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Tag Archives: exhibition
visions of a free-floating island
i recently worked on this booklet for artists andrew smith, hugh marwood and shaun morris for their exhibition at surface gallery, nottingham. the title is taken from andrew’s painting featured on the cover which they had selected to use for … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew smith, art, art exhibition, chris cowdrill, exhibition, graphic design, graphics, hugh marwood, shaun morris, surface gallery
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toys 2
this is a quick follow up to the last post. with the intention of producing a series of images for exhibition, i continued to draw from my daughter’s toys using my ipad pro and apple pencil. the three new drawings … Continue reading
Posted in exhibitions, graphics, sketchbook, Uncategorized
Tagged adobe sketch, Apple pencil, art, arts, artwork, digital illustration, drawing, exhibition, graphics, illustration, ipad, sketch, toys
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sketches from exhibitions 2
this is another post collecting together some work from my sketchbook. i started making a point of drawing sculptural work when visiting galleries and exhibitions – capturing in two dimensions things that should fundamentally be seen in three. some of … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, arts, artwork, chris cowdrill, drawing, exhibition, fine art, ikon gallery, lee bul, pavel buchler, peter hiorns, rowland emett, sketch, sketchbook, tate modern
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squeeze (part 2)
i thought it was about time i shared some of the awesome work my colleagues produced as part of the first staff show at the further education college where we work. as if we didn’t have enough to do towards … Continue reading
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Tagged art, art and design, art teachers, artist, arts, artwork, bournville college, collage, design, exhibition, fashion, fine art, illustration, painting, photography, wedding photography
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mental MAPPING
mental mapping is an exhibition that brings together the work of artists andrew smith and hugh marwood. the exhibition is a mix of painting, photography and digital work as well as a piece of video on which they collaborated. the … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew smith, art, artist, arts, artwork, exhibition, hugh marwood, painting, photography, video
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new technology (squeeze part1)
here’s some new work that i produced for a group exhibition at the fe college where i work. i’d been meaning to go back to robot characters for a little while and this seemed like a good opportunity. they are … Continue reading
Posted in exhibitions, finished artwork
Tagged art, arts, artwork, chris cowdrill, collage, exhibition, illustration, retro, robot, robots, sci-fi
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sketches from exhibitions
i thought i’d collect some of these imagestogether on here having previously posted some of them on twitter. if i’m honest, i’m not the best at getting out and about to dozens of exhibitions, but there’s a few i’ve been … Continue reading
BLACK HIGHWAY
i’ve again been working with my friend, colleague and fellow octagon, shaun morris to put together some promotional material for his exhibition of recent paintings titled BLACK HIGHWAY. it is an exhibition of paintings and drawings depicting the edgelands of … Continue reading
Posted in exhibitions, graphics, indigo octagon
Tagged art, arts, artwork, birmingham, chris cowdrill, drawing, edgelands, exhibition, fine art, graphics, indigo octagon, landscape, outdoors, shaun morris, sketchbook, west bromwich
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inkygoodness bermat character comp pt.ii
i wrote last august about a competition run by inkygoodness that i’d entered a couple of character designs into – and i was lucky enough to be shortlisted and selected for their exhibition from 300+ entries. the exhibition, at the … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, artwork, beermat, chris cowdrill, collage, drawing, exhibition, graphics, illustration, inkygoodness, robot, sci-fi
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Exhibition Part 2: If a Picture Paints a Thousand Words Then Why Can’t I -P-a-i-n-t-
it seems like a long time since the exhibition in november. i wrote last month that hanging the exhibition was a great experience, but that was only half of the story. after hanging the show on the monday, the rest … Continue reading
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