"44AD Artspace and gallery video"

        As an associate artist at 44AD gallery in Bath, England, I'd like to share
       with you this corporate video. Made by a group of media students from
       South Gloucester Stroud college in the U.K. it gives a flavour of what
       the gallery and artist's studios are about.

       Although my studio isn't based here, I've come to know several of the
       artist "residents" and participate in regular exhibitions.
      
       Acknowledgements to the students who produced the film listed in the
       credits.  

"Valley of the Olives"

                                                        Still air in the mid-day heat.
                                                        Looking down from a high
                                                 vantage point on this Greek island
                                                          to where the goats have
                                                     made their way down the hill. 
                                                    The olive trees heavy with the
                                                                ripening fruit.


                                                     

 

"Valley of the Olives" - Acrylic on canvas 12" x 12"

                                                      

" To see ourselves as others see us"

                         A recent life drawing group and ten artists are preparing to draw.

                         With the sudden realisation as the start time approaches that the
                         model booked is not going to turn up!

                         What to do ? Do we pack up and head home? No, a few of us take it
                         in turns to sit.

                         Once again it's interesting the different approaches that an artist will
                         bring to a challenge out of their "comfort zone".
                        
                         Here are three examples of work produced whilst I "sat" for a ten
                         minute pose.


                                                             

Paul's drawing

 

Brian's drawing

 

David B.'s drawing

 

 

" Albert Irvin and the Abstract Expressionists"

                               To the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol, England for the
                               retrospective exhibition of Irvin's work and paintings that inspired
                               him. Curated by the President of the RWA, Stewart Geddes, who knew
                               Bert Irvin and has brought together his work, including some
                               early representative paintings and some magnificent large abstracts
                               from both national and private collections.

                                                                         

 

Stewart Geddes - President of the RWA and curator of the exhibition

in front of an Albert Irvin work.

 

The exhibition also includes work by artists that influenced Irvin,

including Pollock, Motherwell, Newman and Sam Francis.

It's been a major achievement to bring all of this work together

in what has proved to be an extremely popular exhibition for

academicians and the general public.

 

 

Photograph of "Bert" Irvin in his studio taken from

the book "Albert Irvin life to painting" by Paul Moorhouse