Irene Wilkes

April and May 2012  I have started my new course with Cambridge Life Drawing - and have acquired an iPad.  Using ArtStudio I am having fun doing some portraits.

March 2012 The Cambridge Zoology Museum provided inspiration for the theme Moments and Patterns which will be done as lino cut prints.

I got my entry form in for the Royal Academy Summer Exhition 2012!

28-Feb-12 Entered Saatchi Abstract competition with Dream City : Graffiti

February 2012 Midterm break : I am doing loads of sketches after a visit to Shepreth Wildlife Park. Check out the ‘From My Sketch Pad’ page.. Also I have discovered a wonderful artist in Berlin - Isabelle Zacher who is a inspiration!

19-Jan-12 I am really excited to have been voted into the 2nd Round of the Saatchi Online Collage Showdown!

January 2012 Inspired by an exhibition of Barbara Rae’s work at Trinity Hall Cambridge and the Andy Warhol exhition at the Modern Art Museum in Ishoj Denmark, I have decided to re-work some of my old favourite canvases - starting with Peonies.

September, 2011 I have started my Drawing and Mixed Media course at the White House Arts Centre. Neil Payne is very inspiring and I feel this course is going to take me to another level.

August, 2011 I have discovered the wonderful Kurt Jackson!

July, 2011 I have digressed. Pastels are back in - exploring the iridecent ones!

June, 2011 My interest in portraiture is growing strongly. So this month I am working on a multimedia project ‘World Leaders.

May, 2011 Working on my exhibition - My Cat Loves Me.  Ideas for June are portraits of world leaders.

April, 2011 An unbelieveable spring - bright blue skies and heat - the clematis montana sparkles over my back fence.

March, 2011 Still with gold and silver paint - doing some impressions of blue irises.

February, 2011 All plans below flew out of the window, as I experimented with gold and silver paint.  It is that time of the year where shine is everything.  Just the one painting so far, but the Egyptian crisis has given me some ideas - a liberal dressing of gold will be in order!

Mid Winter 2011 I’ve been inspired for my next online exhibition.  Toying around with ideas for 4 still life studies in greys and yellows to match the colours of the Cambridge winter sunrise.  Based loosely on the work of the Scottish Colourists, especially Samuel John Peploe

http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Samuel_John_Peploe.html

Early Winter 2010 I’ve just finished my Ceramics course at White House Arts Centre in Cambridge.  It was fun and gave me a lot of ideas on handling the 3rd dimension, colour, texture and surfaces.  After soulsearching, and a visit to TKMAXX, I decided that China has the upperhand on ceramics.  A cup for £1 - who can compete?  What is the point of buying $1,500 worth of pottery kit and a kiln - you would need to sell 1,500 cups/bowls to break even.  So back to two dimensional art for me!! The winter has been severe and I’ve been ill most of the time, so not much output from me.  I also decided to revamp my website.  Nobody is that interested in pages of images.  Everything now needs to be fresh and current.  So this website is now going to have a monthly exhibition on the lead page and that’s it.  I am still waiting to be discovered, and when that happens then perhaps my previous work may become fresh and current.  Until then, it is under wraps.

Irene Wilkes