Some progress on the latest painting over the holiday weekend. Hope to have these guys ready to debut at FLUX in June (allowing for drying time too)
In the meantime, ‘A Splash of Colour’, joint exhibition with Helen Field continues at Bowery Visual Arts. Drop in to brighten your day with paintings – and great coffee! Have a look at the brief YouTube tour
Daily Drawings is now in it’s tenth year. I post them every day over on Instagram
More news soon. Til then, stay safe and thanks for looking
‘Colour is a power which directly influences the soul’
Wassily Kandinsky
Helen Field and Viv Owen became acquainted several years ago as they work in adjoining studios at Westgate Studios in Wakefield.
‘Although we enjoy a similar space and conditions and light in our studios at first glance it would appear we have very different works, but what actually connects our work is a joy of using colour’
Helen enjoys a strong colour palette including acrylic paint for bold application, richly pigmented inks and thickly applied oils for texture. In this series created through and beyond the pandemic restrictions, you can see a longing to escape followed by an explosion of energy and excitement at the emergence of spring and new beginnings.
Viv blends her oil paint colours directly onto stretched canvas, aiming to keep the vibrant and immediate reactions to her chosen subject. Her vivid, gestural oil paintings display a fascination with facial expressions captured from paused film and television. The paintings glance at one another, and invite the viewer to guess at their feelings of grief, intrigue, amusement or joy.
Drop in for ‘A Splash of Colour’ at Bowery Visual Arts, 54 Otley Road, Headingley, Leeds LS6 2AL from Saturday 19 March until 20 May.
More details at viv owen
Completed the painting this week. Now entitled ‘Interview’. Pleased with the depth effect and the colour palette.
Exciting publication and exhibition news to follow very soon – look out for A Splash of Colour!
Several stages of the painting to show you. Mostly changes to the finer details at this point, adjusting the colours and the modelling:
Exhibition news: not one, but two exciting exhibitions coming up! There’s lots of organising going on at present, so not many details to share yet, but I can reveal that one is at new location for my work. Venues and dates to be announced later this month. Hope I’ll to be able to include this latest painting – need to complete it this month. Check back soon!
Stay safe and thanks for looking
Getting quite established with the painting this week, with a couple of visits to the studio. Adding more definition and depth:
I’ve put together an animation as well over on YouTube
Exhibition news: I’m excited to announce that my work will feature in edition 7 of The FLUX Review magazine. More details at publication. In the meantime, have a look at their blog
More updates soon. Stay safe and thanks for looking.
