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Community Art Exhibition

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 12:57:58 GMT

Community Art Exhibition in Fishponds, Bristol

I am exhibiting as part if this Show 2-25th February.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C27Mq6psb1F/?igsh=anFwZmRtdTNoNTNz

The Faces of Ma..

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:08:26 GMT

MA is the Japanese concept of the void between all "things."

Ma is filled with nothing but energy and feeling. It speaks of silence as opposed to sound, of lack as opposed to excess, the silence between the notes that make the music…

It makes me think of the silence between friends.. when the silence is not empty but full of words that don’t need to be spoken…How lovely is that..

This painting of Ma was done in 4 sections but painted together. They stand alone or as a whole.

Inspirational Italy

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:02:07 GMT

A visit to Lake Como in June was a painting with every step, around every corner and I fell in love with Italy all over again.

Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:50:16 GMT

The Kettle's Yard gallery was conceived as a “living place where works of art could be enjoyed” by Jim & Helen Ede. Entry to the house is gained by pulling on a door bell, continuing a tradition of 'open house' started by Ede.

This link is to an interesting article about Jim Ede and the birth of Kettle’s Yard.

Click here to read more

Hauser & Wirth in Somerset

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:55:16 GMT

One of my favourite galleries & place to visit is Hauser & Wirth in Bruton, Somerset.

Amazing gallery and the gardens were designed by

“PIET OUDOLF, THE INTERNATIONALLY-RENOWNED LANDSCAPE DESIGNER FROM THE NETHERLANDS. HE DESIGNED THE OUDOLF FIELD – A LARGE PERENNIAL MEADOW SITUATED BEHIND THE GALLERY BUILDINGS.

At the top of Oudolf Field sits the Radić Pavilion. Designed by Chilean architect Smiljan Radić, it was installed at Hauser & Wirth Somerset in March 2015, following its unveiling the previous year at the Serpentine Gallery 2014 Pavilion.

Radić Pavilion

Discovering Aberdeenshire

Fri, 08 Dec 2023 12:59:16 GMT

So beautiful the beaches and the peace of it all. A lovely few days visiting there.

Thanks to Pip & Lang

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:20:10 GMT

Thanks to the patience of Pip and Lang several of my recent paintings are now hanging up at home, freeing up space in my studio! Thank you Pip & Lang!

A Sheer Delight

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:39:15 GMT

I had a wonderful couple of days completing this painting which I have called Sheer Delight. Acrylic on canvas, this is a painting that I started sometime ago and waited till I had that "feeling" that now was the time to finish it. It was quite frustrating literally watching paint dry, to see whether or not it was finished! Always difficult to know until the paint is dry ….. I judge my paintings on how I feel when the paint is dry.

I have one painting that has been waiting a year or so for that feeling. It has to have three strokes added to it to represent a stone circle on Dartmoor. But I can only do "the strokes" when i feel "right" as they are so important to the picture - their size, position and density of colour. One day soon...!!!!!

Works in progress

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:18:56 GMT

I had a clear day so it was wonderful to be....

..able to go in to my studio area and get stuck in. The plan is still to have no plan but let my paintings emerge from the feelings and thoughts that I have. This affects the colour, texture and methods that I use. On this particular day I continued with some paintings that I had already started but had not finished. I am waiting for them to dry to decide if they are now finished or need more layers.

I also started a drawing..its an image that I have done before using chalk pastels. I tend to shy away from drawing so when I am in the mood its great to take the time to focus and block out those "I can't draw / I'm not good enough" thoughts!

Christian Hook

Sun, 26 Nov 2023 18:26:20 GMT

I was fortunate enough to meet Christian and admired his generosity of donating two original paintings through a silent auction to Charity. Each painting raised over £200,000.

https://www.christianhook.com

Celebrating 40 years by commissioning a painting!

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 17:34:00 GMT

I was asked to paint an abstract picture - my choice of style, colour and size. The person wish to use money given to them for their 40th birthday. I told them that I was not sure when the painting would be completed as with abstracts currently my plan is to not have a plan! Some months later as I was painting “Joyful Explosion” I knew that this was the painting for them and I am pleased to say they were delighted with their painting and it hangs on their sitting room wall. Co-incidentally the colours match the colour scheme! When painting the picture I had no idea, I just chose the colours that came to me at the time.

Dale Chihuly exhibition in New York Botanical Gardens

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:39:51 GMT

I was luckily enough to be in New York whilst this exhibition was on. I was not aware of Chihuly’s work, but I am now. Simply amazing and should you ever be able to see one, go! Here is a taste of what I saw…

A casual conversation…

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:47:34 GMT

A casual conversation turned into getting the paints out and painting directly on the plain blinds installed over their French windows…

Stunning Danielle O’Connor Akiyama exhition

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 17:52:01 GMT

At the Guildford Whitewall Gallery in September 2017 was quite wonderful and I was fortunate enough to meet and talk with Daneille during the opening of the exhibition.

If you do not know her work take a look at her website: www.danielleoconnorakiyama.co.uk

Installation at Hestercombe Gardens, Somerset

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 18:06:50 GMT

This was an artistic collaboration with Juliet Farnese and we were one of only a few artists who were commissioned to provide a sculpture to be part of their “Night time Christmas Walk” held in the weeks leading up to Christmas. The sculpture was designed to appeal to a mixed audience, including families across a wide range of ages and abilities whilst enjoying their magical walk around the Hestercombe gardens on a cold wintery night.

Juliet and I worked on a Christmas Story Wall ( see Juliet's artist impression of the Wall below) made of Natural bamboo fencing (6ft 4" X 13ft approximately) which was used as a "natural canvas" to which I applied acrylic paint, sprays and gold and silver leaf. Juliet focussed on illustrating on coloured Perspex sheets that formed windows in the Bamboo panel, and these sheets depicted Christmas images such as holly; robin; Christmas tree; Angels etc

Candles were placed behind the structure provided lighting illuminating the windows providing a stained-glass effect in the Christmas Wall.

Installation date: December 2014

Candles were placed behind the structure provided lighting illuminating the windows providing a stained-glass effect in the Christmas Wall.

Installation date: December 2014