Remembered

A scene from last Sunays Remembrance parade. 

Photo reference from York Evening press Photographer Anna Gowthorpe

Waiting for the fall !

I received an email this week from a gallery in London , the Brick Lane Gallery. They've been featured on the TV show , The Apprentice and have shown work by Banksy , Wolfgang Tilman , Bob and Roberta Smith and  have sold to many London galleries including Saatchi.

That's their blurb not mine.

They said they had seen my work on my daily paintworks site and would be delighted to exhibit me in their next exhibition for emerging artists and said my work was , "fantastic and a good variety of subject matter" 

Now I'm not naive enough to know that as they are looking for artists craving recognition it's easy to get sucked in and throw well earned money at them with no expense for them.

However it's not every day that a reputable gallery comes knocking on your door and its they who will have the reputation to think of if my work is laughed at on their walls. 

They clearly think my paintings are worthy of their gallery although some contemporary work I see looks like it's been painted by a blindfolded chimpanzee so maybe they can't lose. 

So decisions, decisions , do I spurn another offer (I spurned one about a month ago and regretted that)   Or take the plunge fork out a lot of money , speculate and hope for the best. 

At the very least I am proud that another Gallery has shown some interest in me.

Now just waiting for the fall ! 

 

Captain Jack Sparrow

I've just trawled through every post to see if i've ever shown this and I don't think I have.  I did this in 2011. 

It's a huge piece measuring 23x16" , probably bigger than life size, just.

Figurative painting after Jeremy Mann 2

I try to do these less and less now (copying other artists) but until I get myself a model I'll have to do the odd one. Plus he is an excellent artist and you can only learn from him.

This is an oil painting on canvas measuring 17x14 " in the frame.  

Red

A little taster of my latest work in progress. Long way to go yet, especially on that pesky hand. 

Lenny Henry sings the blues

This man has come a long way since his "opportunity knocks" days.

He's currently doing a programme on sky about his love of the blues. 

I paused the TV for an hour and sketched him sat in a corridor speaking to the cameraman.

Little White House in Poppy field

I did this in the style of an artist whose name I've forgotten but I will add when I remember his name. In short it's not my composition.