Springtime in Brighton, ahhh, lovely. The blossom's out, the air is fresh and everybody's feeling fine. It also means the May festival is only round the corner, offering much excitement. I'm exhibiting once again at the rather splendid 5 star Claremont on Second Avenue in Hove, as part of the Open Houses festival. So, drop by any weekend in May (except the last one) and have a look round - a fine collection of over 200 pieces of excellent contemporary art n wotnot, with a lovely garden to enjoy a Pimm's in to boot. Smashing. I'll be showing some new limited edition prints - three commissioned pieces and three brand new personal pieces, which I've really enjoyed doing. There's a sneak preview above.....

In other news, I'm now represented by the very excellent Rarekind Agency, which is exciting. Formally of Brighton Town, they're now based in East London and have a cracking gallery and shop at 49 Bethnal Green Road - check it out!

Currently working on illustrations for a CD cover, a club flyer and a private commission for a painting, which will make a nice change, and listening to large doses of Oliver Mtukudzi and the Gladiators.




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Oh yeah, I've got a blog innit! Better get a bit more on it with this really....... all this new-fangled cyber jiggery pokery n stuff...... hmmmm, tis a lot to deal with.

So, what's happened? I moved home (and studio) in September - I'm now right by the sea in sunny Brighton (ten years this month, surely calls for a party), on possibly the windiest street in the world, but I get to see the sea every day without fail and few things give me more pleasure at the moment. I can also see the West Pier (the burnt one) from my window and the starlings are going mental at dusk over it at the moment - cracking stuff. Workwise I've just done some nice varied commissions for Mountain Bike Rider, Ransom Publishing and The London Magazine, and have some exciting projects on the go or coming up pretty soon. Starting to think too about exhibitions and stuff to show for the May festival. Unfortunately I also have a poorly computer which likes to frustrate me at crucial moments, the bastard.

As always, being fully enlivened and inspired by a constant flow of exciting music, but I've had an unusually large amount of proper ace stuff come my way of late. Currently loving albums by Perfect Stranger, Antix, Naked Tourist, Multistate, Mungo's Hifi, Abassi Allstars, Martha Tilston, Crowbar, Eric Bibb, Kings Of Leon, Error Corrective and as ever the mighty mighty Soul Brothers. Check some of this stuff out if you don't know it - awesome tunes.

my first blog post thingy.

Hello! So, a blog..... right. How do you do? News to tell is that my new and fully redesigned website is now live - very exciting. Check it out at www.edtucker.biz. It was up for less than a day and I got some work from it, to make a website. Good gosh I hear you say - yes, quite - smug mode is well and truly activated. People seem to like the 'random' section on the site - this will be updated at regular intervals as there really is no end to all the interesting (and probably quite dull, knowing me) things that could go there, and I find it really fun. Facts, cocktails, recipes, observations, jokes, maybe even some pictures - it's all fair game.

In other news, I will be exhibiting once again as part of the Open Houses for the Brighton Festival coming up in May, this time at the rather excellent and swish Claremont Hotel. It's located on Second Avenue in Hove and will be open to the public every weekend in May, from 11am till 6pm. An incredible 42 artists will be exhibiting, featuring painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, ceramics and more - it'll be ace so come and have a gander if you can.
NOTE: the venue will be closed on Saturday the 17th of May for a private function.

That's all for now. Tarrah!

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