Julia Ogden

The birds will always sing for you

2012-01-26T10:58:00.000-08:00

New prints in The Design Shop, Dean Clough now....

and Valentine cards too x

Little birds and winter walks

2012-01-10T11:01:00.000-08:00

I had made a lot of prints before Christmas, so I wanted to get back to some good old fashioned drawing. I had a break in Kent and used the time to do these...

And have lovely walks in the Garden of England...

The twelve days of Christmas

2011-12-26T12:35:00.000-08:00

I hope you are enjoying the Christmas holidays. Before Christmas I was doing workshops at Battyeford Primary School as part of their fantastic Adopt an Artist scheme. Here are the beautiful pictures the pupils did.

I was really pleased with the results. The pupils added lots of layers to their pictures using various monoprinting techniques.

Hope you have a happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

The Art Market in Huddersfield

2011-12-06T13:40:00.000-08:00

Last weekend I was at the Art Market in Huddersfield, as part of the Festival of Light celebrations. There was a wide variety of work on display, all to a really high standard.
This was my stand...

Christmas Stockings.

Cards.

Aura Que was opposite me.

And Liz Salters' beautiful paintings.

Helen Russell.

Print for Love of Wood.

And I'm a lucky owner of this fantastic Julie Miles vase after swapping it for one of my prints. I couldn't wait to get it home.

All in all I had a good weekend! I met some great people who said lovely things about my work. I have a commissioned print that was ordered, which I'm really looking forward to doing. And I will be getting all my new prints on my website very soon I promise.

The Art Market

2011-11-07T13:37:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I had a great day at the Art Market, Holmfirth. I got to meet lots of lovely customers and see some very talented artists' and makers' work. In preparation I've been screen printing at home. This has taken me a while to get used to, but it has given me a chance to experiment more and produce more, which has been exciting. Anyway yesterday was the first time I got to see if people liked the new prints and I was so pleased that they did!

Screen printed Christmas decorations.

My stand with paintings and screen prints.

If you missed yesterday its on again this Sunday and there will be a completely new selection of artists.

Brighton and the sunshine.

2011-10-02T05:11:00.000-07:00

Is it really October? I got to enjoy the beautiful, unusual sunshine we've been having and went to the seaside this week. I haven't been to Brighton for a long time. My boyfriend and I ate pizza outside in the heat.We wandered through the lanes. We sat on the beach...

I bought these fantastic wooden letters and had a good old chat about how beautiful these old alphabets are with the shop owner.

and we tried to make plans.

Five and Fabulous at Heart Gallery

2011-09-20T12:56:00.000-07:00

It was Heart Gallery's birthday last week, after five years of showcasing talented artists and makers from the UK. Gallery owner Alison Bartram hand picks the best jewellery, ceramics, textiles, art and photography with a changing programme of exhibitions.

There was fizz, cake pops and frozen yoghurt, as well as many, many

new exhibiters.

Makepiece showed their beautiful clothes.

Here is the Heart team! From left to right Heather Wilson, Cathy Edwards, Nicolette Fonseca Taylor, Alison Bartram, Mandy Sue Ellen and me.

And a selection of my paintings are in the gallery at the moment. The exhibition is still on and check the Heart Gallery blog for information on all the new work.

Greetings!

2011-08-29T11:12:00.000-07:00

I've made some more cards for the lovely Heart Gallery

Although Billy the cat was not as impressed as I'd hoped!

New things!

2011-08-26T00:30:00.000-07:00

I have been painting more deer and little birds, these should be arriving at the Sarah Wiseman Gallery as I write!

Peace

2011-08-14T12:12:00.000-07:00

So I have been quiet on the social media front lately as I have been cat sitting for the talented Cathy Edwards in a really peaceful internet-free spot overlooking Hebden Bridge. I painted, walked up a very big hill everyday and slept well!

This is one I photographed on an earlier visit, but thought I'd share this little lamb with you!

Scribbles at Bolton Museum

2011-07-23T11:27:00.000-07:00

These are a few quick sketches I did a while ago at Bolton Museum. They have a selection of stuffed animals, so good for drawing!

The Dreaming Spires..

2011-07-17T12:01:00.000-07:00

I sent these paintings to the beautiful Sarah Wiseman Gallery last week.

I've only been to Oxford a few times, but as I was painting the Dreaming Spires, I thought what a lovely place to while away the day making plans.

The deer with the his noisy friend just happened, and has inspired me to get on with some new card designs. I've made a few animal based ones in the past and I think they have worked the best so far!

April Flowers

2011-04-13T15:05:00.000-07:00

I took this picture in my parents garden-it was so nice to have a sunny weekend!

Stencils and Collage

2011-03-25T14:51:00.000-07:00

I have been experimenting with collage and pastel stencils lately and here are some of the results.

I've used this one for some new greetings cards available at Heart Gallery.

David Nash at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

2011-02-24T11:38:00.000-08:00

I went to the David Nash exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park this week. It was so nice to get out in the fresh air after lots of hectic weeks! As well as the impressive wood sculptures outside, there were some beautiful charcoal drawings, some using stencils. This is something I have discovered recently and am experimenting with. Watch this space!

Autumn and Winter.

2010-12-27T09:28:00.000-08:00

Phew! So I didn't leave any more Christmas up dates, too busy painting, teaching and working at the lovely Heart Gallery. I am a bad blogger.
There is new work to be seen at the Harrison Lord Gallery, Brighouse and the Design Shop, Dean Clough. As well as cards and a little canvas at the aforementioned Heart Gallery.

So here is a little bit of my Autumn and Winter....

I watched the fireworks..

I listened to Clem Leek in a very cold building in Hebden...

And Billy the kitten grew...

....and grew.

Here's to a happy, peaceful and rewarding 2011 for everyone xxx

Christmas Exhibitions

2010-11-15T13:44:00.000-08:00

I've been preparing for lots of Christmas exhibitions lately. Yesterday I was at the Art Market in Holmfirth. It was a really great event, with a very high standard of work. I took my camera along only to discover the battery had run out, doesn't that always happen at the wrong time? Anyway check the link to see this successful event.
I also completed paintings for the Portland Gallery in Richmond, London. Two of them are on the Christmas show invite-I was really pleased!
More Christmas Exhibition news to follow soon....

2010-10-22T10:44:00.000-07:00

I've been so busy lately I've neglected my blog. Here is a little bit of what I have been up to. These images are from a monoprint teach I did using collage. Starting my teaching course has been brilliant but has led to a blog absence!
I collected lots of seed heads to use for collage printing and as you can see I had help from Billy the kitten in the selection process! However my best practice prints were from feathers.

Sunny scenes for rainy days!

2010-08-30T00:56:00.000-07:00

Its been pretty rainy in the valley these past few days, so I thought I would post some sunny pictures. It may have worked for this bank holiday, as there are no clouds at the moment!

New arrival!

2010-08-22T01:17:00.000-07:00

My friend has just had a baby boy, Xander. I painted this for his nursery and got to meet him this week-very exciting!

The Really BIG art show

2010-08-10T12:30:00.000-07:00

The Really BIG art show at Harrison Lord Gallery, Brighouse started on the 17th of July and will run for 6 weeks. It includes over 25 artists including me! There are over a hundred original art works on show. I have 10 new pieces in the gallery and I'm really pleased to be exhibiting in my home town!

Edinburgh Days

2010-08-01T01:04:00.000-07:00

I heard Belle and Sebastian's , "Stars of Track and Field" on the radio the other day, from the beautiful album: "If you're feeling sinister". It took me right back to my days at Edinburgh College of Art, there were so many scottish bands making music at that time.
I started to dig out all my old sketch books from then.I remember I bought a members ticket for the National Museum in Edinburgh, so I could go and draw all the animals there, anytime. They had rows and rows of butterflies, huge elephants, all sorts! I think my obsession with drawing and painting elephants started there!It made me think, I must get back into the habit of always having a sketch book with me, as its so nice to look back....like Dylan in the movies.

The Handmade Parade!

2010-06-27T00:23:00.000-07:00

Yesterday it was the Handmade Parade in Hebden Bridge. I was working at the beautiful Heart Gallery but I did sneak a peak!

The theme was journeys and everyone excelled themselves with their costumes! There were journeys to the sea, and strange lands, but this little expedition to space was one of my favourites!

The Canterbury Tales

2010-06-13T00:23:00.000-07:00

Last week I saw Northern Broadsides production of The Canterbury Tales. It was such an imaginative and funny production. I have seen Northern Broadsides plays before, and the actors bring such a great energy and enthusiam to their profession, it inevitably becomes infectious. The venue was the Viaduct Theatre at Dean Clough which was really suited to the play. The seating is on either side of the stage, so a lot of movement on stage is required, so none of the audience misses out on the action! Again Northern Broadsides triumph at this, and deserved their numerous rounds of applause at the end.

West Yorkshire Print Workshop

2010-06-03T08:30:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I went to West Yorkshire Print Workshop in Mirfield. I'm definitely not the best printer in the world, but this is my third visit and I am improving! I printed some new cards, based on my hometown of Hebden Bridge. It is really nice to be returning to printing, as during my university studies I was a regular in the screen-print room. I made many screen-printed books, which I'm sure will make an appearance on here when I'm feeling nostalgic.

BUNTING AND SEAGULLS

2010-05-24T01:55:00.000-07:00

This is one of the paintings I have been doing for The Janet Bell gallery in Anglesey. They are always such fun to do. More on their way!