charcoal on primed paper
32 x 48 ins.81 x 122 cms
charcoal on primed paper
32 x 48 ins.81 x 122 cms
I have had a flurry of exhibitions over the last six months and have got very behind with posting information about them. Currently showing in Great Malvern Priory until 27 October is a reprise of the installation Rain, Wind and Change which was shown at Worcester Cathedral in May 2023. These two landscape drawings are included as well as a series of drawings relating to the life of Prince Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII, who died at Ludlow Castle at the age of 15 in 1501. He was buried in an exquisite chantry tomb in the Cathedral after an elaborate funeral service. Arthur also appears in the great Magnificat window in Malvern Priory, which was donated by Henry VII and others. He is shown kneeling at the bottom of this beautiful window and so Great Malvern Priory is another very appropriate setting for this exhibition. I will post some more images when I can.
Before that I showed a selection of works which were in the Art First exhibition A Deeper Landscape (April/May 2024) in a summer show at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden during July/August/September under the title The Turning Year.
Then in September I showed a series of works from a 35 year period at the Poetry House at Ledbury – I called this exhibition Poets in the Landscape and it gave me the opportunity to see drawings and paintings from as far back as 1989. It was encouraging to find that they still packed a punch. Ledbury Poetry has now moved on from presenting a well known poetry festival annually in July to a year round operation in their own premises – what was known as the Elizabeth Barrett Browning Institute and was the local library at one stage.
I have a painting, Crows in the September Orchard, in the Royal West of England Academy Open which runs until January 2025 at their galleries in Bristol.
And I have 3 works in an exhibition at Quay Arts on the Isle of Wight in their Portfolio exhibition during October and November, which is a group show of past and present tutors on their well regarded Portfolio course.
So it has been a very busy year so far and I am looking forward to returning to the studio to make new work. I always find it difficult to concentrate when there are exhibitions going on.
I am having some problems with downloading photographs but will try and post some relevant images.
13 October, 2024