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Small Is Beautiful XXXVII, Flowers Gallery London, from 28 Nov 2019 - 4 Jan 2020

I’m very pleased to have been invited to show two new paintings, the smallest of my circular Figment series, in the annual group exhibition ‘Small is Beautiful’ at Flowers Gallery in Cork Street

On display will be works by British and international artists from the Flowers Gallery stable alongside invited artists, offering a rare opportunity to purchase smaller pieces by well-known names and discover new talents working across a range of media.

Artists include:
Jane Ackroyd, Jose Aguilo, Joeun Aatchim, Paul Andrews, Glenys Barton, Glen Baxter, Oliver Bedeman, H R Bell, Alison Boult, George Blacklock, Jonny Briggs, Belinda Cadbury, John Carter, Samantha Cary, Mark Cazalet, Sophie Charalambous, Aleah Chapin, Movana Chen, Julie Cockburn, Nathan Cohen, Charlotte Colbert, John Crossley, William Crozier, Ken Currie, Lynn Dennison, Boyd & Evans, Ewan Eason, Jane Edden, Charlotte Edey, Amanda Edgcombe, Bob Edgson Elizabeth Enders, Mark Entwisle, Kristian Evju, Amanda Faulkner, Nancy Fouts, Anthony Frost, Naoki Fuku, Vanessa Garwood, Christopher Gee, Fiona Grady, Kate Giles, Mark Haddon, Friedemann Hahn, Maggi Hambling, Susie Hamilton, Mark Hanson, Rebecca Harper, Connie Harrison, Vicky Hawkins, Rachel Heller, David Hepher, Nicola Hicks, Carole Hodgson, Mark Houghton, Steve Ibbitson, Dianne Kaufman, Pru Kemball, Claerwen James, Lucy Jones, John Keane, Jinaun Kim, John Kirby, Tim Lewis, John Loker, Janelle Lynch, Shaun McCracken, John McLean, Ayumi Matsuba, Emily Mayer, Suchitra Mattai, Calum McClure, Dawnne McGeachy, Jennifer McRae, Ishbel Myerscough, Osman, Jiro Osuga, Claire Oxley, Freya Payne, Stuart Pearson Wright, William Pye, Duncan Pickstock, Stephanie Quayle, Carl Randall, Sinead Rice, Carol Robertson, Gill Rocca, Rhiannon Rebecca Salisbury, Nicolas Sanchez, Tai Shan Schierenberg, Aleksandra Stone, Trevor Sutton, Renny Tait, Sinta Tantra, Janet Taylor, Emma Thomas, Jason Thompson, Emma Turpin, Mary Webb, Susan Wilson and Rob Wyn Yates.

Small is Beautiful XXXVII, Flowers Gallery, 21 Cork Street, London W1S 3LZ

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RA SUMMER EXHIBITION Royal Academy of Arts from 10 June - 12 August

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I’m delighted to have been selected for this year’s Summer Exhibition with my painting Figment XXX. My piece can be found in Room IV, beautifully curated by Academicians Barbara Rae and Hughie O'Donoghue.

RA Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy of Arts
Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD

Open 10 June - 12 August
daily from 10am - 6pm
Fridays until 10pm
www.royalacademy.org.uk

Figment XXX, oil on birch ply, 40cm diameter, 2019

Figment XXX, oil on birch ply, 40cm diameter, 2019

Open Studios at Vanguard Court 29th Nov - 2nd December

I'll be taking part in Open Studios this month at my new space in Camberwell. Several artists at Vanguard Court will be opening their studios as part of Camberwell Arts Festival.

I can be found in 7G where I'll have a series of new miniatures, my print editions and a selection of recent paintings on show.

Vanguard is home to a diverse group of artists and makers and is well known for the wonderful ceramic studios on site - it's well worth a visit. 

OPEN STUDIOS at Vanguard Court (Unit 7G)
36-38 Peckham Road
Camberwell SE5 8QT

Opening times:
Thursday 29th November 6-8pm
Friday 30th November 6-8pm
Saturday 1st December 11-6pm
Sunday 2nd December 11-6pm

More details via www.camberwellarts.org.uk/winter-2018/

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'Transcendent Vista' at DURAN MASHAAL GALLERY in Montréal, Canada

From Nowhere II, oil on canvas, 60x180cm

From Nowhere II, oil on canvas, 60x180cm

I'm delighted to be showing a group of recent paintings alongside the work of Simon Andrew, also a landscape painter from the UK, at DURAN MASHAAL GALLERY in Montréal in October. Works on show vary from oils on canvas, including one of my larger paintings, From Nowhere II (shown above), to smaller paintings on wood predominantly from the Space Series.

I have exhibited with Duran Mashaal at various art fairs in the US over the past twelve months and this will be my first show in their gallery space in Montréal.


Transcendent Vista 11 Oct - 3 Nov 2018
Duran Mashaal Gallery
1460 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Suite B 
Montréal, Québec H3G 1K4  
www.duranmashaalgallery.com

Once Upon A Time Edition launches at London Original Print Fair 3 - 6 may 2018

I'm delighted to be launching a new edition at the Royal Academy Original Print Fair 2018 with GBS Fine Art. The Once Upon A Time Edition is an archival pigment print based upon my recent larger scale landscape paintings, comprising 60 signed and numbered prints.

Alongside the new edition, GBS Fine Art will also be introducing a group of new works at the Fair. The Impression Series is a group of 16 new miniatures made with ink transfer and enamel on cast resin.

GBS Fine Art, Stand 40, The London Original Print Fair 2018
Thursday 3rd - Sunday 6th of May 2018
Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD

For full opening times and further info please visit londonprintfair.com

Once Upon A Time EDITION, archival pigment print on Hahnemühle German Etching, 60 x 110cm, Edition of 60

Once Upon A Time EDITION, archival pigment print on Hahnemühle German Etching, 60 x 110cm, Edition of 60

LONDON ART FAIR 2018 with GBS Fine Art from 17 - 21 January

I'm pleased to be exhibiting a selection of new paintings at LONDON ART FAIR with GBS Fine Art on Stand 39 of the Main Fair. Two new larger works on canvas will be shown for the first time, alongside new paintings on wood from the 'Space' and 'Figment' Series.

Preview Tuesday 16th 6pm - 9pm
Wednesday 17th - Sunday 21st of January

LONDON ART FAIR, Business Design Centre, Upper Street, Islington N1 0QH. 

For full opening times and further info please visit www.londonartfair.co.uk

(Never) Having Been There, oil on canvas, 100 x 120cm, 2017

(Never) Having Been There, oil on canvas, 100 x 120cm, 2017

Selection in NOA17 Exhibition at Bargehouse on the Southbank 17 - 16th Nov 2017

NOA17 opens at Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf on the 17th of November. It’s the 21st anniversary of the National Open Art Competition and I'm delighted to have been selected again this year, having been in the exhibition in three previous years. A recent diptych from my Space Series was selected (shown below). 

NOA17, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank, London

17th - 26th November 2017

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The Hare's Corner Series in Marianne Elliott's Cultural Highlights, The Observer

On My Radar: Marianne Elliott's Cultural Highlights | The Guardian 01.10.17www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/oct/01/marianne-elliott-cultural-highlights

On My Radar: Marianne Elliott's Cultural Highlights | The Guardian 01.10.17
www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/oct/01/marianne-elliott-cultural-highlights

The Hare's Corner Series features in Theatre Director Marianne Elliott's Cultural Highlights in The Observer New Review:

'I’ve been following the career of this artist who lives in south London, though I can’t really afford her work. She does massive beautiful oil paintings: they’re sometimes a view across a misty lake, street lamps in the distance or a park in London at night with that sort of sodium haze around it. There’s a big picture she did called The Hare’s Corner, which is light coming through a clearing in a wood. There’s something very mystical about her work; it’s beautifully detailed and there’s something mysterious about it. So a relatively mundane image turns into a kind of fairytale – the feel of it, the tone, the atmosphere, is like something extraordinary is about to happen. You can see stories in it.'

Born in London in 1966 and brought up in Stockport, Marianne Elliott studied drama at Hull University. After working at the Manchester Royal Exchange and the Royal Court, in 2005 she joined the National Theatre as associate director. There, she co-directed War Horse (2007) and directed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2012), for which she won the 2013 Olivier award for best director; both plays later won Tony awards for their Broadway transfers. More recently, she directed Husbands & Sons (2015) and Angels in America (2017). This year, Elliott co-founded Harper & Elliott Productions with producer Chris Harper. Its first show, Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle, starring Anne-Marie Duff, opens on 3 October at Wyndham’s theatre, London.

 

RWA 165th Annual Open Exhibition from 1 October to 3 December 2017

I'm very pleased to be exhibiting at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol again this year in the Annual Open Exhibition.  A new diptych from the Space Series was selected and will be on show from the 1st of October until the 3rd of December.

More details can be found at www.rwa.org.uk

Royal West of England Academy, Queen's Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1PX

Space XVII & XVIII (diptych), oil on wood, each 20x40cm, 2017

Space XVII & XVIII (diptych), oil on wood, each 20x40cm, 2017

London Art Fair 2017 with GBS Fine Art 18 - 22 January 2017

I'm very pleased to be showing a new group of small oil paintings on wood from the Space Series at London Art Fair this year, to accompany two larger landscapes on canvas. Once Upon A Time II is the larger of the two canvases and was shown at the RWA in 'Imagined Landscapes' in 2016. The other painting 'Night Light' is a new piece being exhibited for the first time.

GBS Fine Art can be found on Stand 29 of the Main Fair

The fair opens on Wednesday the 18th until the 22nd of January at the Business Design Centre, Upper Street, Islington N1.  

Complimentary tickets are available to the Fair if you'd like to contact me via email.

www.londonartfair.co.uk      www.gbsfineart.co.uk

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From the 'Space Series', 2016, oil on wood, each 20x40cm 

RWA 164th Annual Open Exhibition from 9 October - 27 November 2016

Two small paintings on wood from the 'Figment' and 'Near to Nowhere' Series have been selected for exhibition in this year's Open at the Royal West of England Academy. This year's invited artists are international photographic artist Susan Derges and Royal Academician Tim Shaw, renowned for his monumental and often politically motivated sculpture. The selection panel includes artist and critic William Packer and galleries Danielle Arnaud, alongside RWA Academicians.

'Near to Nowhere' Catalogues will be available to buy from the RWA Shop during the exhibition.

Open Tuesday - Sunday

RWA, Queen's Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1PX

http://www.rwa.org.uk/whats-on/164-annual-open-exhibition

Figment VIII, 2014, oil on birch ply, 30x30cm

Figment VIII, 2014, oil on birch ply, 30x30cm

Hughie O'Donoghue RA Studio Visit with NOA15

In May I was lucky enough to be invited to visit Hughie O'Donoghue RA in his London studio. Hughie was guest curator of NOA15 and, having long been an admirer of his beautiful paintings, I was selected to visit his studio and see his powerful new body of work with Cloe and Kate from the NOA team. It was a great opportunity to explore his working practice and a fascinating and memorable visit.

Huge thanks to Hughie O'Donoghue and NOA for making it possible.

http://www.nationalopenart.org

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/artist/hughie-odonoghue-ra

With Hughie O'Donoghue in his Greenwich Studio

With Hughie O'Donoghue in his Greenwich Studio