An Island Artist
Living and painting on an island adds focus to my practice.
But can this be a negative thing?
Living and painting on an island adds focus to my practice.
But can this be a negative thing?
So I did it. I created, designed, organised, curated and ran a pretty big arts festival this summer and as it was our first one it is to be considered quite a stinking success. Over nine days we had 19 […]
Solo show at Salt & Pegram, just off Brick lane. Here are some pictures from the opening night. It’s on for a few weeks – so check it out if you’re in the area.
Just trying this out. I work across printmaking, painting and mixed media depending on what I feel suits. I work full time as an art technician and do some teaching in Oxfordshire. You can see much more of my work […]
A bit of delay in the latest posting as it took me a while to work out my sub was due to Artists’ Network: the administration of modern life! I wanted to post a review of Afgang, 2015, the graduation […]
I think sometimes that my paintings are stronger together rather than alone. Like somehow they form part of a wider narrative. Perhaps like scenes from a film that taken out of context might be insignificant, hollow, or incomplete. I’m […]
So next at the Aberystwyth gallery is a show by painter Mary Lloyd, I came across a video of her and her work, and it is kind of inspirational, to see she has been working for over 60 years. […]
I am a painter currently studying the remaining 2 months of a Masters degree in Arts Practice. For my artist statement visit; www.laurelberry.co.uk After working for a large majority of time this year on board/cardboard/board no bigger than a […]
Big board. Sitting over it. Picking it up and moving it linseed oil – different liquidity – more engagement with materiality . Slips and slides you can feel more of a connection between the brush, paint and board. Physicaly it […]
Artist and and co-organiser of The Immediacy of Paint; The Role of Painting in the Digital Age.
Why this, why bother? I remember during a tutorial at art college a while back, a ‘pure painter’ tutor uttering those rather cruel and devastating words…’why bother?’. I decided to take this as a deliberate and provocative stance to test […]
De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea is currently showing Bridget Riley: The Curve Paintings 1961-2014, featuring more than 30 paintings and studies. Dany Louise takes a tour of the show with Riley and finds out more about her approach to painting and abstraction.
My addition to the degree show 2015 at the Cambridge school of art.