Un dessin est beau si la ligne est vivante – Exhibition Niort (Fr)

September 28, 2015September 28, 2015 | Florence EMA Blanchard

Here is one of the ink drawings I sent to the following exhibition in the beautiful city of Niort France. Winterlong gallery, which has been working with many excellent international artists for a number of years, has curated this really cool line up including this time the work of about 70 artists displayed at the Pilori Museum. I had the pleasure to work with Winterlong Gallery 4 years ago for an installation I did at the museum in collaboration with artist Kid Acne. The title ‘Un dessin est beau si la ligne est vivante’ is a quote by Jean Cocteau and refers to the theme of the exhibition: all works are drawings on paper.

Under The Skin – No Words Required exhibition

August 3, 2015August 3, 2015 | Florence EMA Blanchard

This weekend saw the opening of No Words Required a group exhibition celebrating the art of silent comic at A Month Of Sundays gallery in Sheffield. I prepared this painted illustration based on the movie ‘Under The Skin‘ by Jonathan Glazer. The exhibition runs throughout august Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 – 17:00

Portrait

February 7, 2015February 7, 2015 | Florence EMA Blanchard

Last week I had the pleasure to be invited by photographer Mark Howe to his beautiful studio in Sheffield for a portrait shoot. We used one of my recent paintings: Night Visions as a backdrop.

#MarkHowe #FlorenceBlanchard #Photography #Painting

Night Visions Part II

November 27, 2014 | Florence EMA Blanchard

The exhibition is going really well and we are thinking about extending it for another week. For any information contact bradburyblanchard@gmail.com Below are more photos of the work and here are a couple recent posts from other blogs: Design Week , Supersonic Art, FFFFOUND!

I painted this series inspiring myself from my trip to Betsukai, JP. Medium is acrylic and gold leaf on circular paper approx 30cm x 30cm

Enjoy x.

Night Visions – photos part I

November 13, 2014 | Florence EMA Blanchard

Last Thursday was great. Thanks to everyone who made it to the opening at B&B. The exhibition continues until Nov 30, on view by appointment during the week or 12-6pm on Saturdays. For any information about the work please contact bradburyblanchard@gmail.com.

ART MARVELOSA

September 26, 2014 | Florence EMA Blanchard

MARVELOSA carries on at Western Bank library / The National Fairground Archive until 8th January 2015 for more information: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/exhibition/marvelosa

MARVELOSA – Art inspired by The National Fairground Archive

September 14, 2014September 14, 2014 | Florence EMA Blanchard

Just this week opened MARVELOSA a new exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of The National Fairground Archive. 5 artists including myself were commissioned to work around material available at the archive. MARVELOSA is on view until January 8 2015 at The Western Bank Library at The University Of Sheffield. It’s been an absolute pleasure working on this. More info here: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/exhibition/marvelosa IMG_0086gold1000'

The Snake Charmer – Hand-finished 3 colour screenprint on Somerset paper

Other artists involved in this project: Anthony Bennett, Mark Copeland, Sarah Munro, Paul Evans, Pete McKee, Zoe Beloff.

National Fairground Archive #NFA20

August 25, 2014 | Florence EMA Blanchard

Since I came back from Japan I have been working on my next project: a series of painting & screenprints commisionned by the National Fairground Archive. The pieces will be part of an exhibition for the NFA’s 20th anniversary at the Western Bank Library early September. It’s been amazing to browse the archive which is a unique collection of material covering all aspects of the culture and history of travelling fairs and entertainment from the 1800’s to the present day.

I’ll be posting more photos of work in progress but here is a first glimpse.

Kodama 木霊

August 12, 2014 | Florence EMA Blanchard

It took 6 days to paint this mural – we worked really hard going up and down tall ladders but on the last day the stars aligned and we were able to use a cherry picker. It’s always such a treat to work with these machines – I just wish I had my own! A big thank you to Mika Ohtsuki, her family, Ito San, and Niwa San families for making this happen.