This year’s National Portrait Gallery-organised award attracted 2,538 entries by artists from 84 countries, with the winner set to receive £35,000 in prize money.
A selection of recommended shows, including: Alice Morey’s material rituals at The RYDER, London; the first UK retrospective for Anna Boghiguian at Tate St Ives; and Susan Hiller, Elizabeth Price and Georgina Starr at Site Gallery, Sheffield.
It’s been a busy month and I’ve struggled to get to my studio. Thankfully this week, it’s getting back to normal. The good news is that I had something to be getting on with straightway so it was right […]
A selection of recommended shows, including: Sean Scully’s abstract paintings at the National Gallery, London, Steven Paige’s moving image works at The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art, and McDermott and McGough’s The Oscar Wilde Temple, at Studio Voltaire, London.
Tracey Emin’s show at White Cube was inspiring especially the large gestural brush drawings in acrylic paint on canvas, sometimes unprimed.
This week’s selection includes exhibitions in London, Glasgow, Plymouth and Brecon, plus an awarded art residency in Portsmouth, all from a-n’s Events section featuring shows and events posted by members.
A selection of recommended shows, including: Marcus Coates’ exploration of our relationship with the world of non-human species at Kate MacGarry, London; John Carter at the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings; plus American artist Senga Nengudi at Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh.
This week’s selection includes exhibitions in London, Denbigh in North Wales and Bury in Greater Manchester, as well as poetry published online, all from a-n’s Events section featuring shows and events posted by members.
Deep purply-indigo flecked clouds creep across the horizon. Not just your average stormy grey but these mean business, a proper temper tantrum of toddler proportions – all toys out of the proverbial pram! Dramatic though it is, there’s something raw […]
Marbled hues chase the shimmering light leaving stagnant shadow streaks in the swirling mist. ‘Marbled Hues’ (Cloudscape painting in soft pastels, 40x30cm) Shop: https://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p446/Marbled_Hues.html
Faint pinks are amid the clouds in the mid morning haze – is it a long sunrise or an extremely early sunset? Maybe the fairies have their washing out! ‘Mid-morning Haze’ (Cloudscape painting in soft pastels, 40x30cm).
Bubbles of colour spring up across the mountains, invigorated by their misty hibernation of the last few days. Rose-tinged bursts come forth like mini fireworks over the bay. ‘Rose-tinged Bursts’ (Cloudscape painting in soft pastels, 40x30cm) Shop: https://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p447/Rose-tinged_Bursts.html
Deep purple swirls and puffs whisk around the skies like expressions of travelling ghosts. Are they reminders that we could ponder on our inner wishes and intentions this weekend? ‘Travelling Ghosts’ (Cloudscape painting in soft pastels, 40x30cm) Shop: https://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p448/Travelling_Ghosts.html
Frothy giggles rise up into the ether as the spring air buoys them with a zing they couldn’t contemplate in wintry hibernation. They skip and frolic – and the giggles continue to bubble up and release with the light playfulness […]
‘For the love of Wax’ The Jurassic Coast
Lyme Regis, DORSET
The next few days will be curiously calm; they lay in between the making of the work for Perfume as Practice SS19 at Lumen Crypt Gallery and said exhibition’s installation on Wednesday. I will chiefly use the time to promote […]
