It was very sad to hear that David Hockney had passed away at the age of 88. Over the years, he has been one of my biggest inspirations. It was because of Hockney, that I wanted to become an artist, and it was because of Hockney that I wanted to teach other people about the joys of art.
David Hockney - My Hero!
This week, ironically, I have been working again, like Hockney, creating paintings on the iPad. They are based on gardens in Northumberland and hopefully will become part of an exhibition in the next year or so. They will be quite different from the work, I have been doing recently and that makes them more exciting and perhaps a bit daunting.
Gayle’s Garden No2 June 26 - digital painting - ProCreate
Gayle’s Garden No2 June 26 - digital painting - ProCreate
Before I get ahead of myself with this new theme, I still have an exhibition ‘On the Edge’ to organise at the Alnwick Playhouse Gallery. I will need soon to start framing and labelling all the pictures I intend to exhibit soon but in the meantime I am still working on two paintings which hopefully will make it to the final cut this exhibition.
Turquoise Van - acrylic - 50x50cm - A work in progress!
I went to Berwick to the Granary Gallery to view the Joan Eardley exhibition ‘The Sea at Catteline’. It was a small, but very moving exhibition of work and I would like to think that her paintings have influenced me to become more expressive and use freer brushwork.
Finally my painting ‘The Aln at Alnham’ can be seen at the Witham Arts Centre in Barnard Castle.