Blott Artist Studios: Corrine Streetly: ‘Punkadelics’ series of paintings.

Wednesday 27 July 2011

Corrine Streetly: ‘Punkadelics’ series of paintings.

I first became aware of punk in 1976 / 77 as my ex-husband played bass for a well-known punk band of the time. I remember well the rebellious spirit, excitement, energy, youth and vibrancy of first wave punk, which I was lucky to experience first hand.

I was introduced to the Rebellion festival through my son, who has played drums in various punk bands locally in the past 5 years and regularly attends the festival. For the last three years I have been drawing and painting visitors to the festival and have had a stall at Rebellion to exhibit my work and sell postcards, paintings and drawings. The Rebellion festival is great fun and I have really enjoyed trying to replicate the energy, excitement, fashions and colours of the event onto canvas.

During this year's Festival I am staging a solo exhibition of my Rebellion paintings and drawings in the windows of Bar Red, next door to the entrance to the Winter Gardens. This is part of the Blackpool Council's culture shops initiative, which allows local artists and photographers to utilize empty shops to showcase their work and in turn brighten up the town centre.

I am also director of Blott Artist studios, based just around the corner from the festival, opposite the Blue Room pub and next to the Syndicate Club on South King street. Blott is a collective of local professional artists, established for over 10 years and we would be delighted to welcome any visitors to the Rebellion Festival, to show you our work and have a chat.

I would welcome any comments or feedback on the work I have produced for Rebellion or if you may be interested in viewing or purchasing any of the work please e-mail me at: art@blott.co.uk