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SkyArts Portrait Artist of the Week 1

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Sky Portrait Artist of the Week 1 Entry (Akram Khan)

That was so much fun!! Here’s my attempt at painting Akram Khan (@akramkhancompany) whilst watching @christabelblackburn do it properly on @skyarts/@artistoftheyear ‘ live ‘Portrait Artist of the Week’ Facebook feed. It sounds like it’s going to be a regular thing during isolation. 10am (UK) Sundays on the Live section of Sky TV’s Facebook page. Thanks to all involved. Can’t wait for the next one! (Oil on canvas board 60cm x 60cm)

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Un-submitted AAAC Painting

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Invented Figure in Invented Space (oil on canvas 100cm x 70cm)

This is the painting that didn’t make it to the AAAC judging. It’s loosely based on an early life drawing sketch, together with some of the folded paper maquette sculptures I’m trying to incorporate into my art practice. I’m not sure what to call it. It’s supposed to be a 2D colour sculpture, or an ‘Invented Figure in Invented Space’, to appropriate one of David Hockney’s concepts. Technically, it should be called ‘Untitled II’, since that’s what it was on the entry form! Let me know if you have any (printable!) suggestions for a title in the comments!
(Oil on canvas 100cm x 70cm)

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AAAC Submissions 2020

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Wow, that was hard going! We had to submit the application form for the AAAC (Association of Anglesey Arts Clubs) Biennial Exhibition back on the 1st November, but I didn’t have any previously unexhibited work available, so I filled my entry form in with 8 pieces called ‘Untitled I’ to ‘Untitled VIII’! Original, huh?! Since then, I’ve been trying to generate those 8 pieces, all whilst wrestling with my first dose of ‘artist’s block’. Grim… I managed 5 pieces in total (including only finishing the charcoal nude at midnight on Sunday) but couldn’t get 1 piece framed in time to submit yesterday, so the attached pictures are the 4 that made into the selection process. Fingers crossed they get in!
1. Charcoal on paper 80cm x 60cm
2. Monotype on paper 42cm x 30cm
3. Dry point etching on paper 30cm x 30cm
4. Oil on linen 100cm x 80cm (this isn’t the finished state of the painting, as I forgot to photograph it before submitting…)
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IAG Workshop with Jeremy Yates

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The following paintings are the results from a recent IAG workshop with Jeremy Yates in Menai Bridge. It was hard work, but we all had a great time and the weather was very kind to us.

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Menai Bridge Study(oil on canvas board 15cm x 15cm x 3)

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Menai Bridge Bowling Club Gardens (oil on canvas boards 30cm x 30cm x 2)

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Rusty Shed, Menai Bridge Study (oil on panels 30cm x 21cm x 3)

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Menai Bridge Rooftops (oil on canvas board 30cm x 30cm)

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