n Exhibition: Every PC Help Picture Tells a Story
with Paul Atkin of PC Help
TWO well-known local artists are holding a FREE exhibition in Ipswich - exploring the stories behind the artwork. Every Picture Tells a Story features 20 works from Jenny George and Anthony Wooding, whose art has been snapped by buyers in the past.
Anthony, who is also the managing partner of Kerseys Solicitors, has previously displayed work inspired by the Native American thinker Lame Deer at the Town Hall. The exhibition will be held at the law firm’s headquarter’s in Lloyds Avenue from mid-February for six months. Anthony, who has practised law for over 30 years, has a history of supporting the arts in the area and regularly promotes local artists at Kersey’s offices. The former Oxford University student, whose work goes under the name of ‘Ant Artist,’ said, “The work is not intended to simply adorn a wall, but to create a relationship with the viewer. We hope it will resonate with people and give pause for thought. “We’ve previously exhibited the work of local artists and the time was right for me to exhibit some of my own work. I’m grateful to the team at Kerseys for all their support.” The work on display will explore the use of colour and texture and invite people to reflect on the subjects portrayed. It will look at history, culture and nature. Jenny, whose quirky take on a well-known local landmark, The Wine Rack, proved a hit, has exhibited her work at galleries across Suffolk. She added, “We want to convey a story with a work. Within the paint and the ink, within each brush stroke and line, there is the intertwined story of history, of family, of local and distant cultures, of existence, and of nature.” Every Picture Tells a Story exhibition will be held at Kerseys Solicitors, Lloyds Avenue, Ipswich, and will run for six months. It will be open daily from 9am to 5.15pm.
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If you use a PC, it’s important to be aware that the files you hold on it could be destroyed at any time. Disk drive failure, malicious software, human error, lightning strikes… the list goes on! The way to deal with these risks is to have copies of your files stored outside your PC, i.e. backup. It’s best to have software do this job for you. There are many backup programs available; on PCs up to Windows 7, my choice is Genie Timeline (free) – it can be set up automatically but also lets you choose the files and folders to be backed up. I don’t recommend the inbuilt Windows backup on these PCs. For PCs with Windows 8 onwards, File History is a much improved inbuilt backup feature that can be used, although Genie Timeline is better at nagging! It’s best to disconnect your backup device when backup is complete. We can also now back up to ‘the cloud’. There are many ‘cloud’ services and they usually give you some free storage to get you started. Onedrive is Microsoft’s offering and so would seem to be an obvious choice for Windows PCs; however, I have found it so slow as to be unusable. Finally, you can back up your entire PC with disk imaging software that enables quick recovery from hard drive failure. I have been using Macrium Reflect (free) for this for some years now – it does everything needed and I have found it to be very reliable. For more information contact Paul Atkin on 01473 421550 or 07931 296124.