Alright, Eden Court is complete, 3 to go.  Great numbers this year through the door and loads of chat.  My pine branch work went down a storm so that’s going to be the main focus over the next few days in the studio see if I can expand on the idea.

Next weekend I’m in Brodie Castle, then the following weekend back in Eden Court, then the Town House, and we are done!  Again it was another glorious weather weekend.  A bonus for the weekend was the discovery of a painting I thought I had lost, I was pretty sure it had not been sold but it disappeared in 2008.  Well, it reappeared on Friday morning so I took it to the show.  It’s always been a favorite and glad it’s back.  It’s an Oil Painting of a Night scene, a coastal bay type of thing. It’s very dark but depending on the lighting there are actually some nice colors in there.  If memory serves it was painted just with the pallet knife.

So this isn’t a really extensive post, this week is going to be much the same as the last 3.

Mon / Thurs in the studio.  Thursday night travel north and do the show.  And back down the road Sunday night to hit the studio Monday morning.   And repeat.

With all the cards I’m handing out over this period I expect a fair increase in Blog views so ill take this moment to say if you have received a hanger as a gift or have bought one for yourself and have any questions you can email me on gilliesglass@gmail.com  and if you spoke to me regarding a window then do contact me or come and see me at one of the next few shows.

I’ve been doing these fairs intensely over the last few years.  Over this time I’ve been personally really pleased with the progress and directions my work has taken.  Especially this year.

Over the years I have plowed any money I did make back into the glass relentlessly.  This year, however, as I turn 31 in January, I hope to make enough to take some time out and travel to the Huangshan Mountains in China & do some drawing.

So if you have bought a hanger thank you very much as this year it really means a lot to me and if your reading this blog after meeting me do come to the next show and invest!

I made my first hangers in 2003 I think and since then I estimate there to be well over 1000 out in the world hanging in people’s windows from Dingwall to New york.  There is even one in an Antarctic Research station!  Apart from the ones sold through galleries which would be no more than 100 all the rest have been sold by myself.

The secret thinking was always, be it in my lifetime or not, if you make enough of something inevitably it’s going to get noticed so since I sold the first hanger I’ve been on a quest to get these out into the world.  All individuals, keep changing and progressing and making better and better work.

And as the ruling idea of these items is to make people feel happy if I can get enough out there then all across the globe these little beacons of light are sending out ripples of good energy into the world!!

So this is what your purchase is about, you are not only buying a piece of original art but you’re helping me to continue, investing in me as an artist and allowing my art to grow & progress.  This year I would like to travel & hopefully, this will inspire the next phase of my artistic direction.  So if you would like to be a part of helping me then you know where I’ll be 🙂

So it’s down to the studio for me, and hopefully ill see you all at the forthcoming shows.