chris f clark's creative daydreamery

Boom! new piece ready to go...

2011-03-15T14:15:00.000-07:00

Finally finished this brand new piece, titled "Booming Bitterns". Prints available in the next week.

Bitterns are funny looking birds aren't they? I am yet to see one with my own eyes, and v eager indeed. But they boom!!!!! Seriousy, they make a booming call during their breeding season.

Had a trip up to Battersea on Sunday, to the Affordable Art Fair. Some great work on show. I did treat myself to a small Dee Beale print from Boxbird, called Red Hare. Beautiful and bold, to add to my collection of hare artwork.

Anyway, check back for print availability of "Boom" - details to follow.

Deep in the woods at night

2011-01-27T03:33:00.000-08:00

This isnt a new piece, is a couple of years old. Been quite popular in print, so i thought i'd share it with you here. Prints are still available, contact gilbert & clark frame and print on 01622 685146, or email me chrisfclark2@btinternet.com

a new year...

2011-01-21T05:42:00.000-08:00

New year, new ideas....new energy!! This year i'm looking to put on some solo exhibitions, hopefully in whitstable and canterbury, as well as getting some work up to london. The hunt is on for venues!!!

For now, here are a couple of older works, which i am really really proud of. Both are still in print, so contact me for details.

As you know by now, i love birds. I also love rabbits and hares. Particularly hares. MAGICAL CREATURES they are!! their grace is captivating, and their speed inspiring!!! They leap and bound and whoosh, and occasionally they even box!!!! I dream of that day when i can witness this great display!!! Its not often you see a hare these days, when i do catch a glimpse, it makes me whoop and clap with joy!!! What a privilage!!!

i can sing a rainbow

2010-11-02T05:18:00.000-07:00

FINALLY finished!!!! prints available now directly from me on 07703 028870, or at Gilbert & Clark Frame and Print shop, 4 mill street, maidstone, kent, me15 6xh. Available to order by phone from the shop on 01622 685146, along with prints of previous work.
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New exhibition at The Sportsman

2010-08-11T08:20:00.000-07:00

Am exhibiting my latest work at a month long show at The Sportsman, Seasalter, Whitstable, Kent. The Show opened last Monday, and have sold one piece so far, which is great. Someone bought "A Rainy Day in The Hills" last night. Thank you so much, hopefully you may read this if you took my card when you bought the work. The Sportsman is a highly regarded, Michelin star'd gastro delight, however YOU DON'T HAVE TO EAT THERE TO SEE THE EXHIBITION, YOU CAN GO AND PERUSE AT LEISURE. Also on show is some beautiful work by Angus McLewin and Elaine Gilbert.

DETAILS: "Under Whitstable Skies" 2nd August - 5th September 2010

THE SPORTSMAN, FAVERSHAM RD, SEASALTER, KENT, CT5 4BP

ANY FURTHER INFO OR ANY ENQUIRIES ABOUT PRINTS, THEN CALL ME ON 07703 028870 or email info@gilbertandclark.com

COME DOWN TO THE COAST AND CHECK OUT SOME GREAT WORK

cuckoo, cuckoo!!

2010-07-26T05:43:00.000-07:00

Another new piece that i have just finished this morning. Back to pink for this one, nice and bright with lots of hand drawn elements. The Cuckoo.... sneaky and sly and v v shy of maternal responsibility, they watch smaller birds, noting their daily habits and routines, typically warblers, and they wait and wait, then when the time is right, they invade the smaller birds' nest, lay their egg in it leave, landing the surrogate bird with a baby that isnt theirs. The fledgling cuckoo then grows rapidly, overtaking the warbler chick in size and determination, commanding the food brought back by the mother, then often nudging the baby warbler out of the nest completely, falling to their end. I wonder if the bird world will ever get wise to the ways of the cuckoo and decide enough is enough and rise up!!! RISE UP RISE UP THE WARBLERS OF THIS EARTH!!!

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brand new piece...

2010-07-07T04:45:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

Here it is!! The finished piece. I have been working on this piece off and on over the last couple of months, and am finally there with it, and am happy to say its complete!! It's colourful, busy and thought provoking, and loosely based around the pirate radio stations that were broadcast from the old wartime sea forts off the Kent coast. I took a boat trip out of Whitstable in May and was able to take some photos to use as source material, they really were astonishing to look at, and felt weird imagining them being occupied by wartime soldiers. They're pretty rusted now, and the walkways connecting them to one another have eroded, but just stunning!! Anyway, using those as the base to build the piece around, i brought in lots of vivid colour and hand drawn elements and just built up the layers as my thought process daydreamed and dallied about, until the final thoughts on text came through. Done!! i am really happy with it. This piece, titled "of moon and tide" will be on show and for sale at the upcoming show i am taking part in at The Sportsman, Seasalter next month. Details to follow v soon. ENJOY!!

My work is now occupying One White Wall, the exhibition space at Gilbert & Clark Frame and Print in Maidstone, Kent. All work is available to buy framed, and some pieces available print only. Pop along and check it out, address is 4 Mill Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6XH - tel 01622 685146.

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kittiwakes' motel

2010-07-02T13:31:00.000-07:00

A place so close to my heart - Howick rocks - in my home county of Northumberland, is an amazing haven for thousands of Gulls, particularly Kittiwakes. They build their nests on the many many ledges in the cliff's structure. The sound is amazing, and white streaks from their mess make the cliffs look like they are of chalk!!!! They build, they breed, they swoop and dive, they feed and they squawk - repeat.........on a constant loop. mesmerising. Each ledge is occupied - often by more than one family - and the kittiwakes look happy. Their perches look comfy and splendid. The last time i visited, i watched and photographed and watched and watched - the entire scene was like that of a busy motel - comings and goings constantly, so i recreated these thoughts into glorious blocks of colour and called it Kittiwakes' Motel. I hope you like it.

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summers here to stay...

2010-06-29T12:09:00.000-07:00

Finally, some glorious sunshine to bathe in. I've been trying to create new stuff for some upcoming shows - first up is at the michelin star'd gastro eatery The Sportsman in Seasalter, Kent. It's a group show lasting for a whole month!!!! yay!! Our good friend Angus Mclewin will showing some of his fabulous skyscapes from his Estuary English project, which he showed at the same venue last year, along with some new prints. Elaine Gilbert will be displaying some lovely bird photography - not the images we're so used to seeing that have been captured pin sharp with an enormous lens - but something a bit more organic, more natural. They really are special. All the pieces i have chosen are fairly new and are being displayed for the first time. I think Angus is gonna take up the main bar, and us two gals are sharing the back bar space. Really looking forward to it.

Next up is a solo show at the recently opened Craig Turner Gallery in Maidstone, Kent. I'm super excited about this show, it's a delicious space with some great natural light. I'm aiming to get more new stuff ready for this one, am really going for it.

Meantime, here's a peek at some of my latest work - all of which will be on show over the course of the two shows.

My work is currently available to buy at Gilbert & Clark Frame and Print, 4 Mill Street, Maidstone, Kent. T: 01622 685146 E: info@gilbertandclark.com for info, or email me directly at chrisfclark2@btinternet.com.

Inspiration comes from so many sources - but in all my work i try to project a sense of movement, of space and of freedom. Birds are so symbolic to me - they possess a very privileged position of freedom to move, something we as humans can never possibly achieve. The freedom of the skies, the whole world over, the unbeatable stamina to fly across the continents as the seasons change. Bird envy!! such a simple yet such a complex existence, never to be taken over by rapidly evolving technology, never to encounter poverty, never to encounter a deep hatred between their race. Yet maybe never to feel? do birds feel? apparently it's ok to eat fish cos they don't have any feelings, but do fish feel? i wonder what it feels like to leap up the rivers and waterfalls like a salmon does? hmmmm. The natural world offers many moments to ponder.

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hi....

2010-06-15T14:16:00.000-07:00

Hi and welcome all to my new blog, showing new artwork as i finish it, you may even get to preview work in progress!!!

Posts will also include exhibition details, where to buy my prints, and just everyday creative daydreamery.....

come in, it's safe!!!

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