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.