The Private View of “Seasons Change”, my exhibition at New Court Gallery, Repton, was a lovely evening of meeting new people as well as old friends. So nice to have such support and keen interest shown in the work! We also managed to pop in to see Paula Kemp’s super work, just down the road …
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Seasons Change
Exhibition at New Court Gallery, Repton OPENING 7 – 9 PM FRIDAY 13th JANUARY 2023 This exhibition, “Seasons Change”, is the result of two sketching trips to Scotland in late 2022, with the aim of making visual responses to the autumn and early winter colours. I chose to work directly on cotton paper postcards because …
New Exhibition
Twenty Twenty Gallery Ludlow https://issuu.com/hughelliottuk/docs/when_the_land_rested_-_claire_scott_curates_june20 Delighted to be part of this group show ‘When the Land Rested’ curated by Claire Scott. A superbly hung exhibition that highlights correspondences between the various artworks by Dennis Farrell, Alysia Webster, Mick Manning, Claire Scott and June Forster. Read my full exhibition statement below.
Another Line to Follow
‘Another Line to Follow’ is an exhibition of paintings, drawings and collages at the School of Art, Aberystwyth. It celebrates the ongoing friendship and collaboration between artists with links to Aberystwyth University. Although currently closed because of the Coronavirus crisis, we are lucky to have an online catalogue available, thanks to School of Art …
Exhibition news
I am happy to be invited to exhibit at the Freelands Foundation, London, in ‘Fully Awake 5.6’, a show that celebrates inter-generational aspects of teaching painting. My brief was to select a work by a former tutor and one by a former tutee. I met up with one of my chosen artists,Tom Voyce, at the …
A trip to Snowdonia in February resulted in a series of new work…nothing finished just yet but great to get back to oil paint!
Colours Changing
We are well into November now and my colour palette continues to change to reflect those observed in nature. A dark, wet week with very few sunny spells and plenty of time to work in my studio now I have new daylight bulbs fitted. These are much better than ones I have used previously. Of …
New Beginnings
Spring is the time for new beginnings. Following a trip to see Blencathra I am thinking about my next project – in fact it is an idea from 7 years ago and since then I have sketched the mountain many times and taken hundreds of photographs. I know why I want to take on this …
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