Art trail is back for 21st birthday
Vincent Gray is delighted to be returning to this year’s Chichester Open Studios Art Trail as it celebrates its 21st birthday.
He is opening once again his studio (Venue 15) in Chilgrove as part of the trail (Saturday, April 30 to Monday, May 2 and May 7 and May 8; chichesterarttrail.org).
“I didn’t do it last year because of lockdown but I’ve been doing it for 20 years and I just love doing it.
“I’m a bit of a showman and an extrovert and I love chatting to people.
“My daughter is forever saying that it is about trying to sell your work and not making small talk. She tries to focus me but I do just enjoy it. I love talking to people about the technical aspects of my work, and my work really is very technical.
“Sculpture is quite a demanding process depending on what scale you are working at but I have become an expert in these techniques. I do everything myself from concept to installation to sale and it’s important to me because I like to have that control.
“There are a lot of artists that ship their work off to somebody else to make but that would not sit very comfortably with me. I’m not really in a position to employ somebody to do it anyway but I would rather do it myself because I know that I can do the job I want. You can work yourself into the ground but I do think it’s important to have that overall control.”
Vincent has been a sculptor full time for the past 10 years but essentially he has been a sculptor all his life, and he is delighted to be based at Courtyard Studios.