Paintings at the 20 21

Here's a couple of photos of my paintings on the Duncan R Miller stand at the 20 21 art fair this week at the Royal College of Art in London.

Here's my paintings of the white sands at Camusdarach on the west coast near Morar (top), and the beach at Ayr with the isle of Arran in the distance (bottom).

 

These are tulips from my garden - unfortunately, due to the very mixed weather, there wasn't a very good show of them this year. They didn't seem to like the alternating spells of warm and cold weather.  Mixed in amongst these tulips photographed last year are the purple flowers of honesty.

Here's a close up of my Ayr beach painting.  The problem with photos is you can't see any of the juicy texture of the surface. There's a lot of paint goes into making those waves!

Exhibiting at 20/21 International Art Fair

I'm going to have paintings on display in London this week, at the Royal College of Art near the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington.

The 20/21 International Art Fair is held there annually, and this year runs from the 14th - 17th May.  

With dealers from all over the world, the fair exhibits top names in modern and contemporary art, such as Graham Sutherland, Duncan Grant, William Gear, David Hockney, Sir Peter Blake, Henry Moore and the Scottish Colourists such as Cadell, Peploe and Fergusson and Modern Scottish painter Joan Eardley.

I will as usual have work with Duncan R Miller Fine Arts.

Poppy Field, York (Oil on linen, 26 x 32)

For two free tickets to the show which you can print off, click here.

20/21 International Art Fair Opens

The big art fair event at the Royal College of Art in London opens today!

I've got work on the Duncan R Miller Fine Arts stand, so do drop by and see it if you're in London today or over the weekend.

Here is a link for a  FREE TICKET FOR TWO to the fair, saving £16 - just print out, go, and enjoy!

For more information, go to the art fair website HERE.

20 / 21 International Art Fair

It seems as if suddenly, summer is nearly here, and so is the annual 20/21 International Art Fair.

It's a really exciting fair with lots of really big names - Joan Miro, Andy Warhol, Grayson Perry  Terry Frost and Henry Moore to name but a few.  I'll be exhibiting along with the Scottish Colourists and Joan Eardley on the Duncan R Miller Fine Arts stand.   

The fair runs from 15 - 18 May, and you can get more information HERE.

More exciting than that, the venue of the Royal College of Art is right beside the Royal Albert Hall, no less. 

 

Last year, I was able to combine visiting the fair with a concert by Steve Hackett on the same trip. This year, it just so happens that Rick Wakeman and Yes are playing the Royal Albert Hall in May (but not on the same date, fact fans).  However both concerts are inconveniently the week before the art fair.  How could they be so inconsiderate??

I've never yet made it to a concert at the RAH - when Yes played there in 2000, I did have tickets (for both nights), but the small matter of giving birth scuppered that.  However, not only have I made repeated reference to that fact over the last 14 years, but it has given me carte blanche to go to any and all Yes concerts that I can since then, provided there is breath in my body and funds in my bank.

On this leg of their constant whirl around the planet, the band will perform three of their most popular albums in their entirety, The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, and Going for the One. And I'll be there. I've already seen the New York and Bethlehem 3 Album shows last year in the US, so roll on the madness of the 2014 tour.  

Planes, trains, automobiles, rock 'n' roll and tube strikes.

Deep breath....

London Weekend

Had a great weekend in London at the 20 21 International Art Fair at the Royal College of Art.

 

I had paintings of Northern Ireland and Morar on the stand.  Lots of great art on show, and lots of familiar faces to chat to!

Here's my work on the stand...

Also had time to take in a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon...

 

(I wasn't sitting anywhere near the front to take this - I just have a good zoom on my little Olympus SZ!!)

This was part of the Genesis Revisited tour, with lots of special guests for the London show, both on stage (Nik Kershaw and John Wetton) and in the audience (Armando Gallo).  For such a big venue, it was a very intimate concert, very emotional.  During part of Shadow of the Heirophant, you could have heard a pin drop - the audience was almost holding its breath.

Quite a night! Liverpool on Sunday....

Art Fair Begins

Here's another of my paintings that's going to be at the 20/21 International Art Fair.

Purple Tulips in April (Oil on linen, 12 x 12)

Very appropriate, as the tulips and the cherry blossom in my garden have just come out with the one good day of sun that we've just had!

20/21 International Art Fair Starts Tomorrow

One of the big art fairs of the year starts tomorrow.  It's the 20 21 International Art Fair at the Royal College of Art in London, and I'll have paintings there!

 

Running from the 9-12 May, I'll be exhibiting with Duncan R Miller Fine Arts at this 'boutique fair' of modern and contemporary art from the UK and around the world. International names include Braque, Chagall, Matisse, Miro, Picasso, plus British favourites such as Peter Blake, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Henry Moore and Grayson Perry. And me. 

With over 60 galleries represented, this fair exemplifies the cosmopolitan and diverse art scene of today.  I'm looking forward very much to seeing it.

Ladybower Reservoir, Peak District (Oil on linen, 12 x 12)

Read more about the Fair here.