SHARDS OF LIGHT.
SHARDS OF LIGHT. Acrylic on Canvas. 81 x 110 x 2 cm. 2020. Now available to purchase on https://www.Singulart.com
BLUE FOLD.
This piece is one of four which will be included in the Art Gallery South West online winter show. 2020. Normally a title for a piece generally arrives during the process of making the work as does the meaning. For me this piece evokes a wave and the scrim included suggests a fishermans net. This…
COVID TOWN.
Covid Town. Mixed Media on Canvas,. 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm. 2020. This painting has been chosen for inclusion in a forthcoming on line exhibition hosted by The Circle Foundation for the Arts. As part of the submission I was required to include a description of the piece. Not an easy thing for any…
JAZZ.
JAZZ. Acrylic on Canvas. 50 x 5o x 4 cm. 2020. In this painting I have tried to evoke the vibrancy of Jazz through colour and shape, taking my lead from the book of cut outs by Matisse. This piece is now on display in the online exhibition English Riviera Winter Open . Available to…
Homage to Gabo.
Acrylic on Canvas. 100 x 50 x 3.7 cm. 2020. This piece was inspired by seeing a Gabo exhibitoon at the Tate St Ives in July this year. It pays homage to constructivism, which Gabo and Nicholson both we’re inspired by in their sculpture and art work. The piece has sculptural form and modernist architecture…
Week 4 Lockdownunlockblog.27/06/2020
Image: THE CAVERN. Mixed media on Canvas. 2011. Couldn’t resist the temptation to include this image by way of celebrating LFC winning the premier league after a 30 year wait. YNWA. A success which is due to the way the players work for each other on the pitch; a lesson for us to learn in…
Week 3. Lockdownunlockblog. 18/06/2012
Image. Matchbox Series No. 29. Arthur Cooper Matchbox and Acrylic on Canvas. 12.7 x 17.7 x 1.5 cm. 2014. U TURN. Another week with U Turns in particular making the news. Marcus Rashford showed the Government how to feed the poor during the school holidays. It took a full day for the pressure of public…
Week 2. Lockdownunlockblog. 13/06/2020
Image: THE JOLIE BRISE SAILS ON. One of a triptych, Acrylic on Canvas 2015. 6 x 4 Ft. Public Collection, Teignmouth, Devon. This poem was written in 2015 and describes an early evening walk in Teignmouth one wet Thursday. So much has changed of course but as we slowly unlock and get something approaching normality,…
Week 1. Lockdownunlockblog.06/06/2020
Image: ALI V LISTON. Mixed Media Collage. 11.5 x 16 cm. 2016 THE FIGHT FOR BLACK RIGHTS. The story of the week has been the protests ,after the killing of George Floyd, taking place in cities throughout the US, the UK and all over the world. People have been protesting for justice and equal rights…
Day 70 Lockdown blog. 31/05/2020
Image: Enjoying the view. Buckland Beacon, Dartmoor. 31/05/2020. LIGHTING THE BEACON. Today there was a surprise announcement that those who are in the shielded group can be be released from lockdown and meet, subject to social distancing, with one other person from a separate household. We all know that the Covid merry go round has…
