September Figure Drawings

My figure drawings at Prince's Drawing School - September.

Life drawings in conte

2 short sketches, a detail of a larger drawing and 2 drawings on 50x70cm paper

Temptation exhibition at Espacio Gallery

Temptation
8-13 November 2012
Private View: Thursday 8 November 6-9pm
Temptation unveils the unique styles and synergy brought together by an eclectic group of artists. It explores broken taboos, emotional connections and the different uses of colour, space and form through a broad range of mixed media.For those who want to see work that is filled with raw emotion and unpolluted beauty, this is not an exhibition to be missed

Artists: Joanna Bardzinska, Pedro Baztan, Julie Caves, Laura Gompertz, Nick Hazzard, Stephanie Herbert, Ruth Jones, Ann Kopka, Anke Slebos, Rosalind Smith, Furrah Syed, Breda Parsons, Nicholas Peart, Claudia Sinicropi, Joao Trindade, Liz Whiteman Smith, Sara Wickenden
Organised by Nicholas Peart

Espacio Gallery159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)
Espacio Page on Facebook
Opening times: Daily 1-7pm including weekends. Closed on Wednesday

Art Grows on Trees 2012

Part of the E17 Art Trail 2012, Waltham Forest Arts Club's annual event Art Grows on Trees takes place in the town square in Walthamstow. Passers-by are invited to take home some free art.

The Whole Picture No.3

The Whole Picture No.3 is an acrylic painting cut into 25 pieces. Each piece has been given an identifying code as to its place in the picture. Each piece is an individual painting, but it is also part of a greater whole. The pieces will each be “picked” during Art Grows on Trees, part of the E17 Art Trail 2012. Perhaps one day they will be re-united and the recipients can see the whole picture.

Acrylic on Fabriano paper, Julie Caves 22x30inches.

BHL Open Studios 2012

Blackhorse Lane Open Studios 2012
Sep 7, 8, 9 2012

Chalk graffiti leading you to the studios:

Private View:

Julie Caves studio:

Some of the work on the corridor walls for the Silent Auction:

Visitor exhausted from "so much art":

Closing night barbecue:

Sun setting on the final chalk directions as we neared the station:

Happy in Walthamstow

Happy in Walthamstow

As part of Simon LaRoche's project in the E17 Art Trail I painted an 8x8 inch canvas with the Waltham Forest Arts Club logo and striped the edges with colours.  It is on display at the Hornbeam Centre on Hoe Street E17 along with all the other Happy messages.

Walthamstow Poetry Trail and Anthology

I illustrated a gorgeous poem by Julie Ridlington for the Walthamstow Poetry Trail. But an administrative error caused the illustration to be left out. The poems were shown in the windows of participating estate agents along Hoe St. Walthamstow’s very own fine letterpress printers Paekakariki Press has published an anthology of the poems. For those of you wondering about the empty space on the page below the poem here is what should have been there:

The illustration by Julie Caves intended for Julie Ridlington's poem 'She Calls Me Love'

You could print this out and paste it into the blank space in your anthology :-)

Gifted exhibition at The Mill

Supporting the local community centre -

This is the piece I am showing in the exhibition Gifted at The Mill on Coppermill Lane E17.
Part of the E17 Art Trail 2012

Save Yourself

watercolour, 2011, 30x40cm

Oxfame exhibition

As part of the E17 Art Trail Katja Rosenberg of Art Catcher is hosting an exhibition of altered charity shop artifacts called Oxfame.

I contributed a piece created from a £1.49 England Supporter Teddy Bear from the Oxfam shop on Walthamstow High Street.

The artwork is titled Teddy Bird.

Teddy Bird by Julie Caves

Installing the Oxfame exhibition

Teddy Bird eventually found a chair.

The 'before' bear.

Cultivate's Greatest Hits

First Thursday, September 2012, marks one year of CULTIVATE in Vyner Street. 

I am very pleased to have a painting selected from all the paintings shown at Cultivate during the last year to be shown in 'Cultivate's Greatest Hits Vol 1: A OneYear Retrospective Celebration'.

During this first year of Cultivate I participated in all the colour-themed shows: Red, Something Blue, Black, It Is Green, Fool's Gold and DEEP PURPLE, as well as some of the benefits shows. The 100x100cm acrylic painting I showed in Fool's Gold is the selected painting. 

Aug 13th to Sep. 16th 2012

Facebook event information here.

Blackhorse Lane Open Studios and Silent Auction

September 8th & 9th 12:00-6:00pm
Private View Sept 7th 6:00-9:00pm

28 artists at Blackhorse Lane Studios will be opening their studios to the public on the second weekend of the awesome E17 Art Trail.

Participating artists:
Franki Austin, Francesco de Manincor, Jonet Harley-Peters, Charlotte Hodes, William Stok, Valerie Large, Tam Joseph, Elizabeth de Monchaux, Jonathan O’Dea, Michelle Reader, Neil Irons, Lisa Peachey, Katrin Mäurich, Jhinuk Sarkar, Julie Caves, Sandie M Sutton, Pauline Evans, Emma Talbot, Duncan Evans, Daniela Rizzi, Charlotte Gerrard, Gisli Bergmann, Helen Maurer, Matilda Bevan, Jean-Pierre Mas, David Smith, Amanda Whittle

The artists working at BHL have a long history of collective achievement in education, exhibitions and prestigious art prizes. This is a rare opportunity to see their work in progress and speak to them about their motivation, ambition and meaning behind their work.

The Silent Auction is a chance to buy an original work of art at pre-market prices. Visitors can test their bidding skills and a lucky hand could take home an original work of art at pre-market prices. You can bid online from 2nd September 2012, or bid at the event. The Silent Auction closes September 14th at 2pm. Sealed bids can be placed at a minimum of £125, and the highest bid wins.
http://www.barbicanartsgrouptrust.co.uk/blackhorse-lane-studios.html

Children are welcome at the BHL Open Studios. There will be a kid’s arts quiz to help children explore the studios – with great prizes provided by Jackson’s Art Supplies and a drawing wall so the next generation of talent can show off their skills!

Facebook event page.

Harmony closing party Sat. July 21st

Harmony exhibition
A Summer Show to Lift the Spirits at Espacio Gallery.
July 4-24th 2012 
Closing Party: Saturday 21 July 6-9pm

See this earlier post about the exhibition.

Images of my work from the show:

Wandering Rocks exhibition

Wandering Rocks follow-on exhibition

Six artists from As Time Goes By, the exhibition I have co-curated, have been selected by Stephen Snoddy, Director of the New Art Gallery in Walsall, for his exhibition Wandering Rocks at Stone Space Gallery. The exhibition will take place 26th July-19th August. The exhibition will feature selected works from the over 70 artists participating in the Leytonstone Arts Trail.

"It was a pleasure to go on the Leytonstone Art Trail and see so much art activity across all disciplines and to see the community embrace the visual arts. This can only go from strength to strength and I look forward to seeing 'Wandering Rocks' at the Stone Space Gallery.
‘Wandering Rocks’ is episode ten of James Joyce’s classic Ulysses. It consists of nineteen short views of characters, major and minor, as they make their way around Dublin in the afternoon. Within each subsection, short, disjunctive paragraphs pop up that depict a simultaneous action in some other part of the city. My concept is that Leytonstone becomes Dublin for the day and that 19 artists are chosen to reflect the day."- Stephen Snoddy

Selected artists: Paul Morris, Robert Jackson, Paul Tucker, Andrew Super, Gillian Drinkwater, Julia Spicer.

The As Time Goes By exhibition continues until July 21st.
Here is an earlier post about the show.

The Stone Space Gallery, 6 Church Lane Leytonstone E11 1HG.

Stephen Snoddy signified his selection of the works by applying a blue dot. This is the piece he chose by Paul Morris.

Happy Fourth of July

Hot July
Julie Caves
150x240cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2012

Abbey Arts Centre Summer Exhibition

Abbey Arts Centre Summer Exhibition
89 Park Road, New Barnet, London EN4 9QX
 June 30 & July 1 2012

I will be exhibiting some paintings in the studio of Verene Lack at the Abbey Arts Centre Summer show.

I am an alumnus of the studios there and have been invited back for a lovely weekend :-)

Harmony exhibition

Harmony 
A Summer Show to Lift the Spirits
July 4-24th 2012 
Closing Party: Saturday 21 July 6-9pm
For three weeks Espacio Gallery offers you the chance to recharge your soul and harmonise your mind.

Come and see an exciting selection of work from some of our finest creative talents. Laura Bello, Judith Bieleto, Julie Caves, Julie Eccles, Catherine Field, Nick Hazzard, Jill Meager, Nick Peart, Renee Rilexie, Justyna Szpygiel, Matt Taylor, Julia Tester, Ernesto Torres, Joao Trindade, Tina Viljoen, Liz Whiteman Smith

Espacio Gallery is located on Bethnal Green Road near Brick Lane in East London.

 

Deep Purple exhibition at Cultivate Vyner Street

'DEEP PURPLE'
July 5-17 2012 EXTENDED to 6pm on Sunday July 22nd

Following on from the previous colour-themed shows: Red, Something Blue, Black, It Is Green, Fool's Gold... DEEP PURPLE

Opening night: Thursday 5th July, 18:00 - 21:00
Then from: Friday 6th July - Wednesday 17th July

CULTIVATE is open from 11.30 - 18.00, Thursday to Sunday (and outside of these days by appointment)

DEEP PURPLE will be a two week show, an art event, an exhibition. The show will open on First Thursday and all that that late night opening involves in Vyner Street.

I have been working on a series of paintings that use a lot of violet/purple in order to choose one for this exhibition.

Paintings at Transformations

Julie Caves' two paintings and bicycle pump book sculpture by Roan Allen in Transformations at Espacio Gallery. June 2012

As Time Goes By exhibition

As Time Goes By
An exhibition of 16 artists exploring the passage of time
July 12-21 part of Leytonstone Arts Trail

Artists: Kerrie Ahern, Julian Beere, Julie Caves, Gillian Drinkwater, Diana Furlong, Kate Hardy, Robert Jackson, Timothy Kraemer, Veronica Lindsay-Addy, Shaffique Manson-Visram, Paul Morris, Nicolette Murin, Devyani Parmar, Julia Spicer, Andrew Super, Paul Tucker

 Photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, video, mixed-media, installation, and ceramics.

Curated by: 

Julian Beere, Julie Caves, Nicolette Murin and Helen Porter.

'They Do Things Differently Here' images

They Do Things Differently Here
paintings by Julie Caves
Artworks Project Space
114 Blackhorse Lane
London E17 6AA
May 25-27 2012