https://kayhare-art.com/ Paintings, exhibitions and the making of them en Sat, 14 Nov 2026 08:10:57 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/name-after-the-paint-how-canvas-gets-title/ https://kayhare-art.com/name-after-the-paint-how-canvas-gets-title/ A title can welcome a viewer in, send them down a side road, or politely step out of the way. In the studio, naming a painting is rarely a single stroke of genius — more often it is a slow negotiation between what the work looks like, what it remembers, and what it needs to be called on a wall label. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Sat, 14 Nov 2026 05:32:28 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/name-in-corner-signing-dating-paintings/ https://kayhare-art.com/name-in-corner-signing-dating-paintings/ Where the signature goes, why some pieces leave the studio with only initials, and what a date on the reverse actually says to a collector. A studio-side look at the small decisions that finish a painting. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:09:52 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/paper-companions-small-packet-painting/ https://kayhare-art.com/paper-companions-small-packet-painting/ When a painting goes out into the world, it rarely travels alone. Tucked beside the canvas is usually a modest folder of notes, instructions and handwritten lines — the paperwork that helps a painting keep its story. Here’s what tends to be inside, why it matters, and how to look after it once the wrapping comes off. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:08:46 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/flat-little-envoy-painting-through-a-lens/ https://kayhare-art.com/flat-little-envoy-painting-through-a-lens/ A painting photographed is a painting translated — and something always gets lost between the easel and your screen. Here is what the camera quietly adjusts, what your display decides for you, and how to read a JPEG with a collector's honest eye. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Fri, 13 Nov 2026 13:23:35 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/last-look-before-wrapping-paper-painting-leaving-portrait/ https://kayhare-art.com/last-look-before-wrapping-paper-painting-leaving-portrait/ A finished painting deserves one careful photographic record before it heads to a buyer, gallery or framer. Here’s how I shoot the leaving portrait — and what collectors should ask for when the work arrives. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:33:21 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/empty-hook-sending-painting-out-on-loan/ https://kayhare-art.com/empty-hook-sending-painting-out-on-loan/ A loan request is flattering, practical and slightly unnerving all at once. Here is what happens between the email and the empty hook on the studio wall, from condition reports and crates to the odd quiet of a painting being elsewhere. Kay Hare Art Exhibitions Thu, 12 Nov 2026 17:07:01 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/when-the-room-empties-gallery-last-ten-minutes/ https://kayhare-art.com/when-the-room-empties-gallery-last-ten-minutes/ The final minutes of a gallery day are often treated as admin time — coats on, keys out, tea urn switched off. But when the footfall drops and the lights begin to settle, paintings can be seen in a different register. A calm look at what the closing room offers artists, invigilators and collectors. Kay Hare Art Exhibitions Thu, 12 Nov 2026 07:04:04 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/sweepings-blue-chips-curled-tape-studio-floor-notes/ https://kayhare-art.com/sweepings-blue-chips-curled-tape-studio-floor-notes/ A season of sweepings beneath the easel turns out to be a second sketchbook: dried flakes, tape curls and offcuts that record revisions the finished painting hides. This is a collector’s guide to reading studio debris without turning it into a museum label. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Thu, 12 Nov 2026 02:02:01 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/kettle-first-then-canvas-collectors-guide-working-studio/ https://kayhare-art.com/kettle-first-then-canvas-collectors-guide-working-studio/ A studio visit is not a gallery appointment with better lighting. It is a working room, a conversation, and often a kettle. Here is a practical, welcoming guide for UK collectors preparing to see paintings where they were made — what to expect, what to ask, and why the birthplace of a painting changes how you see it. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:13:12 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/six-inch-view-painting-keeps-for-the-curious/ https://kayhare-art.com/six-inch-view-painting-keeps-for-the-curious/ Standing back is only half the story. At six inches, a painting gives up its brushwork, its happy accidents and the small decisions that never survive a room-distance glance. A studio note on building pictures for both readings — and on helping gallery visitors lean in without feeling watched. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Wed, 11 Nov 2026 14:00:59 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/what-the-finished-painting-is-sitting-on/ https://kayhare-art.com/what-the-finished-painting-is-sitting-on/ Before a canvas gets its final surface, it has a first hour — a warm ground, a rough sketch, sometimes an abandoned composition. I photograph those layers before they vanish, because they quietly explain the painting that ends up on the wall. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:11:39 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/moulding-makes-its-case-painting-new-edge/ https://kayhare-art.com/moulding-makes-its-case-painting-new-edge/ A frame can be a loyal room or a tired argument. These are studio notes on knowing when a painting needs a new edge, how to choose one that stays quiet, and where to find useful secondhand moulding in the UK without turning the search into a side hustle. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:17:12 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/little-rooms-big-presence-living-with-small-paintings/ https://kayhare-art.com/little-rooms-big-presence-living-with-small-paintings/ Small paintings are not warm-ups or footnotes. They are complete works with their own scale, presence and practical demands. A studio-side look at making, framing and hanging little canvases in British homes where walls are shared with radiators, shelves and real life. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:07:05 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/quiet-card-wall-labels-let-paintings-breathe/ https://kayhare-art.com/quiet-card-wall-labels-let-paintings-breathe/ A wall label should steady a viewer, not steer them. Here’s a practical guide to writing concise exhibition text for Kay Hare paintings — enough process, enough hare, and enough silence to let people look for themselves. Kay Hare Art Exhibitions Tue, 10 Nov 2026 05:14:21 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/turn-it-over-reading-the-reverse-of-a-painting/ https://kayhare-art.com/turn-it-over-reading-the-reverse-of-a-painting/ The front of a painting gets the attention, but the back is where the paperwork of a life in art quietly accumulates. A practical, slightly nosy guide to signatures, gallery stickers and studio scribbles — and why UK collectors should photograph them before anything else. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Mon, 09 Nov 2026 21:43:36 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/the-wall-has-weather-hanging-paintings-british-light/ https://kayhare-art.com/the-wall-has-weather-hanging-paintings-british-light/ British daylight is never a fixed setting. It shifts from silver to glare in an afternoon, and a painting can change with it. Here is a practical, room-by-room way to test a wall before you drill, and to ask the right questions about glass, varnish and spotlights. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:53:05 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/cappuccino-critique-painting-meets-people-who-didnt-come-for-art/ https://kayhare-art.com/cappuccino-critique-painting-meets-people-who-didnt-come-for-art/ A small painting, a café wall and an audience with no intention of looking at art. Loaning work beyond the gallery reveals plenty about lighting, labels, subject matter and why the most casual reactions can be the most useful. Kay Hare Art Exhibitions Sun, 08 Nov 2026 22:45:43 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/homecoming-checklist-painting-after-exhibition/ https://kayhare-art.com/homecoming-checklist-painting-after-exhibition/ When the last label is peeled off and the van doors shut, a painting’s exhibition life ends and its care plan begins. A practical, slightly rueful look at condition checks, British storage, rehanging decisions and the paperwork that follows a busy autumn show. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Sun, 08 Nov 2026 18:21:29 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/case-for-blank-wall-exhibition-breathing-room/ https://kayhare-art.com/case-for-blank-wall-exhibition-breathing-room/ Every exhibition needs a wall that isn’t doing very much — and most shows would be better for it. An opinionated, practical case for breathing room, slower visitors and the quiet painting that gets to hold a room. Kay Hare Art Exhibitions Sun, 08 Nov 2026 18:21:29 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/chair-row-welcome-village-hall-shows/ https://kayhare-art.com/chair-row-welcome-village-hall-shows/ Village halls, church rooms and community centres host some of the most generous art shows in the UK. They may lack polished lighting and a fancy private view, but they offer something city galleries often cannot: unhurried conversation, local curiosity and a genuinely open door. Kay Hare Art Exhibitions Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:44:06 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/count-canvas-then-cost-painting-price/ https://kayhare-art.com/count-canvas-then-cost-painting-price/ A painting's price is not a dare or a secret handshake. It is a working number made from materials, time, framing, exhibition costs and a hundred small decisions. Here is a candid look at how the figure gets built — and how to ask about it without the awkwardness. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:44:06 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/when-the-studio-door-stays-open-working-weekend/ https://kayhare-art.com/when-the-studio-door-stays-open-working-weekend/ Opening a working studio to the public is not the same as hanging a gallery show. It is a day of wet paint, odd questions, half-finished canvases and surprising conversations. Here is what I have learned about preparing the room, showing unfinished work and keeping the studio yours afterwards. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Sun, 08 Nov 2026 09:44:02 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/the-comments-we-keep-gallery-guest-book/ https://kayhare-art.com/the-comments-we-keep-gallery-guest-book/ Gallery guest books are part confession, part doodle pad and part honest feedback form. The comments people leave when they think no one is reading reveal plenty about how paintings are experienced in the UK. The trick is to take the useful notes without letting every scribble rearrange the studio. Kay Hare Art Exhibitions Sun, 08 Nov 2026 09:44:02 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/boot-space-syllabus-packing-paintings-uk-gallery-run/ https://kayhare-art.com/boot-space-syllabus-packing-paintings-uk-gallery-run/ Every exhibition begins with a small act of logistics: measuring a boot, borrowing a trolley and hoping the weather holds. Here is a painter’s packing list for moving work around the UK, from foam corners to insurance paperwork, with the boot-space maths included. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Sun, 08 Nov 2026 05:47:34 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/before-first-footstep-gallery-early-hour/ https://kayhare-art.com/before-first-footstep-gallery-early-hour/ The first hour of a gallery day has a different texture: fewer voices, more space, and paintings that seem willing to be looked at properly. This is a painter’s guide to planning a quiet visit in the UK in 2026, from timetables and tickets to the details worth noticing first. Kay Hare Art Exhibitions Sun, 08 Nov 2026 05:47:34 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/british-daylight-palette-warm-whites-grey-skies-studio/ https://kayhare-art.com/british-daylight-palette-warm-whites-grey-skies-studio/ British daylight is not one thing, and it changes what a painting seems to be. This is how overcast skies, warm whites, muted greens and the three-light test shape the work in Kay Hare’s studio — and what collectors can learn from viewing a painting at different times of day. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:48:29 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/after-private-view-collector-guide-weeks-after-exhibition/ https://kayhare-art.com/after-private-view-collector-guide-weeks-after-exhibition/ The preview night gets the attention, but the weeks afterwards are when collectors usually make their best decisions. Here is a practical, low-pressure guide to revisiting a painting, asking the right questions and knowing when a commission makes sense. Kay Hare Art Exhibitions Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:48:29 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/field-notes-long-ears-hare-motif-studio-notebook/ https://kayhare-art.com/field-notes-long-ears-hare-motif-studio-notebook/ A hare drawn in six hurried lines has a way of staying with you. This studio notebook looks at why the hare keeps returning to my paintings, how field sketches and British folklore feed into the work, and what collectors and gallery visitors might spot when they look a little closer. Kay Hare Art Studio Notebook Sat, 07 Nov 2026 21:52:33 GMT https://kayhare-art.com/wall-test-choosing-paintings-exhibition-final-cut/ https://kayhare-art.com/wall-test-choosing-paintings-exhibition-final-cut/ Choosing paintings for a show is not a matter of picking the best ones and stopping there. This behind-the-scenes look explains the wall test, the sequencing decisions and the small curatorial choices that turn a group of paintings into a coherent exhibition ahead of the 2026–27 cycle. Kay Hare Art Exhibitions Sat, 07 Nov 2026 21:52:33 GMT