Open Studios

Para todos los que no pudisteis venir el fin de semana a nuestro "Open Studios" he colgado aqui unas fotos..........! Feliz Navidad y Paz en la Tierra!

For those of you who could not make it to our Open Studios weekend, here are a few pictures and my best wishes of...........

Happy Christmas & Peace on Earth

Exhibition "Hand Made" with work by Trinidad Ball and Loli Cardeñoso

Welcome to our exhibition "Hand Made" and many thanks to Advocate Galleries and Edward Burns for hosting it.

(Trinidad in the red dress and me in the squiggly one)

We had been planning this for sometime so we hope you enjoy it!

My portrait painted by Trinidad can be seen behind the desk in front of the art critics (Marko Stepanov and John Farrell) who are discussing it in earnest!

In real earnest!

Aubergines: oil painting by Trinidad and ceramic with lustre by me

White on Blue (with a bit of red). Ceramic bottles and their portraits

"El Desastre" a composition inspired by Goya's "Desastres de la Guerra"

Some of the exhibits in the window.

Indeed............. life is a wall of cherries!!!

though cherries are not the only fruit!

Apples apples everywhere

and not a a drop of cider!

Some early guests at the exhibition

There is more information about this exhibition in some of my previous entries.

It will be open until 10th November Advocate Galleries, 39 Church Road, Wimbledon Village SW19 5DQ

Do leave a comment if you wish or write to me at: loli@cardenoso.com

Hand Made Exhibition - oil paintings and ceramics

HAND MADE EXHIBITION

From: 15th October to 7th November 2010

At: Advocate Galleries, 39 Church Road,Wimbledon Village,

London SW19 5DQ www.advocategalleries.com

for further information contact:

loli@cardenoso.com or trinidadball@yahoo.co.uk

Hand Made is a collaboration between two artists, Trinidad Ball (painter) and Loli Cardeñoso (ceramic artist) who having found inspiration in each other's work, are now engaged in creating a collection that reflects this cross pollination. The result will be an exhibition in which 2D and 3D artwork bounce off each other.

Also see my posting of 25th July

I will also be showing a sample of my "Symbolic Portraits" you may commission a portrait in this style or buy one of the ones featured below:

Miss Havisham

What is Time?

Self portrait

Painter Trinidad Ball

These portraits are presented on canvas or board and protected with a clear cover.

Here are a few more pictures of the work I will be exhibiting at Hand Made

2 porcelain bottles with silver wire decoration, on a slate

most of my bottles are slip cast and reproduce the interior shape of glass bottles

Porcelain bottle and bowl on a stand with cobalt inlaid decoration

2 porcelain bottles with cord. Oil painting by Trinidad Ball

2 porcelain bottles with black tulip decoration

Equilibrium

5 porcelain cups made on the wheel and fired together

2 porcelain bottles on a stand decorated with red glaze

3 cherries on a piece of glazed kiln shelf

2 small apple vases on glaze pieces of kiln shelf

3 small "bundle" fruit, white clay with red glaze

Exhibition by SAL "Muerto de Amor"

For those of you who could not make the opening of our exhibition

Muerto de Amor

here are a few pictures

The Opening night

Preparations

The Opening Morning

My pieces

Muerto de Amor an art exhibition by SAL

These three pieces are the work I will be showing at the exhibition

Muerto de Amor

presented by SAL

Spanish Artists in London

Two Tied,

2 botellas de porcelana unidas por un cordon

2 porcelain bottles tied with a cord

Stigmata

Porcelain head inspired by religious wooden painted sculptures.

Cabeza de porcelana al estilo de las tallas policromadas de imagenes de santos.

La Caja de Bernada Alba: (let me put in a good word for Bernarda Alba)

We think of Bernarda Alba as hard and unloving, almost cruel, a tyrant to her daughters, servants and even to her own mother. But in my opinion she was actually suffering from lack of love. He husband dead, her own mother insane, her neighbours hostile and her daughters desperate to find husbands and leave her behind. She is bereft of love and if she does not have love she must at least keep her pride. Bitter and unloved, she appears to scream “if you do not love me you will hate me!” consequently hardens her soul (se encontrarán con mi pedernal) and responds with tyrannical arrogance, she cannot allow herself any tenderness towards those around her for fear of falling apart!

Nos imaginamos a Bernarda Alba como una mujer dura, desabrida casi cruel que tiraniza a sus hijas, a su criada y hasta a su madre. En mi opinión Bernarda sufría de desamor. Su marido ha muerto, su madre está loca, sus vecinos no la quieren bien y sus hijas están deseando casarse y dejarla sola. Bernarda se ve privada de todo tipo de amor y sin amor ni amigos solo le queda su orgullo. Amargada por esa falta de amor parece gritar ¡si no me amas me odiarás! Como consecuencia endurece su alma (se encontrarán con mi pedernal) y responde con orgullo déspota, no puede enternecerse con los que la rodean por miedo a desmoronarse.

La Caja de Bernarda Alba

arrangement with porcelain pieces and dried flowers on canvas

perfiles de porcelana y flores secas sobre lienzo

SAL (SPANISH ARTISTS IN LONDON) presenta

Muerto de Amor exposición-homenaje a Federico García Lorca

Institute for Indian Art and Culture "BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN", West Kensington, Londres

Del 23 de septiembre al 10 de octubre 2010

SAL (SPANISH ARTISTS IN LONDON) presents

Muerto de Amor a homage to the work of Federico García Lorca

Institute for Indian Art and Culture "BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN", West Kensington, London

23rd September – 10^th October 2010

Hand Made

HAND MADE

From: 15th October to 7th November 2010

At: Advocate Galleries, 39 Church Road,Wimbledon Village,

London SW19 5DQ

for further information contact:

loli@cardenoso.com or trinidadball@yahoo.co.uk

Hand Made is a collaboration between two artists, Trinidad Ball (painter) and Loli Cardeñoso (ceramic artist) who having found inspiration in each other's work, are now engaged in creating a collection that reflects this cross pollination. The result will be an exhibition in which 2D and 3D artwork bounce off each other.

We have chosen specific paintings by painters we admire as point of departure for some of our works. Other pieces in this exhibition are inspired by nature.

Still life by Giorgio Morandi
Still Life by Pablo Picasso
The Birth of Venus by Salvador Dali
Still life by Giorgio Morandi
some images of the work that can be seen at

Artists Statements

Trinidad: When I first saw Loli's work I had the strong impression of looking at a mirror image of my own work but in a different dimension. I liked her composition, the elegance of lines and the smoothness of her surfaces, and I liked her. The project has evolved slowly and out of interest and appreciation for each others's work. It has been necessary to spend time trying to understand each others's materials so as to gain an understanding of how ceramic art is made. This project aims to blur the boundaries between 2D and 3D art. It has made us think about our work through the eyes of the other and it has resulted in work which has been enriched by the exploration and cross- pollination of our respective dimensions.

Loli: My first impression of Trinidad's work was that she was concerned with the same thing as I was, ie. the relationship between individual forms and how the proximity to each other affects the way they look and the impression they give. This is probably the most abiding concern for all still life painters. She was also evidently influenced by the classical Spanish still life painters like Zurbaran, Sanchez Cotan and Melendez, which in a more tangential way also had influenced me. Even if it could be said that her work was about colour and mine was mostly while, I still felt we were chasing that same elusive and unstable relationship between between objects and the space they occupy.