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I recently visited a great exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London. A collection of works by the Society of wildlife artists. I wasn't sure what to expect and I was worried that i'd be looking at chocolate box pictures without much energy or power.

I was more than pleasantly surprised. The work on show was both approachable and yet modern in style. Many pieces stood out for me but the work of two artist really caught my eye.

The work of John Threlfall is marvellous. He paints mainly birds as he lives on a small estuary off the Solway Firth in Scotland.  His work is free and energetic with bold brush stokes... yet it always remains still very true to it's subject and we can clearly identify the birds and the landscapes.

Brin Edwards work is colour and bold, and seems to be verging toward a type of cubism that I've been dallying with. Like to Johns work you can always identify the subjects, yet, the style is often made up of cubes of vivid colours.

In all i was very inspired and after see what other are doing it's really made me consider wildlife as a subject for my own art.

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Continuing my theme of trying to mix my art with music. You can tell me if it works or not/

Please have a look at the Horses video;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIfy81HkX7k

 

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WEST SUSSEX.- In Western art the most powerful icon has always been the human figure, and this is the element which has connected the work of the two artists exhibiting at the Forge Gallery, Walberton, England, later this year. Both artists take the idea of the figure but then that idea goes through the process of figuration, or formalization, but each uses a different process and each naturally comes up with different results.

In August, when the two artists exhibit together, it will be fascinating to see how the vision of each of them informs the other.

Christopher Stone deliberately avoids making any preparatory drawings or models when he carves his figures from marble, relying on his instinctive responses to the grain of the material. Working fast, his finished work, between 12 and 36 inches high, is close to his original conception. The result is a dynamic, poetic realization of his imagination which makes no attempt at academic accuracy but frequently has the mystic qualities of tribal totemic figures. Occasionally, his figures become anthromorphized animals or birds, bringing to mind the complex poles of the Indian tribes of North West Canada, carvings which have a mythical quality.

Peter Morris, who after half a century painting in oils, gouache and acrylic, has returned to figurative painting via influences in abstract expressionism through spending six years in north America during the 50s and early 60s. He typically makes drawings and takes photographs in preparation for his paintings, which sometimes are stylized landscapes of his second home in the Dordogne in France, but more often are highly formal compositions involving the human figure. A frequenter of chamber concerts, he has painted many variations on the subject including compositions based on string quartets and jazz bands; and an enthusiastic diner, he is fond of making pictures of figures in cafes and restaurants. In August, when the two artists exhibit together, it will be fascinating to see how the vision of each of them informs the other. From disparate backgrounds, but with a common love of the figure and figuration, they should provide some interesting contrasts

The Exhibition will be held at The Forge Gallery. The Street, Walberton. West Sussex, BN8 OPQ. UK
www.forgegallerywalberton.co.uk

 

 

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Hi all, I'm excited to be in my first group show in the UK!

A while back I sent through a piece for this cool project - "Mail Me Art" - a painting on any surface as long as it's mailed via the postal system. Have a look at the website.

I'm happy it got there in one piece, and they're putting together an exhibition at the Red Gate Gallery, which opens on the 30th of July.

Here's my work after I finished, and all stamped up at the post office :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other entries on the flickr page (er...yes, it's Beckett not Becketi!)

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So if you're in London around then, do pop in, I'd love to hear about it!

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