Tag Archives: Painting

Andrew McDonald in The Magma Group Show at Arthouse1 Gallery

Posted on November 7, 2017 by artist

Stepping and Flying, Andrew McDonald, oil and acrylic on canvas MASSAGING THE MESSAGE 8-17 December PRIVATE VIEW THURSDAY 7 DECEMBER Drinks Reception 6.30pm – 8.30pm Live music by Klezmer Band Duo …….. SYMPOSIUM TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 6.30pm – 8.30pm Guest … Continue reading →

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Andrew McDonald

Posted on June 9, 2016 by artist

Andrew McDonald in F4 will be showing a series of paintings and a textile works that explore the human and animal as a means of looking at our relationship to our selves.

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Between painting and drawing

Posted on June 16, 2015 by artist

For our Summer Open Studios, Catherine Hennessy in studio G1 will show a series of small, quick, simple paintings – views from trains, and some larger, inky water-colours of inside the studio, somewhere between painting and drawing.  Hope to see … Continue reading →

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Drama of everyday urban environments

Posted on June 11, 2015 by artist

Alexandra Blum’s new paintings combine intense observation with intuitive responses to spatial experience to explore the drama of everyday urban environments.   See them in Studio G10 at our Summer Open Studios, 20th & 21st June.

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What is seen and called a picture is what remains…

Posted on June 9, 2015 by artist

Keith Ashley (studio F1) states ‘What is seen and called a picture is what remains – an evidence.’ This statement by Philip Guston in 1956 succinctly represents the feeling I have about my own paintings – the ‘evidence’ of my … Continue reading →

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Drama in a continuously changing landscape

Posted on May 24, 2015 by artist

Amelia Humber in studio F2 explains how the paintings she will show at our Summer Open Studios “continue to strive to relay the atmosphere and emotion of the landscape through a personal and momentary experience”. Her paintings contain the ideas … Continue reading →

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Travels through New Zealand

Posted on May 24, 2015 by artist

For our Summer Open Studios on 20th and 21st June, Lydia Bauman (studio F9) will be showing her latest work based on her travels through New Zealand.  To make room for these, she is having a major studio sale with selected earlier works … Continue reading →

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Gold leaf triptychs and small Yorkshire Studies

Posted on November 28, 2014 by artist

Lydia Bauman (studio F9) will be showing a wide variety of landscapes, recent gold leaf triptychs and small Yorkshire Studies just back from an exhibition ‘Art in Yorkshire from Turner to Hockney’ in Mercer Galleries, Harrogate.

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Unconscious inner thoughts and conflicts

Posted on November 26, 2014 by artist

Keith Ashley’s  “What Remains” paintings, on show in studio F1, are “expressions of unconscious inner thoughts and conflicts, that which is left behind when worldly preoccupations are forgotten”.

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Portrait heads of masked human/animal hybrids

Posted on November 18, 2014 by artist

Andrew Macdonald is currently painting a series of portrait heads of masked human/animal hybrids.  This is an integral part of a larger project which will be presented as a performance and exhibition at the Espacio Gallery in February 2015.  Have a sneak … Continue reading →

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