It's over for another year

1500

people through the doors
including Steve Maddox, the chief executive of Wirral council
seen here with Alison Bailey Smith, Marie Mairs and Lisa Waldman and of course our happy friend, Stan the Ox

Opening night at the Oxton Art Fair

Lovely event opened by The Singh Twins and with music by Tim Glover and Rattlebus, with the Deputy Mayor of Wirral in attendance.

Will get a shot of the whole group tomorrow and try again on Sunday. Can we get 20 artists to stand still for a photo?

The line up for tomorrow

Mark Wayne Barrett

Judith Brown

Theresia Cadwallader

Alan Chape

Liz Glover Hadwin

Sherilyn Halligan

Daniel James

Eimear Kavangah

Marie Mairs

Desdemona McCannon

Chris Millichamp (not present)

Ken Peacock

Lynda Roberts

Roger Sinek

Alison Bailey Smith

Eleanor Suggett

Janine Suggett

Patsy Taylor

Felicity Jayne Turner

Lisa Waldman

Private view - by invitation only
Sat 10 to 5
Sun 10 to 4

http://www.oxtonartists.com

http://oxtonartfair.blogspot.com/

New websitefor Theresia
www.theresiacadwallader.com

Theresia will be showing at the show 7th and 8th Nov, this weekend at the Williamson Art Gallery.

Oxton Artist is a finalist in Liverpool Environmental Award

Alison Bailey Smith, Oxton Artist is a finalist in the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce's Environmental Art Award for Electra, a sculpture made in 2008 an exhibited at the Oxton Art Fair last year. The winner will be announced at a special dinner on the 26th of November at the Anglican Cathedral


Alison originally trained in Jewellery at Edinburgh College of Art but her work crosses jewellery, costume & sculpture.. She has worked with recycled materials for 20 years and this year she will be showing her new range of “Junk Jewellery”. Her pieces are in museum collections & private collections around the world. She was been appointed arts liaison officer for 2Bio Ltd in Liverpool in October 2008 and has also instigated a new creative networking event called “With These Hands”.

Ox called Stan Happy to be ready for the Oxton Art Fair

The 30th Anniversary of the Oxton Society falling on the Chinese Year of the Ox seemed the perfect opportunity for Oxton to acquire its' very own ox statue (Oxton is so named after the Old Norse name for the area when Oxen grazed) in a style similar to the popular Superlambananas that are now so synonymous with Liverpool.

Discussions between Kevin Donovan (Oxton Society), Louise Jones (creator), Mark Wayne Barrett (designer and Oxton Artist) and Alison Bailey Smith (Oxton Artist) looking at several ways to celebrate the anniversary concluded in the initial fun idea of an "Oxbanana" which was later adjusted in favour of a more straight forward ox with it's own uniquely stylised design.

While Mark worked on a design that would emphasise the youthful, happy, bounding ox he saw in the Oxton Society's own illustration, the name for the ox came in a different discussion between Mark and Kevin over a proposed cartoon strip for the Oxton Society Newsletter in which Kevin suggested a possible series of observations on village life from a character like "Ox Stan" ! Instead of the little old man Kevin was proposing Mark turned it immediately into " Ox Stan - the Happy Oxton Ox " and formulated the final look of the design he was after.

With help from Alison and technician Roy Lewis the three built the frame for Stan from two interior doors and wire mesh covered in papier mache and painted with further help from local children.

The plan ultimately is to strengthen the structure with fibre glass moulding and hopefully make Stan a more substantial showpiece for the village of Oxton in the future.

The Ox will be unveiled in the gallery on a special event at the Williamson (sorry, tickets only) and then available fopr the public on Sunday.