From the beginning of 2025 I have been embarking on a mission to create a body of work involving banners, produced in the same way as the much larger banners for the Art Al Vent international Textiles Art Festival which is held every year in the town of Gata De Gorgos, Spain. Here is one…
LAZY O. Collaged textiles, acrylic paint on stretched canvas. 61 x 61 cm. March 2025. Nice to get back to working with mixed media on canvas again. I have had a three month period of producing my own hanging banners following the completing, in January, my latest submission for the Art Al Vent international textile…
This Mixed Media Collage of mine recently sold at The Members Exhibition, St Ives Society of Artists, Cornwall. The Exhibition featuring work of the society members runs until Friday 19th April 2024, so there is still time for you to see the show and pick up an artistic bargain.
My latest submission for the ‘Exposicio International’s D’Art Textil’ festival in Spain 2012. Art al Vent XV111 will ‘hopefully’ be going ahead in Gata de Gorgos in September this year with original pieces by over forty artists from all over the the world to be hung from balconies throughout the town. I sent the piece…
This piece from 2018 celebrates the rich colours of India, seen in its spices and textiles. In a handmade frame ( 15 x 10 x 4 cm ) and completed with a multiple of surfaces, collaged on a deep edge canvas. It takes on a new meaning given the devastation that the current pandemic has…
A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR to all the followers of my Blog. This is normally the time for resolutions and this little piece was painted on the first of January 2010, hence the title. Sometimes small actions can make a big difference. Thinking about resolutions they are normally about what we are going to give…
Having last posted a mixed media piece from 2020, I thought it interesting to compare this to a painting from ten years ago. My use of layers of impasto paint over collaged elements hasn’t changed much at all, and the common thread of a concept or story is yet another constant in the majority of…
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. 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…
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