Hand coloured 'Little Universe' unique prints (Various versions)

'Little Universes'

‘Little Universe‘ - hand painted unique prints - (various versions)

 

 

‘Little Universe’ - hand painted unique prints - (various versions)

'Above our heads and, below our feet'

Oil based Black | Prussian blue ink linocut print on  heavy/textured rag paper.
Hand coloured in light fast inks.
Each unique print is numbered 1/1.

Size: 22 cm X 25 cm including borders

Price: £40.00 

On ordering, I shall send you a photo of the version you will receive or, if you wish, a selection to choose from.

*Thank you*

Sent with full provenance | UK postage included

Mes Mains | Large feature print

'Mes Mains'

'We hold everything we cherish in these'

Oil based Black | Van Dyke ink linocut print on  heavy rag paper

Size: 35 cm X 23 cm including borders

Price: £40.00 

Sent with full provenance | UK postage included

Bursary | Funding - Covid response - * Donations Welcomed *

Dungeness Open Studios are currently closed to all visitors.

We will (C-19 circumstances allowing) be open again by prior arranged appointment from mid June.

We aim to offer more artists' residencies and practical workshops for sculptors, painters, musicians, writers and photographers, providing exhibition space for artists from outside this area. We need to develop our programme during this period.

For 22 years, we have provided a showing space on Dungeness beach, which has developed from one studio to four over the period. Free to enter, operating on trust and goodwill, the work here celebrates and informs the public about this community, its history and its relevance outside of its reputation as a resort/tourist destination. All works directly reflect this wonderful and unique landscape. All my income as a sole trader comes from the selling of related works, postcards, books, workshops and residencies. Our inclusive and affordable pricing structure reflects our desire for people to be able to experience and own art democratically. Organised visits and talks with students of all ages are common practice and we have welcomed many thousands of visitors here for over two decades without any external funding, grants or bursaries.

We have had to close the studios entirely and cancel upcoming shows, residencies and workshops. After each event, we learn more about what artists require from our spaces and our in the main hands-off overview. We need to re-model showing spaces, access points, create garden areas, provide shelter and consider safe spaces for the future. We do not envisage that more than one person at a time will be able to visit these small spaces for the foreseeable future. This requires thought and practical development including our online presence, which will become crucial to keeping our core values visible and accessible. I have no current income to develop anything further but I do have infrastructure which can be made ready to meet the challenges of the future new normal regarding public access and interaction.

My current practice relies on the generosity and feedback of the people who visit, their ideas, expertise and enthusiasms. This creates Dungeness Open Studios in symbiosis, working as it does with this wonderful beach.

Currently our website and social media presence are who we are.

A bursary would remove this anxiety and help us to create peace of mind/solvency for us to develop our presence as an online entity, but with a secure foundation of having remodelled the experience, the access points and showing spaces to suit the future.

Examples of projected costs:

Web costs: copywriting and proofreading -- £30 per hour -- £600 Building materials including timber, fixings, signage, paints, preservatives, roofing materials, display items, barriers, gates, soft landscaping to create a slower, subtle flow of visitors. Safety equipment -- £600

-- Paddy Hamilton

Photographs | 'Oblique Dungeness'

Dungeness Open Studio 2

New addition | element

‘Picks of the week’

Oblique Dungeness 

Photographs taken by Dungeness Open Studios 

‘Moments of here’

7" by 5" prints on high quality photo paper 

Available in edition

Signed with provenance

price: £17.00 each (including postage)

'Misha' hand coloured Lino cut on quality rag paper

Misha

'Playfulness is a serious game'

Hand coloured linocut print on un-bleached Arches heavy rag paper

Size: 20 cm X 14 cm + borders

Price: £40.00 

Sent with full provenance | UK postage included

DUNGENESS FONT RX-12

Available as a digital download
Designed for easy use on your computer
*Compatible with Windows and Mac
Features - Alphabet, punctuation, numerals & extras

Price: £40.00 

Man and Bull editioned print

Man and Bull

'Do what you must do'

Hand coloured linocut print on un-bleached Arches heavy rag paper

Size: 20 cm X 14 cm + borders

Price: £40.00 

Sent with full provenance | UK postage included

Misha - Hand coloured linocut print

Misha

'Playfulness is a serious game'

Hand coloured linocut print on un-bleached Arches heavy rag paper

Size: 20 cm X 14 cm + borders

Price: £40.00 

Sent with full provenance | UK postage included

Showbiz | In the night

Showbiz in the night... 

                          Moment of gentle subtlety witnessed on Dungeness beach 

Oil on un-bleached linen
Dimensions: 70 cm X 60 cm

SOLD

Print Workshops at Dungeness Open Studios

A new venture | opportunity for all

One-to-one print workshops to an edition of ten prints 

Your private accommodation + Exclusive studio, drawing, carving area with a well-stocked library, wifi, tools and equipment.

Lounge area (communal)

We provide private accommodation with continental breakfast, an exclusive drawing and carving area, comprehensive reference library, a guided walk of Dungeness beach, use of our studio and Farley press, papers, inks, tricks and tips.

Workshop + materials, accommodation with breakfast (wifi included) and one-to-one tuition with Paddy Hamilton is priced at £160. 00.

Daily itinerary is as follows:

DAY ONE

• Arrive in Dungeness in the morning to walk the beach and get a feel for this marvellous place to draw and photograph subjects. 

• View the equipment and study previous examples of print making made from our Farley press.

• Enjoy a flexible lunch break.

• Introduction to tools and cutting technique.

• You draft and carve your print in your private workshop space with my input if required.

*End of Day One

DAY TWO

• Breakfast.

• An early start with a walk (weather permitting!).

• Pre-proofing your print block.

• Making amendments as required.

• Creating ten perfect prints as an edition.

Please bring sketch books, cameras, laptops (wifi included) your favourite drawing equipment, all your enthusiasm, creativity and a willingness to learn. Plus a hat, scarf and sturdy boots!

In the shared workshop - L.A.B.

We hope to see you soon!

All enquiries (costs + available dates)

Email: office@paintings-for-sale.net

Beachlife

There's a new venture taking shape on Dungeness beach in the form of a pop-up pub for the hugely successful Romney Marsh Brewery. Matt, Cathy and family are bringing their award-winning beer to the RHDR station with 'Ales by the Rails'. In true Dungeness style they have transformed a shed into a fully formed beer hut with barrels and pumps - and as the creator of the Dungeness font (which features on their merchandise), we were asked to design and build the signage.

Happy to help, the result is a bespoke, handcrafted and hand-painted set of wooden signs that we built outside during a spell of good weather. After being nailed, painted, stabilised and varnished we used a technique to distress them slightly, giving them a well-worn, aged, smokey appearance.

Ales by the Rails will open on Friday the 16th of June so we wish them all the best and urge you to get down there and support them.

The design takes shape

Preparing the font

Measuring up

Nearly finished

Drying in the sun

After a flurry of film and photography shoots that required an authentic but slightly post-apocalyptic look we have spent time de-cluttering and re-organising the work spaces around the studios. The Lab has been updated and readied to make efficient space for painting as commissions are coming thick and fast. Here is just one of the paintings in progess:

Working title: 'Pathway of Diminishing Returns'

One of the pieces of work that was hanging in Studio 2 has been sent to south London (that groovy part) for a show which has made space for a change of dynamic in there and the display of the new, colourful, polychromatic multi-media work that has been taking shape.

Painting new works

Completed works hanging in Studio 2

We have had a very busy time with Airbnb, welcoming guests from all over the world and receiving lots of positive feedback and reviews, which is very humbling. We have met such diverse and interesting people. We are always sad to see them leave!

There have been a number of approaches from galleries and consultants in this last week, which we are considering as although we like going on tour, we love being here on this beach, especially now. One very welcome visitor was the renowned art academic, groundbreaking photographer and friend, Tom Evans, currently of Tenterden, who has several collaborations in mind for us, which we will happily proceed with. We were honoured to have an exclusive view of his current, large format photographs. Not only were they highly skilled and technically brilliant, they were also profoundly moving.

The garden is bursting with new flowers and plants again after a storm. Everything comes back altered but still beautiful. Most days we are adding new ones or planting out seedlings. The plants for sale at the moment include borage, sea kale, lychnis and cosmos, amongst others.

The umbrella snapped quickly before snapping in the wind again

Poppy

Jostling for position

Wild poppies about to pop

Filming, Refurbishing and Hosting

It's been a very busy time at Dungeness Open Studios. Last week, we welcomed 17 film crew involved in the production of a short sc-fi film called Black Shore. They filmed in the house, grounds and workshop with actors Matthew Steer, Jessica Raine and Austin Taylor. It is the realisation of a long-held dream of the directors, Jon Park and Grant White, who were joined by Leah Harris as Producer, Director of Photography, Zoran Veljkovic and Production Designer Steve Blundell, among others. They were hard working, friendly and fun, and we are looking forward to the premiere!

Zoran being strapped into his steady cam

Matthew Steer getting ready for a take

As the Black Shore team wanted a fairly gritty looking exterior we had held off on the much-needed paint job around and about, but it's been full on refurbishment ever since. Studio One has been re-painted and varnished as necessary. Studio Two has been whitewashed and The Lab has been refurbished inside as we have created a new, very elegant display screen which will also act as a drying space. This is timely as we can now begin working on a new show ('Spiritual') which will consist of all new material including paintings, prints, mixed media and photography.

Studio 2 - before painting

Studio 2 - looking fresher

The Lab - previous hanging screen

The Lab - new hanging screen made of perspex and canvas

After the creative chaos of film making we had a few Airbnb guests to host so the house was quickly returned to its fomer glory (!) and we met some lovely people who were visiting Dungeness for both work and pleasure.

In the garden, we are still planting new additions every day and the recent rain has helped to bring things on. The zenith hasn't yet been reached but we expect everything to bloom in the next couple of weeks. The lack of rain has had quite an effect on the beach. We have noticed fewer snails and nesting birds, and there don't appear to be as many rabbits or foxes. Plant life is different, too. Usually by now the digitalis and vipers bugloss are showing in abundance, but there is very little sign of them as yet. Good news for lizards though - they are everywhere!

Daisies about to bloom

The hawthorn has flowered for the first time

Mallen

Sweet Peas are being trained to run up the midden

Flowering mint

Last night the French coast was visible for miles which happens rarely but the lights are quite beautiful. Speaking of which, we put up some lights as well...!