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 [...]

  LIVING IN MYSTERY Acrylic and mixed media on canvas 80x80cm x4 cm deep AVAILABLE     "The contrasting shapes and differences between the solid and ethereal areas can be used as an analogy of the differences in rock and sky or how life works, sometimes very sure and other times more uncertain perhaps when we are trying new things." Contrasting paint treatment   This painting uses both flat areas of paint and soft scumbled areas to give an interesting contrast.   I used to be a fan of scumbling when I first started using acrylics many years ago, but haven't done any for [...]