Hello February!!

Its February and we can finally waive goodbye to the January blues!! We even had sunshine this week already!

January was a fairly quiet month but we can still let you know the top artists were:-

1. Alexander Millar/Govinder Nazran/Paul Horton
2. Peter Smith/Caroline Shotton
3. Mike Jackson

A three way tie for first spot and a two way tie for the second spot!! Congratulations to all the artists!!

We have alot to fit into February - it's going to be a busy month!! Starting with our sons birthday on Friday - he will be 14!!! (I think he sleeps in a growbag as I swear he is getting bigger every day!!)

Its is also the Spring Fair event held by Washington Green to launch the latest work by all of their top artists! This is the first chance for us to see what they have been up to since their last release in September. We'll be able to chat to them first hand and get the run down on the background ideas for their new work.

We are hoping to be good on Sunday and not spend to much but we say this at every one of these events and end up buying lots of great pieces to display in the gallery.

Diane and I are very excited to see that an artist who we have had our eye on for a while will be launched at this event! When we approached him about taking his work at The Acorn he advised us that he had just signed with a major art publishers! Fortunately for us Washington Green have snapped him up - and we think you will too!! Look out for news of a LAUNCH EXHIBITION to be held here soon!!

Of course February is the month of St. Valentine and The Acorn Gallery has prepared a few suggestions in our 'Valentine's Day' Gallery (14th February just in case you couldn't remember the date!!) AND we are offering a FREE box of chocolates when you spend £100 or more in store with one lucky customer winning a bottle of bubbly too!!

As if all of that isn't enough... we are also really pleased to be showcasing the work of new artist Phil George, a North East painter who's characters, Norman and Reggie, reflect the ups and downs of post recession Britain. We are sure you'll be enchanted with this charming new work - we think he is one to watch!

It's all going on at The Acorn! More news coming soon!

January Blues!!

January what a month!! It is so different to December, the number of people coming into the gallery hasn't slowed, we are still getting about 50 people per week through the doors, however the sales have slowed down - but I am assured by many other shop owners that it is just January-itis!!


Roll on February, with the new Valentines releases hopefully the January Blues will disappear!! There are some fantasic images available - just the thing to banish those blues and get people smiling again! As Valentines Day gets closer people are sure to feel the need to buy one of these fabulous gifts for their wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend!!


February is a good month as it is the month our son was born (he will be 12 - going on 22!!). It is also the Spring Fair which is a trade show for us to go and see the new images to be released by all the artists. It is a great day out and this will be the first show we will have been to as Gallery Owners - I must be careful as my wallet and credit card are sure to take a hammering - these reps are very good at their job but really the images sell themselves!!