Saturday 27 December 2008

Season Greetings




Tis the Season to be jolly!
ThankYou for all your lovely gifts and cards everyone.
I have had a truely magical Christmas with my family, thankyou for making it so special.
Wishing you a very Happy New Year!


Monday 13 October 2008

Converse Illustration



I was invited to produce a site specific illustration for the Converse store in Carnaby Street. It is part of the 1HUND(RED) initiative, that brings together a hundred artists from around the globe to celebrate the artistic spirit and help eliminate AIDS in Africa.http://www.converse.com/#100ArtistsRed I created the image using masking tape!

Monday 1 September 2008

a life of love, laughter and success



We paid a visit to our neck of the woods, The Yorkshire Sculpture Park http://www.ysp.co.uk to drop off my new collection which will be soon available online and in store.
We viewed work of the great twentieth century artist Isamu Noguchi, strolled across fields full of sheep and sculptures and contemplated life as we looked up to the sky scape in James Turrell's deer shelter.
We hung our wish upon the tree for a life of love, laughter and success!



Tuesday 26 August 2008

art in action


We gathered, branches, leaves, pebbles and other things.
We made shapes and lines.
We made our mark on the landscape for others to discover......

Sunday 17 August 2008

thank you for coming!

a big thank you to everyone who came along to the launch part yesterday. The day was a real success! I intend to host another show again in the near future, so please do watch this space.
I have now updated my website with my new collection kayvanbellen.com take a look!

Sunday 3 August 2008

Hot Off The Press

I have just produced a booklet to accompany my launch party on Saturday 16th August. The booklets are limited, I have only printed 100 of them. One maybe on it's way already to several of you very special people.

Some of you may or may not be able to make the show, please can you drop me an email and let me know either way. thank you kindly! info@kayvanbellen.com

Wednesday 16 July 2008

"Take Me Home" Launch Party!

Here's one of my eight new screen prints to wet the appetite.

I'm having a launch party on Saturday 16th August, so put the date in your diaries.

It will be in the afternoon, time in follow..

It will be held at St. Johns Community Hall, Carrington, Nottingham



I look forward to seeing you all there.

Monday 14 July 2008

Sneak Preview


It's been back to the print room for me. It has taken blood, sweat and tears...nearly.... to produce my new collection. I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it! Here's a sneak preview, I have created eight designs in total with a print run of twenty off each. Please watch this space!






Tuesday 24 June 2008

North Bradbury Farm












Hi we are home!
Yet again another relaxing time was had by all on the farm in North Devon. The children had fun collecting the eggs from the chickens everyday and feeding all their reacquainted animal friends. Lots of bouncing,tractor riding and lazy days on the beach were spent by all. A great vacation, see you again next year Pudding the pony!




Thursday 5 June 2008

Shelter


I have been really busy since I last posted getting my new collection ready for exhibition and sketching new ideas for my limited edition screen prints which I am very excited about!
Matt, I and the little ones are going away for a short while to spend time chilling out on the farm with the animals, sunshine......I hope and beautiful surroundings.
Until then here's a little sneak preview of whats to come. Watch this space!!!

Friday 2 May 2008

shadow play


the simplicity of shadows, what wonderful things, my daughter loves to follow and dance with her shadow all the way to school.... here are a few shadows that live in my sketchbook!

Thursday 24 April 2008

ideas and inspirations



It has been a little while I know since I last posted, life has been some what busy!
I discovered the spinning top in the bottom of Cleo's toy basket, it is the one of the many inspirational gifts that Baska brings our family from Poland.
Hurray!! I have now booked some dates in to screen print my collection it will be with you mid July, please do watch this space!

drawing out show

Please take a moment of your time and visit this show. It's an exhibition which explores diverse approaches to drawing by staff from the School of Art & Design at Nottingham Trent University One of my pieces is in this show, see if you can spot it!

Monday 14 April 2008

It's a beautiful day


A good day for sketching and gathering thoughts, a peaceful moment with my daughter by the waters edge. Spring is here, what a joyful moment. Time to plant our ideas and watch them grow....

Thursday 10 April 2008

Drawing Table




A couple of characters have started to evolve today, very much looking forward to screen printing my new collection this summer!
In the meantime I have a range of paintings to produce for Holmfirth Artweek. I will keep you posted.

Tuesday 8 April 2008

Happy Birthday Matt!











Langar Hall, what a great venue to celebrate Matt's special day. We celebrated with local food, cheese and wine. The place was beautiful, why did it take us so long to discover this enchanting place....Spend a penny in the ladies and take a peek at the wallpaper

Saturday 5 April 2008

welcome to the world


Roaary would like to welcome baby Oscar, Ruben and Harry into the world. What fabulous news, this is for you little ones!

Tuesday 1 April 2008

billy cat

a big cuddle for our family cat!

Friday 28 March 2008

a minutes thought

I love kids toys.
Managed to grab a minute to sketch up some new ideas for my new collection

order


Thursday 27 March 2008

My daughters artwork



Following in her mummies footsteps a drawing of her brother.

gathering thoughts




Spring is here and new ideas are on the horizon for a new body of work I am about to create. We had a fantastic day at the Lakeside Arts Centre, admired the photographic works of Andy Lock. The Little Gallery Art Group responded well to the exhibition, we created a series of monoprints.

Friday 21 March 2008

Spring time is here






Spring is in the air and the easter bunnies have arrived. We've painted the eggs and hung them on our blossom tree, many thanks Lucy for picking the branches from your garden, our tree looks great!


Wednesday 19 March 2008

A few of my favourite and best illustrators





dark chocolate with earl grey tea


Wow, this chocolate is really amazing stuff. Highly reccomended to all you yummy mummies out there, the packaging is fabulous too!

monoprint

Tuesday 18 March 2008

pen and ink lace

This is one of a series of ink drawings I have produced for an exhibition at Nottingham Trent University. The drawing is based on a piece of lace taken from the archive.

chasing lulu

My daughter chasing lulu at North bradbury Farm in a spotty orange dress

birdy





some quick doodles which I have produced whilst Matt is bathing the kids, more to follow!