{"id":352,"date":"2014-04-17T13:26:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T13:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stephen-martyn.com\/blog\/?p=352"},"modified":"2014-04-17T13:26:42","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T13:26:42","slug":"exhibition-fast-approaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learnwatercolour.com\/blog\/art-events\/exhibition-fast-approaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition fast approaching"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year I am celebrating twenty-one years since I took my first tottering steps on the road to becoming a professional artist. Back in 1993 I chanced upon a programme on Channel 4, presented by Alwyn Crawshaw, who was already well known as a TV artist. As the weekly programmes rolled by I became more and more fascinated with what a bit of paint, paper and a couple of brushes could do. And so, I had to have a go!<\/p>\n

I duly got some materials and set about trying to emulate the great man. But I soon found out that I couldn’t draw, couldn’t handle the paint, in short I couldn’t do anything with watercolour. Luckily, I found an adult education class, tutored by an encouraging and skilled teacher, Mike Tuddenham. Little by little, Mike gave me the skills I needed to make at least a reasonable stab at a painting. Several years of practice later, I found myself standing up at an easel with twenty students watching me. The wheel had turned full circle.<\/p>\n

To celebrate my twenty-first anniversary, I am having a solo exhibition of my work, old and new. Entitled ‘Stephen Martyn at 21’ it will be held in the largest gallery at King’s Lynn Arts Centre, the Shakespeare Barn. A lovely venue with plenty of room on the walls. I’ve got over fifty framed works already and am working hard on new pieces, so I’ll need plenty of space.\"poster<\/a><\/p>\n

You can see the poster for the exhibition here, and I’ll send out formal invitations soon. The dates are Saturday 7th – Saturday 21st June, and there will be a Private View on the evening of Friday 6th. I hope you can make it along to the show at some time, it would be good to have a few visitors after all the work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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