Representation by The Savion Gallery
I’m absolutely thrilled to be able to say that I’m now represented by the stunning Savion Gallery in beautiful Savannah, Georgia in the USA! My sincere thanks to Simon and his team.
Events
Life Drawings 30/11/20
Life drawings 30/11/2020. (1) acrylic, ink, pastel 2 hours; (2) graphite 1 hour; (3) pastel 30 mins. All on A1 paper (59 x 84cm)
Life Drawings 08/11/20
Life drawings 8/11/2020. Still trying to let go of local colour and tight representation and draw/paint faster without thinking too much. Various durations from 5m to 2 hours using combinations of acrylic, ink, soft pastels and graphite. All on A1 paper (59 x 84cm)
Life Drawings 19/10/20
Life drawings 19/10/20:1) acrylic, ink, soft pastels and chalk (45m);2) acrylic and ink (2 hrs);3) ink, chalk soft pastels (multiple 5m poses);4) ink, charcoal and chalk (30m);(All on A1 paper 85cm x 59cm)
New Sketch: Trying to Paint Faster than Thought
This is another attempt to paint faster than I can think (shouldn’t be difficult, right? 🙄😉). It’s a random multiple figure composition which seeks to take inspiration from a diverse range of paintings; Le Joie de Vivre ( Henri Matisse); The Mud Bath (David Bomberg); Las Meninas (Diego Velázquez); La Dejeuner Sur L’herbe (Édouard Manet); …
New Sketch: Trying to Loosen Up Painting
I’m not sure I’ll ever be a ‘painterly’ painter but am still trying to loosen up my painting. I keep thinking about something Alex Kanevsky said in a workshop; ‘Paint faster than you think.’, so have tried to give it a go with this piece. Painting without thought actually made the activity much more enjoyable …
Life drawings 05/10/20
Life drawings 5/10/20. Still trying to let go of representation and local colour, so tried to keep in mind Matisse’s Blue Nude as well as Picasso’s maximum, ‘If you don’t have red, use blue’. Acrylic, acrylic, pastels, ink & charcoal all on A1 paper (81x59cm)
Life drawings 21/09/20
Trying to overcome my tendency to get bogged down with local colour. (Both acrylic on A1 paper 84 x 59cm)
Life Drawing 8/9/2020
Studies from the first (socially distanced) life drawing class a few weeks back. Such a pleasure to be drawing and painting again and meeting other artists. (All A1 size on paper 84cm x 59cm. 1 acrylic, 2 hrs. 2 charcoal and chalk, 1 hr. 3 acrylic, 30mins. 4 soft pastels, multiple 5 min poses)
Welding Practice
I finally dug my arc welder out yesterday and had a go at running some practice beads across a piece of steel. I used 3 different widths of 6013 electrodes and experimented with different voltages, which goes some way towards explaining the variation in quality. Lack of experience and skill explains the rest, but it …