Intriguing contemporary art by Marion Hedger

  Making art is an isolating business. It's very nature means, that on the whole, art making is a sole activity spending lots of time alone creating.   Participation in art fairs is one way of meeting other artists and potential collectors, making you feel part of the community. It's a way for the general public to actually meet the person behind the art and allow the artist to communicate and show their human side.   One of the lovely bonuses for the artist, is receiving nice compliments and having some quite off the wall conversations. I am [...]

A Nice Encounter One nice moment was when a gentleman, who was drawn to the colours in my paintings, stood in my stand looking for quite while studying them intently. I assumed he was another artist looking for clues on how I painted. I started talking to him and he told me that he didn't like abstract art but there was something about mine that drew him in. So we had a long discussion about what had drawn him to my paintings and that owning art is all about liking/loving what you see and wanting to live with it. [...]