These are the 10 postcards selected from over 200 that we received to our blimey X call out which will be reproduced and available for visitors to pick up from our exhibition on Sat 8th and Sun 9th July.
The selected artists include; Tim McNeilly, Jonny Lancaster, Sharon Simpson, Richard Collier, Carole Thorne, Nicola Golightly, Charity Waistell, James D Robinson, Stephen Muzynski and Stephen Hardy.
Here’s a bit of information about each one –
Title – The blimey! colouring book
Artist – Tim McNeilly
Medium – Hand drawn and stencilled design, digitised and printed
Description – A page from a fictional blimey! colouring book. From Detournement ‘turning expressions of the capitalist system against itself’ to buying colouring books in the hope of attaining ‘mindfulness’
Title – See Darlington by train
Artist – Jonny Lancaster
Medium – Digital
Description – A homage to the vintage train art of yesteryear
Title – Three’s a crowd
Artist – Sharon Simpson
Medium – Acrylic
Description – Based on Kio Carp at Butterfly World, Preston Park
Title – The new Feethams development
Artist – Richard Collier
Medium – Photograph
Title – The Gathering
Artist – Carole Thorne
Medium – Mixed media – collage, acrylic and laquer spray
Description – Images are magazine cut-outs, rearranged to create the illusion of an art event
Title – Slavutych colour study
Artist – Nicola Golightly
Medium – Digital print on embossed paper
Description – Duotone experimental piece. Colour study of Slavutych satellite town, Ukraine
Title – Jewelled Trail
Artist – Charity Waistell
Medium – Textile
Description – Based on Darlington’s heritage trail. Painted, embroidered and historic monuments picked out in ‘jewelled’ beads.
Title – blimey! postcard
Artist – James D Robinson
Medium – Digital
Description – Art as a reflection of the real world
Title – Three Girls
Artist – Stephen Muszynski (of the Community Arts Group)
Medium – Felt pen
Title – Blue Figures
Artist – Steven Hardy (of the Community Arts Group)
Medium – Felt pen
We’ll have 200 of each so make sure that you visit the exhibition to collect your favourite and of course see the original artwork in person.
From these 10 we’ll select one artist to receive the ‘blimey!’ prize of £500. The public vote taken during the two day exhibition will be between all works shown and will be awarded a further £500.
All copyright belongs with the artists, please do not reproduce without permission
