The exhibition was up for a month, which included a couple of bank holidays. The gallery is in a public library that used to open until 7 p.m on Monday and Friday. Now it closes at 4 p.m as the latest opening hours.
I decided not to have any information next to the pictures. Viewers had time to enjoy the show without distractions. Original prints are signed, with name, date and type. The watercolours are signed, too, reasonably well camouflaged as far as possible. When I’m visiting a gallery I find myself reading the descriptions while not looking at the work properly.
It’s obvious which marks are portraying trees and which ones show swans, isn’t it? It’s also obvious that each picture took a lot of time and effort. I could make a grumpy ‘art gallery bingo’ card; people will always ask if I’m a trained artist and whether I can draw hands.
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