Open Studios — ARTIST'S JOURNAL

Charity and art: joining efforts to protect endangered species - PART TWO

In Part One of this article, I wrote about my collaboration with the UK endangered species conservation charity PTES, whereby all my profits from the Open Studios show would be donated to the charity. I am pleased to say that the Open Studio sales of my work mean that...

Ariadna DaneMay 17, 2017PTES, Open Studios, charity, PTES_part_two

Open Studios show: the results

Ten weeks of active preparations, challenging myself to create new work and come out of my comfort zone in order to put on a good exhibition for the visitors of the Open Studio show, have finally paid off.

Ariadna DaneMay 16, 2017exhibition, Open Studios

Charity and art: joining efforts to protect endangered species - PART ONE

One of the key themes underlying my recent work is nature and the frightening possibility of extinction. Being an avid lover of plants and animals, this topic resonates with me deeply. As artists and art lovers, we have an admiration of what can be created, yet we may overlook and neglect the masterpieces of nature that surrounds us. I was shocked to find out that almost two thirds of species in the UK have declined in the past 50 years.