Priley Riley, The degree show, June 2016

Great news- today I sold the first print in my edition of lino prints depicting Otis, a rabbit previously cared for by a small rabbit rescue that I support. All of the money from this sale will go to this rescue called Rainbow Rabbits.

The above photos show the same wall in my degree show space from different ends. I’ll upload close-up photos of each individual work soon. On the right end of the wall is a print from my Otis edition.

Priley Riley, The degree show, June 2016

The private view of the degree show was last night, and today was the first day open to the public.

The responses have been so positive from both the adults and children. So many notable reactions, but a favourite was the excitement in a young boy’s face seeing my snake paintings. He particularly liked the Boa constrictor painting (shown above), explaining to me that his favourite animal is the snake, and his favourite snake is the Emerald Boa which lives in the forest! Other notable reactions were visitors recognising my dad and I from the portraits on the wall!

The Loughborough Echo newspaper has published an article on the degree show (similar to the university article in my last Blog post) which I’m honoured to be mentioned in: http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/loughborough-university-arts-degree-shows-11420090

Priley Riley, Degree show updates, 2nd June 2016

I’m pleased to announce a few things. Firstly, thanks to the degree show, I’m being commissioned to paint a stunning English Bull Terrier by a university staff member. The degree show hasn’t opened yet (the private view is tomorrow and the show is open to the public on Saturday) but staff can still access the building and see the artwork. I look forward to starting the commissioned painting!

Secondly, I feel honoured to be mentioned by Loughborough University, for The Child Sculpture and my Ultimate Edible Masterpiece, in their recent online article advertising the degree show. Here is the link for anyone interested: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2016/may/degree-show.html

A final thing to mention, a website has been set up showing samples of artwork produced by each student in my year at Loughborough. My profile on this site is here: http://mass-catalogue.com/priley-riley/