Exhibition Review The Blue Butterfly.

The shop that I have decided to look at and review is a local shop in Dawlish called “the blue butterfly”. It is a local shop and it is full of arts and crafts. It was set up in the summer of 2014. It is  full of peoples work who live in Dawlish. It is almost like a group showing. The theme of the whole shop is the local town. This consists of sea life and wildlife. The shop is full of paintings, cards , and other crafts such as jewellery and fabrics.

The shop itself is a main room. A medium sized room. It has two smaller rooms at the back which people craft in and also it helps run the shop. It is well lit for a small shop. There is a large display window which provides a nice natural light. This shows of the art nicely. There are  separate sections  for each type of craft. For example there is cabernets around the room, full of arts. It is quite full but organised. The sections are positioned nicely. If the shop was bigger than it could be spread out a little better than it is. However that is not the case, so the people have done the best to show off the work well and cleanly.

This is my first artwork which I am going to look at. This is a painting done in acrylic on board. My first impression is that this is a very lovely detailed painting. I really like the whole feeling of this painting the whole atmosphere. The frame is just a simple white canvas frame. This of course when sold could be changed if wanted to. It is a a3 size which I think gives it a nice size for the amount of detail. The vocal point are they two black swans. Black swans are the trademark of Dawlish. The Black swans are one of the factors that Dawlish are known for that and the beach.

This painting is of a bridge, it looks like the medium is watercolour. It is a very lovely painting and has a lovely glow. The yellow undertone thought out the painting gives it a very warm and welcoming feeling. My first impression was that it was very much like a fairy-tale scene from a book. The layout has a very horizontal feel. It has a line following the bridge. This makes the whole painting look longer then it is saying that the trees also create a very vertical line of the painting. These two contrast and somehow work together. I think that the art is saying that Dawlish is a very peaceful place and this painting shows this. The painting is very peaceful and this gives it a location which we associate with Dawlish. As that two have nice countryside’s and bridges.

This piece is very much different from the two others that I have looked at. This is more of a graphic typography piece of art. This was hanging on the shops wall near the window which gave it a lovely natural light. This is a very modern art work and my first impression is that it’s completely different form other things in the shop. This shows that the show has a whole range of different art works. It also states next to the art work is that it can be personalized to fit a person’s need. For example if you want it as a gift it can be personalized to that person. I think that artist is saying that there are many aspects which make up a whole person and their personality and this just shows they off in a fame.

Overall i think that the whole shop is lovely.The work which i have looked at shows that the shop sells local art in a range of styles and mediums. When i went to look in the shop it had a feeling that somehow all the work fitted together somehow. That they all had a local feeling and showed off what Dawlish had to other in a lovely way. All the work on display had its own style and so i think that i cannot pick one which i thing out stands the rest. They all work together and the are all unique to the person behind them. The person who took their time to make the work and sell it in a shop.  Altogether i think that the shop is very provisional looking for a small one off shop. It brings people together for their love of art.