profile featured in the January-February issue of Vogue Living, talking to Lindyl Zanbaka about starting up my studio in Sydney.
Now I'm racing towards what's next.
My studio showroom fetured in Vogue Living.If you'd like to visit it's open by appointment. Please email info@martynthompsonstudio.com or call +61410613977.
Coming up in London... UK ceramic brand 1882ltd are showing some of my Penny Vases at the Collect Art Fair. That's on March 1st-3rd with previews on February 28th and 29th at Somerset House
Penny Vases for 1882Ltd.
Glasswork in progress with master glassblower Tom Rowney at Canberra Glassworks.
Coming up in Sydney... I will be exhibiting at the recently opened Studio Alm Design Gallery in Potts Point from March 15 - April 14. The show will feature new ceramic and textile pieces and my latest venture into glasswork.
On the glory hole door at Canberra Glassworks some chalk sketches of the new glass vessels which are a variation on the Penny vase.
Paintings in Monique's studio.
In May I'm starting my Salon Sundays... a monthly get-together at the studio for folk who'd like to talk about creativity. The first one features the work of painter Monique Lovering.
If you are interested in attending please let me know. More details to follow.
Happy February,
xm
Work in progress at Monique's studio.