Priley Riley, Setting up the degree show- day 3, 24th May 2016

Today I focused on displaying my 2D work across two walls. All work has a centre-point of 154cm and is spaced evenly. Work on paper is hung using clear pins and my canvases hang on screws. I also painted the tops of the walls so that the space looks clean and professional when viewed above from the mezzanine. I got round to painting some of the floor (hence why the above photo shows the temporary movement of the plinths and mannequins away from wet paint). Hand casts are in the process of being glued to the dowel rod to keep them sturdy on their plinths.

The attached photo is another little insight into how my degree show space is looking/ progressing. For a better view of the artwork, feel free to come along to the degree show! It’s open to the public from 10am to 5pm from the 4^th to 12^th of June 2016 at Loughborough University. I will also post photos of the work on here around this time for those that can’t make it.

Priley Riley, Setting up the degree show- day 2, 23rd May 2016

Below is a quick list of my work setting up the degree show today;

Photographs of all work taken for information sheets. Holes drilled to connect sculptures to plinths with dowel rod. Work rearranged, due to preference for smaller and more subtle work at the front. Final decision made on exact distances between works. Exhibition table cleaned and new table cloth ironed for it. More filling and sanding walls. A second layer of paint added to the walls in need of this. The bottom of the wall sanded all the way round so that the bottom edge looks neat. T-shirts and scarves on mannequins ready.

The photo above is a sneaky peek into how one section of my degree show space is coming along!

Priley Riley, Competition entry, 22nd May 2016

Today I entered my painting ‘Portrait of my Father’, shown above, into the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2016. Please keep your fingers crossed for me!

Priley Riley, Setting up the degree show- day 1, 20th May 2016

Today was the first day of setting up the degree show. The first photo above shows roughly what my degree show space looked like at the start of the day, with furniture and student work around, and wire, nails and blue-tack over the walls. I have removed wire from, filled holes in and sanded down and painted all walls. I also got a few smaller jobs done like giving my plinths another coat of paint and cleaning the mannequin stands that my knitted scarves will be displayed on. I'm happy with how things are going so far (see the second photo)...

Priley Riley, Exhibitions and other news

The above photos provide the details of two exhibitions that my work will be in this summer (one in Leicestershire and the other in London). Everyone is welcome to come along.

In addition, Loughborough University has put together an online degree show catalogue, so I’ve included a link to my profile on this website for anyone interested: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/aed/degree-show-16/fineart/studentcatalogue/paula-riley/

Finally, I am pleased to announce that I have accepted an offer to study an MA in Fine Art at the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. It’s a year-long course starting this September.

Priley Riley, Oil Pastel Drawings in University Exhibition, March 2016

Last month I did a couple of oil pastel drawings of me and my bearded dragon Zeus, shown in the above photos. These are on oil pastel paper approximately 50cm x 60cm in size, and were part of an exhibition held at Loughborough University between the 15^th and 18^th of March 2016.

Priley Riley, Lino Prints, February- March 2016

I’ve recently been producing lino prints. I have 11 prints like the black and white work shown above, as well as 8 prints that are in progress as they are being built up gradually with layers of prints in different colours. I hope to sell these prints at my degree show to raise money for Rainbow Rabbits, which provides care to previously neglected/ sick/ very elderly rabbits. The rabbit depicted in the prints, called Otis, was cared for by Rainbow Rabbits.