Saturday 26 March 2011

Spring is springing

Can't seem to stay away from the Lakes as a subject, hardly likely to get me any brownie points in the serious Contemporary Art world but do I care! I think the fact that when I first started to paint I saw myself as a painter of the Lakes, it was a great draw to me absolutely fell in love with the place. Despite having been brought up in the Pennines near Appleby I only remember ever going to the Lakes once with my family. It wasn't until I was 17 three years after we had moved to Penrith area that I truly discovered the Lakes and Ullswater in particular. So many times people live surrouded by great beauty but fail to see it, not always allowing themselves time to really soak up the granduer of Nature.

This is Crummock looking toward Buttermere

This ones not in the Lakes but could be! its in Derbyshire just to remind you that the miracle of Nature will take us from bare branches to this in about three/four months.

     

Wednesday 16 March 2011

Making progress

I have really just got down to hard work since the Monday after show opened. I like to think I am making progress and getting looser with application. As ever its a tricky balance between making this an object in its own right and describing what is there. Of one thing I do feel sure about is that it is the Landscape that draws me in and seems to take over as though there is some deeper dialogue going on between what I paint and my feelings about the world, life, freinds, family and conversations. I love the unpreachiness of it, the timeless quality the deep felt mood in conjours up in us and the memories it can stir. Took me twenty years to get right back to where I started Landscape! ain't Life funny.    

Sunday 6 March 2011

GX show opens


Always a bit nervous before a show and always frightened this is the end, so it was with great trepidation I approached the Gallery on Friday night half an hour early. As it turned out I already had customers waiting so armed with my only glass of wine I actually had during the show I went to chat. At that stage I still hadn't seen the whole show myself, I knew what they had but the layout etc wasn't sure but I totally trusted them as they always do a good job. Well from that moment on I hardley got to move still never got to see the whole show until the very end of the night. It was so busy, never seen it so full for one of my shows and they kept coming which is great, however with so many I must say sorry to all those whom I didn't get to speak with.


Two legends and good friends Drummond and Edmund DeWal.




Davide talking with cutomers. 


Very flash I love this screen which shows different images from the show. 


A very succesful night which left me in the best position I have ever been by this stage of a show, it's not over so if you haven't been then do or I will send a drunk Galliano round to you!!!