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I've been following Matthew Chambers incredible work for more years than I care to mention. The work gets better and better, more and more refined, tighter, tauter, more weighty, with every year that goes by. I cant wait to go and say hello at the Binnel Open Studios here in the Isle of Wight next weekend. This weekend is also free so if anyone has any recommendations for Isle of Wight artists that I should go and see then please let me know.
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#Repost @matthewchambers_
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All Yellow (27cm) with @blueeleanor
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#ceramics #art #craft #handmade #yellow #nottinghill #isleofwight #matthewchambers #ceramicart #ceramicarts #isleofwight #isleofwightartist #ilovetheisleofwight #binnelopenstudios #isleofwightarts #isleofwightopenstudios #artconsultant #happyintheisleofwight

I wish I'd watched the BBC Arena documentary on Cindy Sherman before seeing her show at The National Portrait gallery - it adds fascinating context and detail that is lacking in the NP presentation and has given me a whole new level of appreciation for the @cindysherman instagram account. .
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#Thanks to Repost @the_art_gorgeous
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#cindysherman #instagram #makeup #socialmedia #miaow #lipstick #girls #intothegloss #bbcfour #arenadocumentary #cindyshermandocumentary #artgeek #artdocumentary #artadvisor #artconsultant #newfoundlevelofappreciation

Thanks to @stephenellcock posting an incredible collage of a woman sunbathing under the moon, I have been introduced to the collage work of Jacques Prévert and I am now officially obsessed! Prévert (1900-1977) it turns out, was a French lyricist, poet, wrote plays and did a wonderful, weird and at times quite dark sideline in collage. "Part of the Surrealists’ circle in his youth, this fiercely independent yet politically committed man would maintain throughout his life strong ties with a number of friends who were prominent 20th-century artists, and develop an extensive and wonderfully varied body of work that is shot through with humor, fantasy, and a complete disregard for conformity. Starting in the mid-1940s, with the encouragement of Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso, Prévert became an enthusiastic practitioner of collage. He would hunt for his images at flea markets and the booksellers along the Seine. His favorite sources included old engravings, anatomical and botanical plates, chromolithographs, popular or devotional images, reproductions of paintings by grand masters, postcards, pages from magazines, and photographs by his friends Brassaï, Doisneau, Izis and Villers. From this raw material, he would compose new images, playing with unexpected juxtapositions that transform platitudes and commonplaces, redirect and reappropriate expected meanings, and disorient viewers". You can say that again. I love. 🖤
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Jacques Prévert 'Collage' #jacquesprevert #jacquesprévert #collage #collageoftheday #collageofinstagram #ilovecollage #collagegoals #collageart #artadvisory #artadvice #arthelp #artconsulting #artconsultancy #artconsultantslondon #artconsultantisleofwight

I started this day in a slightly bah humbuggy kind of way and am determined to finish it off giving something back. I realise I have never actually posted something directly about the incredible paintings of @kerlinfine_art. Each work is slightly off focus and whilst your brain tells you you know exactly what you are seeing the unfocussing of the image insists for you to look closer, that everything might not be what it seems, that this out of focus image may (or may not) suggest there is something blurry or 'off kilter' about this person's life. These are paintings of exquisite beauty that remind us daily that life is not black and white, it is not on and off, it is not 'on point' most of the time, things are not always crystal clear (they are often murky), there is not always clarity - most of the time we occupy a space somewhere in the middle, muddling along, making it up as we go along, even sometimes just in the 'in between' - kind of in the twilight zone. Most of us have something from our past that makes us much more complex than we first appear. Mostly though what I love about each of Sherry's paintings is that Sherry knows exactly what back story they all have. Whether the artist decides on this back story before she embarks on the painting or whether it emerges through the paint I dont know, but Sherry is an acute observer of human nature and for me, what I think it the true genius of this work is that I see an element of myself in every painting - however flawed, damaged, vain or vulnerable that might be. .
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Repost @kerlinfine_art
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The Inner Isolation of the Little Girl With Red Hair (acrylic/oil on canvas)
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#sherrykerlin #artcollector #artcollecting #thingsarenotalwayswhattheyseem #thingsarenotwhattheyseem #grey #lifeisnotblackandwhite #inbetween #artoftheday #painterspaintingpaintings #paintersofinstagram #contemporaryart #artcollector

This has to be up there as one of my favourite art interventions ever.
Repost @rrael
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One of the most incredible experiences of my and @vasfsf’s career bringing to life the conceptual drawings of the Teetertotter Wall from 2009 in an event filled with joy, excitement, and togetherness at the borderwall. The wall became a literal fulcrum for U.S. - Mexico relations and children and adults were connected in meaningful ways on both sides with the recognition that the actions that take place on one side have a direct consequence on the other side. Amazing thanks to everyone who made this event possible like Omar Rios @colectivo.chopeke for collaborating with us, the guys at Taller Herrería in #CiudadJuarez for their fine craftsmanship, @anateresafernandez for encouragement and support, and everyone who showed up on both sides including the beautiful families from Colonia Anapra, and @kerrydoyle2010, @kateggreen , @ersela_kripa , @stphn_mllr , @wakawaffles, Chris Gauthier and many others (you know who you are). #raelsanfratello #borderwallasarchitecture .
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#artconsultant #humbled

Sometimes I have to pinch myself about how long I have known some artists. Surely neither of us are that old? Peter Jones is one. Peter, I swear, looks not one day older than the day I had a little salon privé for him over 10 years ago. I still ADORE his work. And there is a part of me that cant quite get her head around the fact that he is still in my life but the ex isn't. I would never have pegged that back then. Hey ho. Let's just look at these beautiful oils on paper. I want all of them. .
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Peter Jones 'Studio' #peterjonesart #oilonpaper #studiovisit #artiststudio #artiststudios #ilovepeterjones #wegoalongwayback #grateful #artcollector #collectart #artaddict #artoftheday #instaart #instaartist #ilovemyjob #Anchoring #igotsomethingright

Our jaws dropped when we saw this work mocked up on my client's wall and it has been such a privilege to secure a number of works for my collectors pre preview from this incredible new body of work from Sarah Ball. The work, which explores the subject of Self through many lenses is not only jaw droppingly beautiful but is deeply thought provoking too. It doesn't get better than this. Congratulations to Sarah and Joe for such an amazing show. 🙏🙏🙏
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Sarah Ball 'Tim' #sarahball #sarahballartist #sarahballthemself #animamundigallery #femalepainter #britishpainter #artcollector #collectart #britishcouncilcollection #artcollections #artconsultant #lovemyjob

Kids hang out room. 'Chill' was already there so we decided to put one of these iconic 'Work Hard & Be Nice to People' either side of the chimney breast - one for each boy. Subliminal parenting even when they are playing drums! Perfect! .
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Anthony Burrill 'Work Hard & Be Nice To People' #anthonyburrill #graphicartist #printmaker #printingpress #workhard #bekind ##benicetopeople #artforrealpeople #homedecor #artoftheday #artposter #artinspo #artinpsiration #kidstyle ##houseinpso #kidsplayroom #musicroom #artconsultant

In the spirit of my "impartial art advice" I am setting aside my chemical attraction to the man and giving the other side of the story. .
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#Repost @jeremydeller
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Happening now big Fuck Boris street party

Photo London. May 2015. Personally I found Boris to be one of the most charismatic, funny and dead sexy men I have ever met. Ok shoot me. But he made me weak at the knees. Look at what a cute couple we made!!!! Matching hair. Adorable. 😂😂😂😂😂🤣
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Louisa Warfield Art Consultant with, who turned out to be the future prime minister, Boris Johnson #borisjohnson #isborisjohnsonasilverfox #islouisawarfieldartconsultantmistressmaterial #jobopening #puttingmyhandup #nationalserviceposition #borislikesanartconsultant #borisjohnsonprimeminister #artconsultant #matchinghair

Thanks to Martha @the_colour_file and @decorcafenet for inspiring me write my next blog piece (link in bio). It's more like a rant but i blame Martha who told me to bash it out! 😬😂
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Does our increasing consumption of ‘art as entertainment’ affect our relationship with art in the home? #artcollector #artblog #artsblogger #artbloggerscommunity #artblogging #artfulblogging #theweatherproject #olafureliasson #tate #artoftheday #artday #artdaysout #artdays #louisawarfield_artconsultancy #nowheretobeseenin2003

Fascinating article in the @thestmagazine today. Photographer Danny Burrows has spent several months living with the Bruderhof communities - self sufficient, family orientated and where they relinquish all possessions, money and status. His conclusion? "In some way the Bruderhof face fewer everyday struggles than the rest of us. Money worries do not exist - having nothing, like everyone else must be liberating. the care of children and the elderly is shared. If this were how care in the community worked in the rest of Britain, we might be in a better place". This girl prepares for a night of camping alone in the woods as part of her field craft studies. Wowsers. Teaching young girls independence, how to be alone, how to be self sufficient. Duke of Edinburgh's this is not (have they shortened the routes from when we did it by the way?) and I can't help but think there is something in this. I posted on my story today a very useful course for women and in doing so realised I cant do half the things on the list. And I feel sick too about how much I coveted that Loewe basket yesterday. I still have a long way to go.
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#Repost @dannyburrowsphoto
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NEW PERSONAL PROJECT

I have been welcomed into the Bruderhof, a pacifist Christian community, and am working on a long term personal project documenting their lives in the 100th anniversary year of their formation.
I hope to spend many weeks in 2019 living in community with them to create a comprehensive and honest body of work.
Thanks to everyone I have met on the journey so far.

#newprojects #documentary #dannyburrowsphotography #leica #leicam9p #leicagram #storytelling #religiouscommunity #christianity #community #documentaryphotography #truth #portrait @bjp1854 @foam_magazine @foam_amsterdam
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#artconsultant #dannyburrowsphotography #humbled

Urgh. Ive spent a very dangerous afternoon catching up reading my Crafts magazine and have found myself instastalking eveything to do with these beautiful @loewe baskets. Surely this has to be an art consultant's perfect bag. Plenty of space for a business card, phone and my tape measure. What more could a girl need? .
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Idioa Cuesta 'Loewe Basket' #loewe #loewebaskets #loewebasket #milandesignweek2019
#idioacuesta #basketry #textilemaker #weaving #basketryartist #artconsultant #artconsultantlondon #handbagaddiction #couldbeworse

$I've just stumbled on this photo from a client I worked with more years ago than I care to admit (lets say it was in the first 5 years of my 15 years of experience)!!! I often joke that I have made up my job (well I kind of did) so its oddly reassuring to see that I still love the work I placed back then in my making-it-up-a-bit-as-I-go-along-days, even though I knew a mere fraction of what I do now. I guess this is because even though I know more, the one thing I have always done is only place work I love for a space and that is, luckily, enduring. And it still makes me smile when I bump into the client's husband and he says 'God Turner, I still love that Hoffer on the stairs' and I think that even though I know a lot more now - I'd like to think I'd still back myself to have placed that piece there even now and that makes me very happy indeed. 😊 . . . Peter Hoffer 'Palm' #peterhoffer #acrylicandresinonwood #palmtree #resin #miamistyle #southoffrance #frenchriviera #imadeitup #abit #justatthebeginning #nowiknowwhatIamdoing #ithink #🙏 #artconsultant #15yearsexperience #longinthetooth$

"Everybody needs a bit of this", Eliza, aged 15 going on 45. We've been going to Giffords for years (with a couple of years off during TD) and it felt extraordinarily good to be back. Giffords, if you've not heard about it, should be at the top of your list for summer's evening sorties - it's in a special class if its own but think nostalgic circus vibe, mixed in with ladles of creativity, tonnes of silliness (mostly driven by Tweedy here), some brilliant circus acts and out comes magical escapism with great blobs of joy. Nell (ex Oxford girl who ran away and didn't join a circus but set up her own Circus (whats not to love there for starters)) is also now by the way is in the middle of her third set of chemo - not that that stopped her appearance on stage beautiful and resplendent. She has started some very humbling and inspirational video blogs @nellscircus_days_ - and if there is one woman who exemplifies that the show not only must, but does go on, then it is right here. Go see. Thank you to Giffords for all the joy you given us - in the up years, the down years and the in between years. 🙏🙏🙏
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The Warfield Kids with Tweedy (Giffords Circus) #giffordscircus #giffords #tweedyclown #tweedytheclown #joy #laughs #theshowmustgoon #theshowgoeson #onwiththeshow #everyoneneedsthis

I stood and gawped at these works at London Art Fair one year (can't remember which because they all blur into one now 😩). This is amazing painting and very firmly on my wish list.
Repost detail @seanmolloyartist
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Showing 'Ben-day cow' oil & on panel 22.5 x 30.5cm at Charlie Smith gallery 10th anniversary group exhibition in London
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#seanmolloy #landscapepainting #painterspainting #instaart #artoftheday #collectorart #artcollector #artconsultant #ilovemyjob

When the ex picked the art he wanted the kids actually sobbed when he said he was taking this painting 'Suncream' from our house in the Isle of Wight. And they were proper sobs, tears running down cheeks, noises - the whole works - it was a humbling reminder that art has the power to move and that art has the power to represent a home and an anchor. So, a few days later, the kids and I had an emergency team meeting and decided that this was a painting the four of us decided we just could not part with and so I am so enormously grateful to my friends Tamasin and James Hawke for agreeing to (Tamasin) and then reproducing (James) the painting so brilliantly and accurately. 'Suncream 2' is now winging its way to the ex where it can start it's own future and a new chapter (possibly another book the way things are going 😂) in a super shiny new home. I spotted Suncream 1 in a cupboard in the back of James's studio in North Norfolk. And like me it's been on quite a journey - it wobbled its way down to London on a car roof (it's on board) stayed a few years on our wall in London and finally made it over the pond to the Isle of Wight. Like me, it now has now has dents and knocks and chips to the frame and it also has some paint running down where someone spilt a glass of wine over it during one rather brilliant party, but I like it more and more for its knocks and it's patina and I think given all that it's aged rather well and I am delighted that Suncream and me and my kids can continue our journey on for a bit longer still together. 🙏🙏🙏 ps if you would like to come and add your own dent to this picture, or dare I say it, spill your own glass of wine on it, the house is available to rent. DM me for details. .
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James Hawke 'Suncream' #jameshawke #suncream #acrylicpainting #acryliconboard #gessoframe #isleofwight #isleofwightart #isleofwightholiday #holidayhouseisleofwight #housetorent #artconsultant #abitdented #haspatina #aginggracefully #sometimes

I feel very very lucky to be able to showcase these sumptuous works in this, my second 'Art Above the Fireplace'. I started following Tom on insta (his best five Friday works are a must follow for anyone in our world), then I weirdly recognised him in real life at a show and so I've been following his work develop over the last 18 months with much love and interest. These are quiet peaceful works that seep into you. Initially you see the colour, then the stripes but then you start to see the flecks, the ridges, the bits that the work goes over the edges of the board and you realise this is where the painting holds its quiet power. These are paintings for people who love painting. Tom has just been snapped up by not one but three top drawer galleries so please do DM me if you'd like to come and sit with these beauties and let them seep into you too - they remind me of the lines that remain when you scoop out Neapolitan ice cream - why wouldn't anyone want that on their wall!
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Tom Wilmott 'Days I Lives a World of Light XVII and XX' #tomwilmott #emergingart #emergingartist #painterspainting #paintingporn #neapolitan #instapaintings #paintingoftheday #artistoftheday #artabovethefireplace #interiorart #artforinteriors #artconsultant #luckiestgirlintheworld

This is without doubt the most delicious thing I have seen so far at the degree shows. I'm not sure whether it's the millennial pink against the grey (so pretty), the way that the cast lid clunked into place in the top (so satisfyingly), the beautiful kiln formed glass of the body that feels just like a very fine hand carved sliver of granite (so elegant), the frankly adorable bubbly finish to the lid (so surprising) or the fact that this reminds me of a beautifully poured glass of beer with its frothy foamy top (so tempting and reminds me of that iconic ad: "Do you want a flake in that love") - but I absolutely, completely fell in love with this at first sight. This artist calls himself 'an early career artist' but a reading of his CV shows he's been making glass for more years than he might be admitting and lucky for us too. With work as surprising, technically superb, fresh and twisty as this - this is someone, I think, who is one to watch. .
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Joshua Kerley 'Pot' #joshuakerley #glassmakers #glassmaker #earlycareer #artist #emergingart #emergingartist #rcaceramicsandglass #icecream #aero #bubbles #kilnformedglass #beer #top #lagertop #artconsultant #doyouwantaflakeinthatlove

The glass and ceramics show at @royalcollegeofart degree show is an absolute show stopper this year. Clearly labelled and beautifully curated - finally a degree show that is setting the bar at the same levels of commercial gallery shows and boy does this group of talented students meet that challenge. Congratulations to everyone. It was pure pleasure to see.
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Ho Lai 'Untitled' #holai #porcelain #glaze #silver #ceramics #potter #ceramicist #rcaceramicsandglass #rcadegreeshow #emergingart #emergingartists #artconsultancy #artconsultantslondon #ilovemyjob

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