Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Landscape No 5

Landscape No 5 is created by the use of various paints on textured wood board - mounted and set in a real wood frame behind glass and measures 21" x 17" x 2"



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Sunday, 23 March 2014

Vertical White

Welcome to 'Vertical White' a medium sized relief created from textured wood and board set in a real wood box frame behind glass measuring 21" x 17" x 2"




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Wednesday, 12 March 2014

In the style of Sean Scully

I have just finished a large 6' x 4' panel piece for a Client who wanted a piece of artwork for a reception area and as they loved the work of Sean Scully I was asked to reflect his style 
http://www.sean-scully.com/en/home

This is one of the original idea pieces I presented to the Client which eventually formed the basis of the finished commission piece which I have now framed and offer for sale

Vertical Blue


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Friday, 7 March 2014

The last relief in the series

I am happy to present the last relief in the recent series I have been working on
This is 'Tollard Blue' and is influenced by one of my favourite Ben Nicholson reliefs.



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Sunday, 2 March 2014

Abstract relief - 'Retro Blues I'

As I work my way through a number of commissions and revisit one of my favourite forms of art creation I am happy to present a new abstract relief 'Retro Blues I'.



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Monday, 10 February 2014

Homage to Sir Terry Frost


 Due to the awful weather I was able to complete this piece which had been nagging at me for a while - based on a Sir Terry Frost original using his style creates a bright and bouncy piece adding a little colour to this time of year.
Created by the use of painted paper and card in collage the piece is set within a hand textured and painted mount set in a real wood box frame behind glass


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Friday, 7 February 2014

New Relief - Duck Egg Blue


Welcome to a new relief - I have been fortunate to have been commissioned to produce a number of reliefs and as it has been some time since I completed any I decided to loosen up with a new one 'Duck Egg Blue'


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Saturday, 25 January 2014

Hepworth Abstraction II

Hepworth Abstraction II 


I am happy to present the second in the series of my Hepworth abstractions - In contrast to NoI in this I have used muted colours which include a deep marine blue set on a stone coloured background and also features relief details.


I would like to thank everyone for the wonderful positive response to my first Hepworth Abstraction
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Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Abstraction homage to Barbara Hepworth

Welcome to my abstraction homage to Barbara Hepworth.

I have used the shapes familiar to her work and relief detail to add depth to the surface



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Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Geometric Red II

Welcome to Geometric Red II which is the third in a series
This is created on a heavily textured wood board with various paints and the use of elements of relief panels




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Monday, 30 December 2013

Serge Poliakoff



About five years ago in another lifetime we were wandering the streets of Paris when a painting in a private gallery caught my eye - we ventured in and stood before a large abstract painting which set in motion my desire to paint. This was Serge Poliakoff unknown to us at that point. The gallery owner had two more pieces in the store room of the gallery and was delighted to show them two us - and he phoned a friend of his at another gallery and arranged for us to go and view two more pieces the next day............I think he recognized the look in our eyes - he knew we did not have the money to buy any of them – the one that caught our eye was a mere £650K but he could tell that we were captured by the work and that seemed to delight him......



Born in Moscow in 1900 (although some sources claim 1906), Serge Poliakoff is a highly important member of the “Ecole de Paris” (School of Paris). In 1917 he left his native country, fleeing from the Russian Revolution. At first he reached Constantinople, where he made his living by playing music in cafés. At the same time, he studied painting. From 1929 on, he matriculated at the Forchot and Grande Chaumière academies. After that, he spent two years in London, at the Slade School of Art. In 1962, he had a solo presentation at the Venice Biennale. Poliakoff died in Paris in 1969.


Poliakoff’s “typical” work consists of irregular, puzzle-like interlocking shapes. The image is supported by the effect of his colour’s pure materiality and their interplay between luminosity, transparency and opaqueness. His Russian background – he was very much impressed by iconographic painting –as well as his intense preoccupation with music and especially rhythm, provided an important influence on his art. Poliakoff\'s success is mostly based on the harmony of his compositions, both in form, in colour and their accord. These compositions of colour values find their equivalent in musical tonality and are filled with an almost sacred harmony.

There isn’t a true period pattern in Poliakoff’s use of hues. At all times we find darkish or lighter earthy tones parallel to strong and luminous colours. Having been taught the emotional value of colours by Robert Delaunay, this is not very surprising. His colour schemes vary with his moods.

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Friday, 27 December 2013

Geometric Red

Welcome to a small piece Geometric Red
I would like to wish all my customers a great New Year and thank you all for the positive support you have shown me over 2013 and I look forward to communicating with you in 2014