Malcolm Cudmore – Artist

Tuesday 12th January 2010

I’ve just entered two pieces into a local exhibition here in Lancashire.  It is the Garstang Arts Centre Open Exhibition and a new one to me.  I’m pleased to say that I’ve been awarded a “Commended” (Runner up!) for “Sienna Gentleman” – my most recent coloured pencil on panel painting.  Originally started as a demonstration at The Cumberland Pencil Museum in September 2009 and largely completed during two days demonstrating on the UKCPS stand at the Art Materials Show at the NEC later in the autumn, it is a loose portrait of a lovely eighty year old gentleman that Lorry and I met in Sienna in 2008.  He and his wife are ceramicists and run one of the oldest established and best known “Majollica” shops in Sienna.

At a recent exhibition, I read in the introductory statement that the artist’s approach had been to use

“random processes and self-initiated rules”.

Doesn’t this just mean “Making it up as I go along”?

Friday 27th November 2009

My coloured pencil painting – “Moo-vergne” – has been awarded one of the three sponsor’s prizes at this year’s Preston Open Exhibition.

The exhibition is at The Harris Art Gallery in Preston and open until 28th December 2009.

Aquatone Water-Soluble Woodless Crayons

“Moo-vergne” is now in the Aquatone gallery (image #4) on the Derwent pencils website!

http://www.pencils.co.uk/products/derwent.aspx?sid=16

Look towards the bottom left of the page and select “Art Gallery”.