the blackbird sings

Bringing The Trees Into Existence 2

I have another new painting to show you that will shortly be on it's way to the Serena Hall Gallery in Southwold, Suffolk. It should be available from the gallery sometime next week. I'm really happy with how this piece looks, and the sky blue background is really quite different for me. I think my work is lightening-up a bit - must be the influence of summer!

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Bringing The Trees Into Existence 2
Acrylic on deep-edge canvas. 12x12"
© Natasha Newton 2009

I also updated the website this week with some new work: www.natasha-newton.co.uk

Intermission 2 - Now at Serena Hall Gallery

Just to let you know that I delivered three canvas paintings to the Serena Hall Gallery in Southwold, Suffolk yesterday afternoon, including the large landscape painting pictured below. Please contact the gallery on 01502 723887 if you wish to purchase this piece. I am also working on a couple of other small canvas paintings and will be sending those to the gallery later this week - I'll let you know when they're ready.
 
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Intermission 2
Acrylic on deep-edge canvas. 39.5x39.5"
© Natasha Newton 2009

Other than that, I have a lot of exciting new pieces in progress including commissioned paintings, hand-painted sycamore wood bowls and work for my solo show in the Autumn. As you know I'm also experimenting with linoprinting whenever I get the chance. I can't wait to show you all of this new work! Stay tuned. :)

New Life 4

Just to let you know that there is a brand new painting in the Etsy shop, completed just yesterday and up for sale on Etsy today! (Friday)

It is the fourth piece from the New Life series. Click on the image to view a larger version.

 
New Life 4
Acrylic on deep-edge canvas. 12x12"
© Natasha Newton 2009
Currently available for sale here: www.theblackbirdsings.etsy.com

And for those of you in the area, I'll be delivering some new paintings to Serena Hall Gallery in Southwold this weekend.
Plenty to do (as usual) so I'd better get back to it! See you soon.

The Exquisite Melancholy 3 & Other News

Sorry to be a bit quiet on the blogging front, but there's a lot going on here at the moment!

I'm busy working in the studio every day right now - I have several commissions to finish, I'm working on new pieces for the Etsy shop, I have some exciting projects in progress, including two large shows within the next six months - the first is a solo show at Serena Hall Gallery in Southwold, Suffolk in October, the second is a joint show in December at The Cinema Gallery in Aldeburgh called Enchanted Earth - and an exciting collaboration where my work will be available on iPhone and BlackBerry covers (sometimes known as 'skins'?) and possibly even laptop lids! We're sorting out the details of this deal at the moment so I'll let you know when the products are definitely available.

Aside from that, I finished this painting the other day - the third (and possibly final) piece from The Exquisite Melancholy series. But it's no longer available for sale as it has already been reserved for a buyer in the United States. :)

 
The Exquisite Melancholy 3
Acrylic on deep-edge canvas. 12x12"
© Natasha Newton 2009
SOLD

I'll be posting some more new pieces on the blog very soon, so keep your eyes peeled!

Just a quickie to let you know that my Etsy shop, The Blackbird Sings, has recently been restocked with lots of new work! There's also more to come in the coming days and weeks as I'm making a real effort to list new pieces on there much more regularly than before. The shop is now the main place to buy my work online. I don't have any other shops - all available work can either be found on Etsy or my website (or in certain galleries if you're in the UK!).

Pieces can be reserved for short periods and there is an option to pay in installments for larger pieces, if you wish to do so. Just talk to me if you'd like to do this.



And one more little piece of news: I've finally started making linoprints! I'm having such fun with this and so far it seems to be suiting my style of work quite well. There are now a couple up for sale in the shop, which are part of a limited edition of 25. I love the fact that I can produce several pieces from one design, but that due to the handcrafted process of linoprinting from start to finish, each piece is different and has it's own character. You can rest assured that no two are the same! Anyway, I hope you'll like them.

Please click on this link to visit my Etsy shop: www.theblackbirdsings.etsy.com

Or here to visit my website: www.natasha-newton.co.uk