Fabienne Jenny Jacquet - guest artist
Fabienne Jenny Jacquet - guest artist
Fabienne Jenny Jacquet - guest artist
Fabienne Jenny Jacquet is a Franco-British painter based in London & Deal, Kent. She graduated from Central Saint Martins with a fine art BA in 2008.
Her work is part of private and public collections in the USA, UK, Europe, China and Australia. She has taken part in several group exhibitions across the UK, including showing her work at t
Fabienne Jenny Jacquet is a Franco-British painter based in London & Deal, Kent. She graduated from Central Saint Martins with a fine art BA in 2008.
Her work is part of private and public collections in the USA, UK, Europe, China and Australia. She has taken part in several group exhibitions across the UK, including showing her work at the Don’t Walk Walk gallery in Deal.
Fabienne creates dark, sensual and moody figurative paintings with a touch of humour based on her experience as a female outsider.
More information about her practice can be found at www.fabiennejennyjacquet.com and on her Instagram page, @fabiennejennyjacquet.
Zena Blackwell - guest artist
Fabienne Jenny Jacquet - guest artist
Fabienne Jenny Jacquet - guest artist
Zena Blackwell is an awarding-winning figurative painter based in Cardiff, Wales, UK. Her work is held in the National Library of Wales’ permanent collection and in many private collections around the World.
Zena founded the instagram blog Contemporary Cymru in 2017 and between 2003-2011, she co-founded a critically acclaimed live music e
Zena Blackwell is an awarding-winning figurative painter based in Cardiff, Wales, UK. Her work is held in the National Library of Wales’ permanent collection and in many private collections around the World.
Zena founded the instagram blog Contemporary Cymru in 2017 and between 2003-2011, she co-founded a critically acclaimed live music event in London and also DJed nationally and internationally.
Artist Statement
My paintings investigate various themes pertaining to childhood; be it my own experience of childhood and parenthood or general observations of my own two children.
Children can be strange and beautiful but also funny but melancholy. The presence of children in my work provides glimpses into imagination, fantasy, story-telling and sometimes surrealism, Identity and gender definitions.
Although recognisable faces often crop up in my work, I do not consider them portraits with the ‘characters' representing a universal portrayal of children/ childhood.
Rosemary Burn - guest artist
Fabienne Jenny Jacquet - guest artist
Rosemary Burn - guest artist
My paintings are crafted from events which capture my attention, and from which I can find a story in the background, such as a dripping bath tap and the light carried in the ripples, a fly on the wall, the fleeting expression on a face, a nameless place. For me, these events underpin our existence; big events, highs and lows, come and go
My paintings are crafted from events which capture my attention, and from which I can find a story in the background, such as a dripping bath tap and the light carried in the ripples, a fly on the wall, the fleeting expression on a face, a nameless place. For me, these events underpin our existence; big events, highs and lows, come and go but the insignificant and fleeting remain and repeat, like a constant hum in the background.
The nature of each brushstroke, and the texture of the paint also play an important part in the translation of the seen, into a blurring between the representational and the semi abstract, the patterns which often escape our notice.
I work every day searching for an alchemy between paint, subject and moment. When I studied at Chelsea School of Art I was making sculpture, but the intention behind the work was similar. Works from those times include a bicycle abandoned on its side with its back wheel perpetually turning, so the scene of an accident was kept alive for an infinite length of time, a remote controlled leg of lamb, a huge flying saucepan which had come to rest skewered by the sword of a swordfish held upright by a fisherman (both plaster casts).
Although my life is a busy one with many commitments - I am also a classical pianist, (and I teach the piano), not being creative in some way every day has never been possible for me. I love every minute!
Duane Brown - guest artist
Shelton Walsmith - guest artist
Rosemary Burn - guest artist
I am a Northern California painter of oil, watercolor, pastel or ballpoint pen (whatever the project calls for) My past work leaned more toward realism, but after taking a second job years ago as a caricature artist, I found the freedom of improvisation to be more rewarding. I work mainly from reference material, as opposed to plein air,
I am a Northern California painter of oil, watercolor, pastel or ballpoint pen (whatever the project calls for) My past work leaned more toward realism, but after taking a second job years ago as a caricature artist, I found the freedom of improvisation to be more rewarding. I work mainly from reference material, as opposed to plein air, or sittings. Half of the enjoyment in my painting process is to piece a scene together with sketches of props and photos taken from life. I will either use family or friends as models, but lately have been using more high-tech methods to model my characters using posing and 3D image development programs.
Subject Matter...
I like to paint an occasional "still life" or landscape, but nothing takes the place of painting or sculpting people. And what would be better than just painting a person? It's painting them doing things. Walking, sitting, stretching, dancing... and all the emotions that come with it.
https://www.duaneabrownart.com/
Shelton Walsmith - guest artist
Shelton Walsmith - guest artist
Shelton Walsmith - guest artist
Shelton Walsmith is a mixed media artist working in Brooklyn, New York.
His work has been published by The Paris Review, Knopf, Vintage, Rizzoli Books, Paris Vogue, Denver Quarterly,
Shots Magazine, Harper Collins, The New York Times and others.
He has exhibited in New York, San Francisco, Prague, St.Thomas and Austin.
His most recent one
Shelton Walsmith is a mixed media artist working in Brooklyn, New York.
His work has been published by The Paris Review, Knopf, Vintage, Rizzoli Books, Paris Vogue, Denver Quarterly,
Shots Magazine, Harper Collins, The New York Times and others.
He has exhibited in New York, San Francisco, Prague, St.Thomas and Austin.
His most recent one man shows was at Seven Minus Seven Gallery In the US Virgin Islands.
Artist statement
A body of work should not be a cadaver evidencing life 'that was but rather the flashpoint for life which ignites anew on each renewed encounter.
Represented by:
2000-2001 Virgil Skye Gallery San Francisco, Ca
2004- 2013 Causey Contemporary Fine Art Brooklyn, NY
2009- 2012 Art For Film online
2016-present 7 minus 7 Gallery, Artist Alliance St. Thomas Virgin Island
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019-Bathers,Waders +Apparitions 7 minus 7 Gallery, Artist Alliance St. Thomas Virgin Island
2016-The Amphibian’s Daughter 7 minus 7 Gallery, Artist Alliance St. Thomas Virgin Island
2016-The last Two Years 7 minus 7 Gallery, Artist Alliance St. Thomas Virgin Island
2015-The Provisional vs. The Dubious , Queens College Art Center, NY
2012-The Uses Of Literature , Cyrus Co., Manhattan, NY
2011-Collage Paintings, La Esquina, Manhattan, NY
2010-Day For Night, Causey Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY
2009-Mirada Fuerte, La Esquina, New York, NY
2004-14 Days a Minute, Plexifilm, New York, NY
2000-Tindergroth, Virgil Skye, San Francisco, CA
1999-Cibachrome Addicts, Incommunicado, New York, NY
1999-Akin, DTUT, New York, NY
1998-Man, Hat and Transfers, DTUT, New York, NY
1993-Mezi Hrady, The Globe, Prague
Alina Maksimenko - guest artist
Shelton Walsmith - guest artist
Shelton Walsmith - guest artist
Painting comes in easy way — one trifle meets a trick, a Rube Goldberg machine starts a chain reaction, like a reaction on some vaccine, and it goes on and on. So I’m starting to realize that if I’ll change something once again, then I get a brand new work, for which, perhaps, I already have a new meaning and new canvas. This mechanism ru
Painting comes in easy way — one trifle meets a trick, a Rube Goldberg machine starts a chain reaction, like a reaction on some vaccine, and it goes on and on. So I’m starting to realize that if I’ll change something once again, then I get a brand new work, for which, perhaps, I already have a new meaning and new canvas. This mechanism runs by my presence — a common story for all the artists. But still it all has a great meaning — the smell, the sound, the state, the color of the walls, the air — and when all this substances focus on me, the work emerges, lives, breathes.
Alina Maksimenko was born in 1974 in Kiev, Ukraine
1985 - 1988 studied in Art School named after T.G. Shevchenko
1993 - graduated from Kiev Art College named after M. Boychuk
2019 – graduated documentary class of Sergey Bukovsky, Radio Broadcasting and Press Institute; Kiev, Ukraine;
2020 – graduated Wajda School/Studio, Doc Pro department; Warsaw, Poland;
Since 2001 member of the BG-Art union of artists;
Since 2003 member of The Art Union of painters of Ukraine;
Solo projects:
“Asya”, Ya Gallery Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine - 2019
“Local time. Second episode”, Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine - 2018
“Not the place. Cohort 1972 ”, Art center Closer, Kiev, Ukraine – 2018
“Titles”, Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine - 2017
“No title”, Art center Closer, Kiev, Ukraine – 2016
“Time loop”, Art-14 gallery, Kiev, Ukraine - 2016
Paolo Borile - guest artist
Paolo Borile - guest artist
Paolo Borile - guest artist
Paolo Borile is a passionate Italian painter who has exhibited his work Internationally. His primary focus is on expressing the nature of the human figure through realistic paintings. His style is figurative and expressive, occasionally photorealistic, and often recalls the classics. Each painting boasts a nostalgic quality and a narrativ
Paolo Borile is a passionate Italian painter who has exhibited his work Internationally. His primary focus is on expressing the nature of the human figure through realistic paintings. His style is figurative and expressive, occasionally photorealistic, and often recalls the classics. Each painting boasts a nostalgic quality and a narrative, sometimes surrealist touch, allowing each viewer to immerse themselves into every colour and architectural element with both recognition and imagination.
Education:
2010 - 2014 Davide Avogadro school of art, Vigevano, Italy
Events:
2019 Grandart, The Mall, Milan, Italy
2019 Contemporary Art Sale, Galleria Alessia Formaggio, Vigevano, Italy
2019 Lucca Art Fair, Lucca Polo Fiere, Lucca, Italy
2019 Arte Cremona Fair, CremonaFiere, Cremona, Italy
2019 Pavia Art Fair, Palazzo Esposizioni, Pavia, Italy
2017 Painting vernissage, Why not? Café, Vigevano, Italy
Exhibitions:
2020 Group exhibition, Mulieribus – 7th edition, Bottega Mastro, Grottaglie, Italy
2019 Group exhibition, Vernissage, La Riseria, Novara, Italy
2019 Group exhibition, Mulieribus - 6th edition, Bottega Mastro, Grottaglie, Italy
2019 Group exhibition, Ho visto un genio!, Spazio B, Vigevano, Italy
2018 Group exhibition, Summer show, The Chimera Gallery, Mullingar, Ireland
2018 Group exhibition, Urbanità liquide, Galleria Previtali, Milan, Italy
2018 Group exhibition, Mulieribus - 5th edition, Bottega Mastro, Grottaglie, Italy
2017 Group exhibition, Mulieribus - 4th edition, Bottega Mastro, Grottaglie, Italy
Awards:
2017 Grottaglie Koiné Cultural Organization plaque
2016 Grottaglie Ceramists Union plaque
Theo Matoff - guest artist
Paolo Borile - guest artist
Paolo Borile - guest artist
Theo Matoff grew up in Vancouver Canada, before studying architecture and art at the University of Southern California. During his military service in Paris, he attended the ateliers of André l'Hote and Ossip Zadkine, while drawing at La Grande Chaumière. He completed a Doctorate in Architecture at the University of Florence, also attendi
Theo Matoff grew up in Vancouver Canada, before studying architecture and art at the University of Southern California. During his military service in Paris, he attended the ateliers of André l'Hote and Ossip Zadkine, while drawing at La Grande Chaumière. He completed a Doctorate in Architecture at the University of Florence, also attending studios at the University of Fine Arts.
After teaching architecture at the University of Manitoba, Theo came to England as a senior lecturer at Leeds Polytechnic School of Architecture. Later he became Head of Schools of Architecture at Plymouth and Leicester, while continuing to paint. When Theo retired from academia he moved with his wife Sue to Bushey Heath in Hertfordshire where he built his studio.
Theo's work has been exhibited in group exhibitions and one man shows in London, Tunbridge Wells, Plymouth, Glasgow, St Ives and Wiesbaden Germany. His work is also in private collections in Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the United States of America as well as in the United Kingdom.
One Man Exhibitions
Blackfriars Gallery, Plymouth
Montpellier Gallery, London
Hof Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany
Berkeley Road, London
Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh, 2011
Stables Gallery, Bushey Heath, 2021
Group Exhibitions
Penwith Gallery, St.Ives
Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Royal Institute of British Architects, London
Berkeley Square Gallery, London
Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
White Gallery, Hove, Sussex
Thompsons Marylebone Gallery
Rowley Gallery, Kensington, London
Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Glos.'Vision 05', Left Wing Gallery, London
Education
Uni. of Southern California USA
Uni. of Florence, Italy (Doctorate)
Painting Ateliers: Andre L'Hote, Ossip Zadkine, Paris
Publications
"Don Quixote's Dance/La Danza de Don Quijote"
Pub: Tov Associates
William Oxer - guest artist
Paolo Borile - guest artist
Christine Connelly - guest artist
I have been painting professionally for over 30 years, undertaking both portrait commissions for private clients and producing artworks shown in art gallery exhibitions.
My previous engagements include helping create large-scale painted designs for interior projects in historic houses such as Buckingham Palace, Goodwood House, Petworth Ho
I have been painting professionally for over 30 years, undertaking both portrait commissions for private clients and producing artworks shown in art gallery exhibitions.
My previous engagements include helping create large-scale painted designs for interior projects in historic houses such as Buckingham Palace, Goodwood House, Petworth House and Hatchlands Park. My skills have enabled me to undertake many varied projects including period decoration and exhibition design in such places as Christies, St James (William Beckford Exhibition) and the Building of Bath Museum.
At Hatchlands Park in Surrey, I worked with Alec Cobbe, restorer and interiors expert. ‘The experience was something that defined how I wished to work. Living in a country house amongst historic keyboard instruments, producing hand-painted schemes for some of England’s finest houses and surrounded by hundreds of beautiful paintings allowed me to think upon my own work, quietly and studiously, in an environment that promoted beauty and rigorous thought.
I am perhaps something of an old soul. My works are restful and somehow quiet, demure, elegaic. I enjoy the evenings of autumn and winter by the fire, painting smaller, more intimate and reflective works, although in the past few years I have enjoyed working on a much larger scale. Perhaps this is a distant feeling of past roots of the north.
Christine Connelly - guest artist
Christine Connelly - guest artist
Christine Connelly - guest artist
Christine Connelly is an Irish artist, living and working in Paris for many years. She studied figurative painting in the Ateliers of the City of Paris for several years under the guidance of Mâitres Antoine Petel and Gonzalo Belmonte.
As a figurative painter, the human form takes centre stage in her work and the aim is to create interest
Christine Connelly is an Irish artist, living and working in Paris for many years. She studied figurative painting in the Ateliers of the City of Paris for several years under the guidance of Mâitres Antoine Petel and Gonzalo Belmonte.
As a figurative painter, the human form takes centre stage in her work and the aim is to create interesting and thought-provoking pictorial scenarios for the viewer to engage with.
Christine takes a break from her studio to hone her drawing skills at a variety of life-drawing sessions in Paris including La Grande Chaumière in Montparnasse. She is a firm believer that drawing is the basis of figurative art.
As an antidote to the solitude imposed by Covid lockdowns, she joined a number of online portrait sketching clubs that sprung up and continue to flourish to this day. These sessions provide invaluable practice drawing in all techniques: charcoal, pencil, ink, acrylic, pastel and water colour. Not to mention the wonderful camaraderie with artists in all languages and across all time zones.
Her work is included in private collections in Europe, USA and Australia.
Selected exhibitions.
2022 – “Les Voix de la Terre” with the association Au Perigée des Art, Noyon France
2021 – Group show with Au Périgée des Arts, Saint-Jean-aux-Bois, France .
2016 - GMAC Paris
2015 – Salon du Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2014 – Solo show, “Souvenirs”, Galerie rue de la Tour, Paris
2013 - Group show, Brick Lane Gallery, London
2012 – Group show, Gelebert Gallery, Manhattan, New York
2010 - Solo show, GaleriaZero, Barcelona
2005 - International Salon of Contemporary Art, Luxemburg
2004 – Solo show, Mona Lisa Gallery, Paris
2003 - Solo show “Fleeting Moments”, Maison de la Jeunesse et Culture, Paris
Awards
2018 – Won International Life Drawing Marathon, Montmartre, Paris
2009 – Won Public Vote at GaleriaZero’s International Online Competition
2007 – Jury’s special award, Salon des Artistes du 15ème, Paris
2002 - Gold Medal Winner, Salon des Artistes du 15ème, Paris Juried show
Christine:
Website: https://www.connelly-art.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/connellyart/
Lee Johnson
Christine Connelly - guest artist
Lee Johnson
Lee Johnson was born in Wiltshire, and has lived and worked in London since 2000. He received his MA Fine Art from Central Saint Martins School of Art in 2001, and his works are held in the collections of the University of the Arts London, and Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, as well as numerous private collections worldwide (including UK, Denma
Lee Johnson was born in Wiltshire, and has lived and worked in London since 2000. He received his MA Fine Art from Central Saint Martins School of Art in 2001, and his works are held in the collections of the University of the Arts London, and Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, as well as numerous private collections worldwide (including UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, USA and Chile).