New Year Resolutions 2011

Happy New Year! Hopefully you've all recovered from the fun and festivities. Now it's time to get serious and make those New Year's resolutions that you've been putting off. We'll help to get you started with our list.

Enjoy a wider variety of art. We've barely started to explore many types of art: textiles, glass, photography, jewellery and many other genres. We'll open our minds to all aspects of art.

Meet and talk with more artists. Looking at art is great but when we get the chance to chat with the artists about their work, it opens up a whole new world. Everyone we've met so far has been fascinating to listen to and we've enjoyed discussing a huge range of art related topics.

Buy better art. Some of our earlier purchases were not quite the best choice. Now we have more experience, we can buy better works to replace them, improving the quality of our collection and making a more attractive visual display.

Launch our web site. We've been planning a web site to support the blog for some time and have been busy developing the idea recently. A little more work should see the site ready for launch in early 2011. Watch this space.

Despite many New Year's resolutions about diet and fitness being abandoned after a couple of days, we're confident that our art resolutions will be achieved - some day.


Vicky And Vince,
Love Your Art.

2010 Round Up

As the year rapidly draws to a close, it's time to reflect on what's happened over the past months. For us it's been a great year: we launched our blog, visited lots of galleries, exhibitions and other art events, talked to dozens of amazing artists, began to build up a collection of pictures, ceramics and other art and generally had an arty kind of year.

It's difficult to decide what the highlights of the year have been, but after much discussion, here our some of our favourite things from 2010.

Favourite Picture

Rosita, our own Mona Lisa. We discovered her in a charity shop and almost passed her by. She now keeps an eye on the comings and goings from the corner of our living room. This is an intriguing portrait that has given us lots to discuss and we are sure it will continue to do so.

Favourite Ceramic

Mortimer, the toucan has a unique style, dramatic colouring and a personality all his own. He has a comfortable little perch on top of the electric meter cupboard; an ideal vantage point to watch the world go by through the front window.

Favourite Place

Richmond Station in North Yorkshire. This rennovated railway station is not only a versatile and active venue for displaying and selling art but also a very popular focal point for local residents and tourists alike.

Favourite Artist

Where do we start? We've met so many and admired so much of their work. As we've chatted with them we've discovered a wealth of artistic talent and enthusiasm. So we have to say that they're all our favourites. We thank them for their interest in what we are doing and look forward to seeing them and many others we have yet to meet next year.

Vicky And Vince,
Love Your Art.