Braewell Galleries & Klimt Females

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The painting has been continuing and so too has the Klimt influence.

I have been studying other painters in addition to Klimt recently , all in the lead up to my solo art exhibition at Braewell Galleries (it is being held now at the Glasgow Art Centre). This piece seems to a slight Tamara De Lempika look, although that is not intentional.

I am certainly not trying to run through a history of artists in my current art but I feel that I need to keep developing this at the moment and seeing where it takes me.

It can't do any harm, can it?

UPDATE. For full details of the Braewell Galleries Exhibition and it's subsequent cancellation, please see the art blog on my main website.

Braewell & Klimt Art Obsession

 

 Braewell Galleries: Please note that I no longer work with Braewell Galleries or have anything to do with them.

I have not written here in some time, perhaps mainly as there is an additional art Blog on the main website now.

I currently appear to be stockpiling art in the studio which is a frustrating thing that most artists go theough in the run up to a show. At present the exhibition is looking like 25 paintings an dseveral of them have a distinct "Klimt" feel to them. The exhibition is with Braewell Galleries.

I was very wary of this because of the whole "gold" aspect but there was no other way to pay proper tribute.

I do hope you approve.

In between getting things ready for Braewell, ther has been a lot of rushing about including taking paintings to Edinburgh. It's great to get some time out of the studio as, on return, artwork in progress can bve viewed with slightly different eyes.

Braewell Galleries NIghtmare & Figuritive Art Improvements

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One of the worst experiences of my professional career was working with Braewell Galleries.

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Painting has been fairly continual at the studio and I am continuing to develop the female painting. I think some of this comes from overhearing someone at my solo show at Art DeCaf (now Braewell Galleries) last year. They were discussing how strong my male figurative paintings were and how my female paintings were not quite as well painted. This stuck with me and I guess that the recent Goddess Artwork has developed and given me the opportunity to try and prove them wrong. This is a work in progress.

Braewell Galleries & Goddess Art

BRAEWELL GALLERIES WARNING
Update - Please note that I am no longer represented by Braewell Galleries and will not be working with Braewell in the future. I am happy to discuss my dreadful experience with Braewell privately with other Artists or art buyers but will not go into detail on this public forum.

Well here she is again in her latest form. I have worked on this painting  for the Hawke & Hunter exhibition in Edinburgh  for quite some considerable time now (see below) and the face has gone a subtle transformation whilst "stars" have appeared and more foliage at the bottom of the artwork. In addition to other recent influences I have also been looking skyward and become more interested in astronomy.

I am almost at the stage where all that is required is a signature.

The exhibition is now just over a week away. There are several other Braewell Gallery artists exhibiting including Frank To, Joe O'Brien and Elena Kourenkova.

BRAEWELL GALLERIES ARTISTS

 UPDATE: Please note that I choose to no longer work with Marcus McLeod and Braewell "Galleries"

I have been working on this Goddes painting for well over a month now and she has gone through several changes. The painting has been built up in layers steadily and it is difficult to convey the subtleties in textural elements of the artwork when viewed online.

I just could not get her to look the way I wanted and have changed several features but it took a sudden decision to get her on the right track. This painting is part of a series of new artwork hich I am working on for the Braewell Galleries exhibition in Edinburgh next month. The exhibition will also feature fellow WASPS artists Frank To and Joe O'Brien.

You can compare the new Goddess here to her original state, below.

Contemporary Painting, old fashioned pressure!

When I used to work in interior design, it was fairly fast paced and high pressure. Deadlines, big budgets, building control guidelines, customer deadlines and pressure. I loved it.

Just as some people didn't understand this and thought that interior design was like "Changing Rooms" (believe me, it wasn't), a career as an artist doesn't always mean listening to radio three whilst painting a watercolour of a vase of flowers before switching to "The Archers" at two!

Over the past three months I have worked on some twenty plus paintings, mainly to put together the solo art exhibition for ArtDeCaf in Glasgow. There are only four days to go now until the launch, and whilst I should now be thinking about stringing canvasses, I am still painting, finishes pieces off and, in true Joe style, starting new artwork.

I know, I am a sucker for punishment, but it's just the way I am. I feel that I have learned more in the past three months than in the last three years.

Here's hoping there is no meltdown on Monday.

Art De Caf

After having a rotten 'flu for nearly 2 weeks I ventured out for the first time on Sunday and treated myself to a couple of beers. What a treat when I dropped in to ArtDeCaf in Glasgow's Brunswick Street to find that the gallery end of the bar had been taken over by Scottish Festival Strings. Without getting all poetic, I have to say that they were incredible to listen to. I couldn't resist telling the Cellist that I thought she and the guy on the flute were particularly good. For a posh bird she took it quite well but couldn't resist informing me that it was a Cello & Clarinet. I did know...honest! They even made "My Heart Still Goes On" sound good. Apologies for the sideways video but what do you expect after 3 beers and a Lemsip?

It was back to the studio again this week and it's amazing after a break that I feel like I am learning to paint again. I really do feel that a style is developing in my work. I have been trying to allow this to happen naturally rather than force. it. The piece above currently under the working title of "Corset" is one such piece of art and I am really excited about the way in which is progressing.

More new art soon, and if you get a chance, pop along to ArtDeCaf (now Braewell Galleries), they even have the odd Hendry on display now and again....