All that glitters must surely be from Essex

All that glitters must surely be from Essex
Oil and glitter on canvas

Sunday 25 March 2012

Keeping it rolling!

Okay, so it's been quite a while since my last post. Unfortunately due to the rather stressful situation in my day job, my painting has had a to take a bit of a back seat....this is why I really would like to make a living out of my painting, it all too often has to sit on the sideline when deadlines are due at work, blah, blah, blah!  However, I have managed to open a portfolio at Saatchi Online http://www.saatchionline.com/evebrinkwhitt
which is very exciting.  Quite a few people have viewed my work, although noone has bought anything yet.  I also finally gave in and signed up with Twitter, @eve_whittington.  Still trying to work out what the hell goes on there - it's just a sea of hashtags and seemingly random letters and numbers.  Getting a master class in twittering from the likes of Lord Sugar and Stephen Fry though!
I'm still waiting to hear if I have been successful getting through the first stage of the John Moore Painting Prize and should know by the first couple of weeks in April. In the studio I am currently painting a piece that I hope to register for the Threadneedle Prize in the summer. 
At least it's the Eater holidays next week, so for a fortnight I can forget work and focus on my painting.  It'll be nice to get to the studio when other people are there, usually on a Sunday I work in solitary splendor! I'm told by my good friend Po whose website http://www.midwintertuition.co.uk/ is doing very well, that it's all about Klout...I didn't even understand when I Googled it.  It's a complex business, painting!