The Chigwell School Charity Art Show.......

The exclusive Chigwell School will be holding a charity Art show from Wed 11th May. A combination of pupils art together with various art works from local Art Clubs, to be hung and displayed in the schools Art Gallery.  I was thrilled to be asked if I would like to submit 2 painting to the event.

All commissions on sold work will be donated to the Chigwell Riding Trust, which was the first riding centre for people with special needs in the world. It has been established in Chigwell for forty five years.

The private view and sales evening will take place on 

Wednesday 11th May from 6.00pm to 8.30pm. 

The exhibition will then open to the public

from 

Thursday 12th May to Friday 10th June. 

If you would like to view the exhibition, please email Mr Edwin Aitken (eaitken@chigwell-school.org)

to make an appointment.

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Fire & Ice.....

Last in the new Mask Collection and my favourite...There was just something about this one, I loved the look on their faces... You can really go into another world when painting these masks, have fun with them painting in a way you that wouldn't work so well on a portrait..and of course making them look quite mysterious..

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 On display at my

Solo Exhibtion

and for sale

at the 

Kington Gallery

4 Church Street,

Kington,

Herefordshire,

HR5 3AZ

Phone 01544 231581 

email kington-gallery@homecall.co.uk

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Peiroette......

 Another of the new Masks to add to the collection, and on sale at the Kington gallery as part of my exhibition.

I painted this while Joanna was here visiting, which was just as well as she made me stop, otherwise I think it may have been overworked...Again using the wax candle as resist. i enjoyed trying this technique, but don't think it's something I would use very often..

Many thanks again to the generosity of Thomas Warm who very kindly gave me his permission to use them as references.

Mystique....

I've always loved Venetian masks and they are such a joy to paint, you are really able to let your imagination go with colour and texture while painting these. I have built up a collection over the last few years and was inspired to add to this after seeing the wonderful photos of  Thomas Warm who very kindly gave me his permission to use them as references.Also being inspired by Hazel Soan's new DVD on textures, I decided to incorporate some wax to help create the lace.

 

SOLD on the opening reception of my 

Solo Exhibition at the Kington Gallery in Herefordshire.

Venetian Parade

This is another in my Carnival series of Venetian masks.

Another from my to do list and amongst the photo refs I had taken with me to Italy.

I started it whilst I was there and finally managed to finish this up yesterday. Not entirely happy with it as I didn't match the colours right, never mind, it's all a learning curve.

Special thanks to photographer Edoardo Stefani who I've since discovered comes from Lucca, italy, close to where we were staying.

Fabriano Artistico 1/4 Sheet
Various paints

I have a love of Venetian masks, and love to paint them....This is one I did while I was in Italy. I had taken some photos with me just in case.

I didn't draw this one out as it was only intended to be a quick sketch with paint. I start by placing some colour of the part that grabs my attention most, the part that inspired me to paint the photo in the first place. I then carry on working outwards from that part and stop when I feel I have enough on the paper to say what it is.

You don't have to paint the whole photo, but you need to know when to stop, maybe the hardest part...