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Infinity - how it developed from a doodle

 Looking again in this small sketch book I can see in retrospect how these
sketches have influenced my painting in the last year and how this has developed in to my 'Infinity' theme.

Fiona Banner Sculpture on the South Bank

Large circle shapes that have a 'cosmic' 'planet' feet to them.......
which developed into 'Infinity - Cosmos'

Infinity Cosmos

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Rose

Arcadia

Fragrance

experimenting with a new style of painting......

Bright Circles

I really enjoy painting......

I have gone for bright colours following on from 'Sky Blue Pink' (below)

Sky Blue Pink

close up acrylic on canvas

And Many More

I am now starting another series within my theme 'Infinity'. I will be looking at the aspect of an infinite number under the title 'And Many More'.

My first work in this series will be a sculptural piece.

Here are some pictures of the making process.........

more to follow shortly.........

Infinity again

Earlier in the year I started a series of paintings entitled 'Infinity'. I was trying to convey a sense of enormity within the confines of the picture plane by depicting just part of a circle. I have called this series 'Infinity:Cosmos' following the feedback I received.

I then took it a step further and began to work on three larger canvases which I left in an unresolved state at the beginning of the summer.

Since then I have worked on these paintings further.

Far Beyond

I like 'Far Beyond' best as it shows a development in my style moving away from total flat colour and hard edged shapes.

This painting with the red shapes has a constructivist feel to it and I have been influenced by early modernist art. Its in the colours that I associate with the old Soviet Union.

This monochrome one ...... I am not sure if it is finished. I may sharpen up some edges.

ASC Erlang House

The Open Studios at ASC Erlang House were great.  Its a very functional building which decent size studio space and good facilities ......and a gallery at ground level.

brilliant views - so high up   St George's Circus

ASC Erlang House

Open Studios

This weekend ASC Erlang House have open studios. Nine floors high - the views across London will be great! What a great space to work.

www.ascstudios.co.uk

128 Blackfriars Road, St Georges Circus.

Painting with Oil

Here are the paintings I am doing at the moment using water soluble oil paint

They are not finished yet. It has been suggested to me that I work on developing some crispness and clarity.

Pullens Yards Open Studios

at the open studios this time I was really impressed with the work of Elisa
Alaluusua www.ealaluusua.com and her 24 hour drawing project.....

just off the Walworth Road - discover this community of artists
very near Elephant and Castle

www.pullensyards.co.uk

Susan Swartz

Breath of Nature - Susan Swartz - Belgravia Gallery - 45 Albemarle Street
London

...looking forward to seeing this exhibition before it closes on the 24th.

www.susanswartz.com

Liverpool Biennial 2012

When I went to the Walker Art Gallery to see the John Moores Painting Prize 2012 I immediately noticed the very colourful lifesize model pigeons 'roosting' on an outside ledge.

This is an installation by Patrick Murphy 'Belonging' 2012 and is part of the Liverpool Bienniel operating under the title 'The Unexpected Guest'.

Pigeons have been banished from city centres as they are seen to be a nuisance. Murphy has made 150 bright pigeons and reinstated them into their original urban context. 

click on these links to find out more and get a flavour of this biennial:

www.culture.org.uk 

www.biennial.com 

www.rhizome.org 

www.mercyonline.co.uk/podcast 

and there is an interesting review of the bienniel by Francis Frascina on pages 18 and 19 of Art Monthly Nov 12 (361)
 

John Moores Painting Prize 2012

John Moores Painting Prize 2012
Walker Art Gallery Liverpool

www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/johnmoores 



Here are the paintings that I liked best:



Trevor Sutton 'Irish Painting (for Jack) 2011
www.trevorsutton.com 
a grid of black, blue and white rectangles referencing architectural form inspired by looking out of the studio window in County Mayo.


Andre Stitt 'Little Summer of St. Michael (2011)
www.andrestitt.com 
brilliant yellow, thick paint and very expressive in gesture


Dan Perfect 'Future Sun' 2011
www.danperfect.co.uk 
a cartoon-like doodle


Tom Pitt 'Steps, Forest Rec' 2011
www.tompitt.net 
representing the urban space we navigate


Nathan Eastwood 'A Man after Ilya Repin's Own Heart' (2011)
www.neastwood.com 
everyday life in black and white

Biggs and Collings 'The Greater Light' (2012)
emmabiggsandmatthewcollings.net 
shimming bright triangles on a grid (Genesis1.16) - I saw their 'Five Sisters' exhibition at St. Mary's York in 2009.

Painting Circles

I think circles are going to feature in my paintings for some time to come!

Sky Blue Pink

Revive Series

These paintings are currently being exhibited in a joint painting exhibition which I have organised with a fellow painter in London.

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I'm now trying painting with oil - water mixable oil .......