From the studio
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30 minutes in Tate Modern
Read more: 30 minutes in Tate ModernLast Saturday, as I usually do when dropping off or pick up work from the Bankside Gallery, I popped into Tate Modern next door to take in a few rooms of the free art available. This time I went to the display; ‘In the Studio’, where there’s a cracking collection of early twentieth century European…
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Gallery hopping in Kent
Read more: Gallery hopping in KentFirst stop, Linden Hall Studio in Deal for a game of spot the artist. How many can you spot?: Royal Watercolour Society friends:John CrossleyCharles WilliamsLucy MarksDavid WisemanMeChloe FremantleLottie ColeJane Lewis Studio Fridays mentees (and friends):Neeta Popat KatariaDiana StanMargaret Crutchley Second stop, Turner Contemporary in Margate to see Anya Gallaccio‘s ever changing, growing, rotting and melting…
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Major gallery exhibitions opening soon in London
Read more: Major gallery exhibitions opening soon in LondonRoyal Academy of ArtsBrazil! Brazil! The birth of Modernism28/1 – 21/4 Tate ModernLeigh Bowery!27/2 – 31/8 Tate BritainEd Atkins2/4 – 31/8 National GallerySiena: The Rise of Painting, 1300 – 13508/3 – 22/6 Jose Maria Velasco: A View of Mexico29/ – 17/8 Courtauld GalleryGoya to Impressionism. Masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection14.2 – 26/5 National Portrait…
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Gently Out of Time
Read more: Gently Out of TimeIn 2021 I made a photobook titled ‘Gently Out of Time’ and had just one copy printed. It contained over fifty pairs of photographs selected from the 17000 stored on my laptop and phone. Each pair of photographs were chosen because, for one reason or another, they felt like they belonged together, despite being taken…
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W3 Spring term lesson: Bacon
Read more: W3 Spring term lesson: BaconI’ve just delivered two painting classes in the studio, inspired by the Francis Bacon triptych portraits I saw recently at the National Portrait Gallery. I’ve included some photographs from the exhibition below, followed by a few links to Bacon and Soho things I’ve enjoyed watching in the past few days and finally, some of the…
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W2 Spring term lesson: Horizons and Near and Far
Read more: W2 Spring term lesson: Horizons and Near and FarExamples of artists work Also see Saatchi Art: Horizons Horizons in the studio
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W1 Spring term lesson: Hatching
Read more: W1 Spring term lesson: HatchingWednesday 8th Janbuary 2025Morning and afternoon groups. Part 1:Having looked at six works by artists who had drawn using hatching techniques (bottom of page), students were asked to sketch a section of each, using a variety of pens and pencils. They were given just 6 minutes to investigate the technique used in each image. Part…
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Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum
Read more: Pamela Phatsimo SunstrumCurve Gallery, Barbican CentreEnds Sunday 5th JanuaryVideo ‘In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.’
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Monet and London. Views from the Thames
Read more: Monet and London. Views from the ThamesCourtauld GalleryUntil Janaury 19thSold out but click here for a virtual tour With general admission tickets no longer available to see Monet’s paintings of the Thames at the Courtauld Gallery, I decided to sign up for a years membership to be able to see it. And I’m glad I did. It’s a exhibition of 21…
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Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers
Read more: Van Gogh: Poets and LoversVan Gogh: Poets and LoversNational Gallery, LondonUntil January 19th A big exhibition of bright, colourful paintings, oozing with thick brush marks of paint, as fresh as if they had just been applied, all displayed on a different coloured wall in each room, juxtaposed with well considered quotes. ‘The careful planning behind Van Gogh’s art extended…
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