Tony Nero’s ArtThe really random newsletter all about my art.

www.tonynerobrushworks.com August 2013 ISSUE 09

Well with all this creative excitment going on lately I really have to say, ‘hold the front page’. After the Find me Keep me event I thought it may have gone quiet, but oh no! We got live art in Art in the Heart, regularly every Saturday, a PAOS event in Queensgate, followed by the main three weekend events. Street artists were out of town doing their stuff and in between events I’ve had my head down producing some new work.

In this issue: PAOS in QueensgateSummer ExhibitionIdea 1 coming to P’town

NEWS

WOW! hold the front page

So, what’s up next? Yeah Overground back on the block at The Green Backyard with a huge lineup and look out for the Fresh Take exhibition coming up, super cool artists creating intresting stuff up there at Burghley House.

And the winner is...

This year our Peterborough Artists Open Studios promotion event took place in May, in the Queensgate Shopping Centre. This was a one day event to promote our three weekend exhibitions in June.

We spent the day talking to visitors at the shopping centre, telling them about art in Peterborough and giving out brochures and information to the Open Studios exhibition. There were displays from a few of our artists and we also did some live art during the course of the day.

Garth Bayley worked on a painting of the esculator, while I started a pastel drawing of a tiger. Also demonstrating live work on the day were Carole Boyer, showing her water colour skills and Charron Pugsley-Hill working on a tablet.

PAOS Queensgate event

Steelpan maestro Don Saunders stopped by to mix it up a little.

Some of the other artists showing at the shopping centre included Mary Kemp, Karl Dardis, Mahemuda Arsalani, and Kay Hall.

It was great news to hear that a gentleman had offered to buy Garth’s painting after chatting for a while and watching him work. But alas the said gentleman did not return. So, ok Mr, just so you

Carole Boyer and Charron Pugsley-Hill exchanging creative ideas.

Photos show a few of the artists at work

Lynn George

know, we’re looking for you and as mad artists, when we find you, we shall take your shoes and socks off and tickle your feet with the softest sable brushes, until you cry with laughter.

I eventually finished my drawing of the tiger a few days before the June events. Just in time to have it displayed at the main exhibition.

Love this pic of Lee Mason, posing like Bob

Rene Viner showing some of her work

Garth Bayley painting the exculator

Sitting it out with artist Kate Tameshanko

I must say, I really had some fun working on the recent mayor’s portrait. Cllr George Simmons, last year’s mayor and such a jovial guy made the whole experience an adventure. We started out at the Realitas art Centre, had some cool press and I also presented the painting to him on stage at the Key Theatre, while still wet. And even managed to get the council’s CEO to take a few pictures for me.

After some slight retouching due to smudging, we finally ended up with another presentation with the press, in his chambers at the town hall.

Here we go again with another most recent piece of work. And this time, even if I say so myself, its a beautiful pastel drawing of Lyn Jobson.

Now, this piece I particularly worked on to enter in the Derwent Art Prize. It was actually completed the day before final the entry deadline. Talk about cutting it fine! The sad news was that it didn’t get selected for the exhibition, so I dried my eyes and carried on.

No doubt this will be exhibited at one of my exhibitions some-where soon. I also have plans to do another painting of Lyn, just not sure as yet if it will be in oils or pencils.

Most recent paintingFront cover

Mayor’s portrait

100’s of exhibition pictures on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonynerotheartist/

This issue’s front cover picture features an oil painting of a springbok, having a well deserved drink. Shown for the

first time at the exhibition in June.

It’s all smiles for Maia Fakolujo, as she recieved a surprise gift at the recent exhibition. As I promised on Facebook, there was going to be a surprise for someone, if they turned up. And why I hear you ask. Well at 6 years old in 2008, little Maia attended my very first exhibition in Peterborough. At the time she took a photo of me and wrote an article for her school project.

She has since attended almost all of my local exhibitions, happily dragging the whole family along. This is just my way of showing alittle appreciation for the support I recieve from all around. Thanks to all who have visited, commented or even smiled!

Maia’s surprise gift

Tony’s shout out!This time my big shout goes out to two super cool guys, who have both recently undergone major operations. First shout to Adam Brough who I first met at my first PAOS exhibition in 2009. Adam has since been to a number of my exhibitions and here we are at the museum with my drawing of him.

Second shout to a dear friend, Olympic torch bearer and UK Wheelchair Babminton champ Gobi Raganathan. Even though he couldn’t make it up the stairs he still attended my BHM exhibi-tion at Embe a couple years ago.

Darren Fower and Gobi Ranganathan

Our annual Open Studios Exhibition was held in June, and again this year I was lucky to be showing at the Shine office, in the heart of the city. It was also exciting to be showing with the other three artists, Mahemuda Arsalani, Stacey-Ann Cole & Josephine Kelly-Gobuiwang.

With all the different styles of work, visitors to the exhibition had an interesting time viewing the variety of pieces and chatting to the artists.I ran a mini art workshop for the kids, while Mahemuda’s mosaic workshop got visitors engrosed, with enthusiasm and smiles. One family almost spent a whole day and returned the following weekend for more!

Stacey-Ann and Jose managed to do some drawing and painting during the course of the time, but i’m always too busy chatting, to get

Princess Peacan’t hide how happy she is to find my pigeons

SummerExhibition

any work done. Actually I’m quite surprised they put up with me for that long... But there were threats to hide my camera!

While we had a stream of regular visitors over the three weekends. We also had quite a few new visitors, who knew nothing of PAOS or even anything of art in Peterborough.

We were also honored to have guests, such as Mr Cliff Walker - the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Cllr Darren Fower, Cllr John Shearman and Mr Kevin Tighe - CEO of Vivacity.

Spirits were dampened on the afternoon of the final day, as someone had come into the building and stolen laptops from the charity. Difficult to express my feelings at the time here in this

Part of Peterborough Artists Open studios

Artists happily chatting to visitors about their practice and inspirations.

Mosaic workshop in full swing

In the mix with local councullors John Shearman and Darren Fower.

Visitors leaving comments in my book

A young visitor trying some mini art with Stacey-Ann in the background sketching.

These are just a few pictures from the weekend’s event 100’s of exhibition pictures on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonynerotheartist/

More photos from this & other exhibitions on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonynerotheartist/

Exhibiting artists Mahemuda Arsalani, Jose Kelley, Tony Nero and & Stacey-Ann Cole.

newsletter. But as visitors continue to arrive we hung tough to the end. Each artist had donated pieces of

work to raise funds for the charity Shine, and next issue I will bring you an update on the raffle winners.

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There’s no escaping art

Just to add a bit of spice to the exciting amount of art going on in the city, get ready for another cool project. Metal’s Peterborough artist in residence, Lee Baker addressed a crowd of creative people over at Chaufers cottage, earlier in March. Lee spoke about his work, his journeys, inspirations, and influences as an artist. He also spoke about his idea for a new project, drawing inspiration from Norman Cross, and involving a large number of the public. Without giving anything away at this moment, just bear this little expessive word in mind, escape!

Idea 1 is a new super cool website, being launched in Peterborough by Metal, as a hub of information for arts in and around the city. The website will go live in September, and promises to list a variety of events such as exhibitions, musical and theatrical events, drama, poetry, and a host of other things to do with the arts.

All you creative people and promotors alike are encouraged to email information, to promote and list your events to ruth@metalculture.com

This is exciting and great news, which means that at any time visitors can jump onto the website and find out what’s going down in P’town!

IDEA 1 comes to town

Ruth Campbell co-ordinator of Idea 1, visits us at the recent exhibition

Ruth Campbell who was appointed co-ordinator of the Idea 1 website, popped in to see us at the PAOS exhibition in June. As you know hardly anyone escapes my lens, so here she is beside a few of my paintings experiencing her first lens attack.

This little oil painting I worked on specifically to add to the June’s exhibition. At first I wasn’t going to do any new pieces for this exhibition but I really wanted at least a couple of new pieces.I really love the warmth and mood of this painting, and also how the subject and her surroundings appear to be at peace with the evening glow. I have to say, this one has grown on me the more I look at it.

Ok, so by now you may have seen a few pieces that I call my Urban collection. If you’ve not seen the originals, I have mentioned them in previous newsletters. The three paintings here, were shown in June at the Open Studios exhibition.

Continuing the Urban collection

The human statues are frequently seen in Peterborough’s Cathedral Square, and always a joy to see. While working on the drawing on the left, of the silver human statue, I felt compelled to create some-thing using metallic silver. So filled with inspiration and a few tubes of acrylics, here are the results.

What’s On !

Picture of the dayAfter starting the portrait of the council’s CEO, Gillian Beasley, sometime last year, I went back to it and finally finished it off! As usual, it’s always scary to deliver a portrait for the first time as you never know what the reaction would be. The painting was greeted with a smile from Gillian and her immadiate comment was ‘I love it, it’s me’!

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Come out and support all the efforts the artists, musicians, poets and craft men and women are putting in to keep

their craft alive and local.

l Live art Saturday: Art in the Heart 47 Bridge Street, Peterborough, PE1 1HA. A different artist each Saturday www.artintheheart.co.uk

l Art in the ParkSaturday 9th - Sunday 10th August. Live art and family entertainment in Central Park.

l Overground Live Art Jam 17th August @ The Greenbackyard. 11am-8pm Free entry. Live street art, music, food drinks and a good time. Over 60 artists painting & performing in a wide range of styles.

l Lantern Parade - 6th September at 19.00. A Lantern Parade for Peterborough’s Arts festival. Parade by thousands of school children and their families. Free admission. City center.

Delivering Gillian’s portrait to her chambers