Hello. Welcome to my latest newsletter, It's been a busy time.
The group show I was involved in at the start of the month, All the Fair of the Unfair, was a great success. We had a busy Private view and Exhibition and plenty of our works were sold. I have added a few pictures from the private view below. The paintings in the background of these pictures are top to bottom on mobile, or clockwise from top left on a big screen. A Mood Painting is not to be seen but to be felt, then there are two pictures of the triptych, Torment and the pain leaked through and the last picture is Banal Expectations
My next show will be at the Backlit Gallery in Nottingham at the end of May. I will have more information about this exhibition in my next newsletter, please view my Events page for times and dates.
I recently wrote a piece about my friend and fellow artist Victoria Kiff for the Hastings Independent. Victoria is showing at the Rogue Gallery, I really love Victoria's work, it is of a figurative bent and has a classical yet modern quality and fantastic movement. The exhibition is on until May 7th and is a must-see.
There are some great exhibitions at the moment at the Hastings Comptempory, including Kosoff and Soutain There are around 40 works from the two artists. The discovery of Soutine’s paintings in the early 1950s was apparently a significant moment for Kossoff, who was already finding his way towards the kind of direct and expressive use of paint he saw in his predecessor’s work. I plan to review this show in the coming months. Also at the contemporary is We Out Here The exhibition represents six Black Artists of Caribbean heritage living in Hastings. The artists worked in different mediums, exploring different themes including migration, Black lives in coastal towns, relationships with the sea, climate justice and racial injustice, fast fashion and the Black presence in crafts. Another excellent show so a great reason to have a day by the sea.
Hopefully, see you at my next exhibition at the end of May.
Mark