UK artist on the Sussex, Surrey, Kent borders, specialising in figurative work - portraits & life drawing, branching out to equine, landscape or still life painting from time to time, in an exploration of paint.
Most work is for sale. Some pieces are listed in my Etsy shop, please get in touch if you want to discuss any other pieces.
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A year ago a number of experienced contemporary artists met on a ‘blind date’ at Chequer Mead to see if they were compatible. They quickly recognised in one another an irrepressible need to make art, as well as a loyalty to our beautiful, quirky and sometimes under-appreciated town and its surroundings. The group quickly established a core membership, meeting regularly to exchange ideas and support one another’s creative ventures. ‘We are Example’ launches the group to the public, showcasing the versatility of the artists in a wide range of media. Experience a selection of experimental and traditional printmaking, dynamic sculpture, evocative gestural painting, unsettling textiles and drawings in stitch.
Harriet BrigdalePrintmaking and painting
Hannah BuckleyArt textiles
Jackie WatkinsPainting and sculpture
Renate WilbrahamArt textiles
We Are Example – EXHIBITION
Exhibition open daily from 9am (except Sundays)
Private View 19th May 2012 1.30pm-6pm
Chequer Mead Community Arts Centre
A few times now I’ve been commissioned to do portraits as birthday presents. I always feel there should be a complete embargo on mentioning what I’m working on, publicly, or showing work in progress. I always fear that the recipient may find out, however random or unlikely that may be. So, what may look like a month of inactivity has actually been a period of solid painting. For the last month I’ve been hard at it, working on two portraits, brothers, as a surprise birthday present. Here are the finals with a few work in progress shots. Both oil on canvas, 10 x 8 inches, painted from supplied photos.
 
  
 
  
I’m at the beginning of a new project, with the aim of completing some large new equestrian pieces. So far, the work is very small, as I work out what I want to say. Here are the first four.
Oil on board, 11cm wide
Oil on board, 11cm wide
Pencil & gouche on paper
Oil pastel on paper
I’m nearly there on a little portrait of my baby, to accompany my first daughter on the wall that I did about four years ago. This is oil on canvas, about 4 hours in. It’s nearly there but needs warming up in places – the photo of the painting is actually warmer than the original, which was painted from a very cold, grey photo, so I’m being creative with the colour! (as usual!)
I’ve been working on this portrait for a few months now – not all the time, just when I’ve been able. I think it amounts to about 12 or so hours. I’ve really enjoyed it – really enjoyed the challenge and am very pleased with the results. I’ve learnt things in the process, and aspects that need more focus have revealed themselves to me. All in all, I look forward to the next portrait.
Breaking news…. I’ll be taking a stand at an Art & Craft Market on Sunday at Caterham School. Can’t wait! I’ll have a good collection of paintings and drawings with me. Hope to see you there.
I’ll be adding work for sale as regularly as I can. If you see something on another page you like, do ask!
The Vast Depth
I love this painting! It came from a series I did on the Ashdown Forest. Lots of dry gorse and heather! The Ashdown Forest has many wide open spaces with a lot of low lying vegetation. Silver birch, heather and gorse are very common on the terrain. I love the loose marks on the painting and the semi-abstract nature they give. I feel I could walk from the bottom of the painting up to the top, my boots pushing their way through mini tracks and heather crops, my jack russell bounding and sniffing about.
The painting is acrylic on standard depth canvas, 12 inches x 12 inches.
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I do like to have work exhibited as regularly as I can. All very exciting! This week I’ll be dropping off five paintings to St Leonard’s Church, Turners Hill (map), for the annual Turners Hill Art Festival, West Sussex.
The show runs Friday 18th and Saturday 19th 11.00 am – 5.00 pm. No tickets required – the exhibition is free!! There is a lunch on Friday (tickets required) and a Flower Arranging demo on Saturday (tickets required), click here for more details of these events. Otherwise, hope to see you there!
I’m just back from another session with The London Road Group, a few more hours into the latest portrait of little Arjun. Nearly there…
Having enjoyed a mother and baby drawing session a few years back, I offered to sit for the London Road Group’s life session last Saturday, with Lottie. We lasted rather well, in the three and a half hour sesssion – obviously many of the poses were rather short, but Lottie fell asleep twice for a slightly more studied pose. Here are some of Richard’s rather Leonardo-esque sketches (more can be seen here)
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