Flowers for Columbia Road

I originally made some wildflower and plant drawing/paintings about 5 or 6 years ago and have since done more as commissions. As I have work at the Columbia Road Gallery next to the Flower Market I thought it would be nice to make some to exhibit there. Here are some of the ones we delivered on Sunday.

reflecting..

There has been some beautiful golden low winter sunlight recently, resulting in these little 15x15cm experiments with a bottle of gold Lascaux gouache that has been lurking in my paint cupboard for years. It has a lovely thick and velvety quality but can't easily be overpainted as it isn't waterproof when dry like acrylic. Worth persevering with I think...?

in the studio today....

A quick pic of some little new paintings with the first layer of colours applied, ready for the drawing/etching in stage.

Paintings, pots and print at the Quercus Gallery

Some more pictures from the Galliversary Summer Show at the Quercus Gallery. Left: My painting 'Silvering Time' above beautiful porcelain pots by Elizabeth Barry.

Striking book cover collage by Lauri Hopkins, left with Projection I - III

Little framed paintings 'Silvernight' next to a serene still life by Georgina Allen.

'Evening stillness' between delicate prints by Sally James and Lynda Marwood and above a geometric landscape by Vanessa Gardiner.

Summer show at the Quercus Galley, Bath

We had an enjoyable visit to Bath on Saturday to deliver some of my paintings to the Quercus Gallery ready for the forthcoming Summer Show. Quercus Gallery is a contemporary gallery in the centre of Bath showing paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics, jewellery and textiles by artists such as Vanessa Gardiner, Stef Mitchell, Helen Booth and Robert Woolner. Gallery owner Evie Williams opened the gallery in June 2013, having formerly worked at Austin Desmond Fine Art, London.

The exhibition runs from Saturday 19th July to 23rd August with a private view on Friday 18th July.

Here is a little preview of some of the paintings, thank you to Evie:

skygazing

Most of my paintings in some way relate to the sky, at different times of day, different weather and illusive effects of light and mood so I rarely take photographs, preferring to paint from memory. The other evening though the sky was a particularly intense blue behind the dark silhouettes of trees. A slow shutter and camera movement resulted in a few photos showing what inspired my most recent paintings - photos based on my paintings rather than the other way round...

My painting finds a new home...

Although I am always pleased when someone buys one of my paintings from a gallery (in this case the Columbia Road gallery in Hackney) I also often feel sad because then I don't know who has bought it or where it's new home is. So it was a lovely surprise to be flicking through the Style Pages of the Times Magazine today to see an article 'Tower of London' showing my painting At the end of the day II !  It now lives in the beautiful apartment of Georg Oehler, an interior and furniture designer, who resides at the top of the Strata building in London. Thank you Georg!