Can You See Me?

My painting 'This is Why' is now in the Ben Oakley Gallery 9 Turnpin Lane, Greenwich Market, London SE10 9JA.

Mardy

Friday night was the private view for Rowan Newton and Carne Griffiths' joint show called "Mardy" at the Ben Oakley Gallery.  All the work features one model as their subject represented in their own individual style.

                           
  
The Gallery was overflowing with collectors, artists and friends of the Gallery who went on to socialise  until early morning.

A joint limited edition print featured a side by side portrait by each artist making it possible to have both  Carne and Rowan's work in one picture. For more information and image see the  Ben Oakley Gallery website Show runs until the 22nd September 2013.

                                     

Leadenhall Market 2013

The Elevated Art Fair at Leadenhall Market is half way through.  I have been so busy with work before the show that I had forgotten to post this painting I had made.

I have kept my display quite minimal with a feather theme of Sparrows, Pigeons and Angels. The show, in the centre of the Street-market, has been busy with camera crews, city gents, tourists and shoppers.  On Wednesday artist Ray Richardson spent the day quietly painting Staffordshire Bull-terriers on canvases. 

   

Urban Barrier (Slight Return)

The Urban Barrier exhibition is up and running with three of my paintings included. One of them is the new piece called Lost and Found in Suburbia.  There will be more in this series of work to follow.

The show is on until the 23rd December 2012 and as you enter through the main entrance you are greeted with my Guardian Angel painting.  There is also a large full Magnum bottle that I have painted and given for the Raffle that you could win for Christmas if you buy a ticket.  I have also found what I want for Christmas; a Rugman or a Guy Denning art work. 

Distractions

 

 

Trying to get some new work done can be difficult, it does not always come together straight away, the image you start with can grow and change as you are working.  Distractions can come along as well which has mainly been happening this last month.  The particular distraction mainly being in the form of a four legged friend.  Things are coming together though making work less fragmented and more productive.

 

 

 

Diamond Jubilee

I had a really good evening celebrating the Diamond Jubilee at the Ben Oakley Gallery.  Food, drink, music, and good company.  The paintings of Ray Richardson were still on show and added to the atmosphere.

Many of the artists were there and partied on to the DJ compilations till the early hours of the morning.

More Girls

The champagne bottles I painted the other week have gone out into the street as free art.  It felt odd leaving them in places as they seem to have their own personalities - a bit like saying goodbye to a child.  I then collected some new bottles to paint.  Being made of glass they are quite fragile and yet heavy to carry around so just as well some of them already have homes to go to.  

  

Study of an angel

While I'm busy on a new painting I have also been working on a study of an angel.  Using stencils I cut for an earlier picture (the blue angel) I have made a much smaller and lighter version.  This gives me time out from the main work I'm doing at the moment and lets me experiment with colour and ideas.

Albums and Angels

The Long Player exhibition will be ending soon, meaning that the record shop styling of the Gallery will all have to change. 

There are still a few album covers left up for sale but they will all go to make way for a new exhibition.  

You should also visit the Coach and Horses Pub, in the centre of Greenwich market. There you can see my Black Ivy Angel painting together with other artist's work.