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Our Place on Earth RSA Architecture Forum 2019

RSA Architecture Forum 2019 Our Place on EarthThis year’s Royal Scottish Academy Architecture Forum will challenge the popular idea that ‘people make places’ by demonstrating that our ‘place on earth’ remains a powerful and…

Fabulous horse artists – George Stubbs, the King 1724-1806

This week I was in Palace House, the National Horse Racing Museum, in Newmarket, Suffolk.  Newmarket is Horse Central and I was so happy to be there.  But the reason I went this time was to see an exhibition about George Stubbs, especially…

Fabulous horse artists – Orovida Pissarro 1893-1968

One of my customers told me about this artist, known in her lifetime as Orovida.  She was the grand daughter of French impressionist and neo-impressionist painter, Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) but she was a British artist who lived and worked…

Mankinholes near Todmorden, Yorkshire – another technological revolution

I just spent a week running a small youth hostel near Todmorden, Yorkshire.  It is called Mankinholes and is in a tiny hamlet up in the hills above the valley where the town is located.A tiny hamlet with a huge history.  For this…

The painting game – beyond looking

I have always worked with dye on fabric, but I am now experimenting with acrylic and oil paint as an alternative source of colour. In my textile work, I used the dye in a very natural, expressive and abstract way.  It has been challenging for…

“Horse in Art” exhibition 2019

The annual "Horse in Art" exhibition of the Society of Equestrian Artists will take place at Sally Mitchell's Gallery, The Newcastle Arms, Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, NG22 OLAOpen Sunday 15th  September, 2019 9 am to 5 pm daily. Closes Saturday,…

Greg Poole Animal artist

Greg Poole (1960-2018) Greg Poole was a wildlife artist who drew from memory and feel rather than than from traditional realism.  The latter is often the accepted way of drawing animals.  Instead Poole practised a "subjective realism",…

Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)

I was interested to see how Hans Hofmann influenced Lee Krasner, when I saw the exhibition of her work in the Barbican recently.  I am curious to know more about HofmannHere is a statement of his approach when he opened his first school…

Lee Krasner BARBICAN GALLERY, LONDON July 2019

LEE KRASNER  (1908-1984) AT BARBICAN  JULY 2019Beautiful set up and arrangement of her work, this was a fascinating exhibition showing the development and achievements of a major American painter, who also happened to be the wife of Jackson…

OSCAR MURILLO AT DAVID ZWIRMER GALLERY

I read an article about the Turner prize 2020 nominee and made a special trip to see his exhibition, "Manifestations" at the David Zwirmer Gallery in London.Murillo works energetically with texture and textile and paint to recreate almost…