Big picture – 2009 May
Benet Spencer’s History Painting.
Benet Spencer’s History Painting.
Brendan Lyons, Blu Painting (detail), acrylic paint, 80x80cm, 2008. Installed at the Bluecoat, Liverpool.
Kerry Harker, Narcissist, T-shirt with vinyl lettering, unlimited edition multiple. Photo: Cathal Carey
Charles Saatchi saw one of Jenny Saville’s paintings and commissioned a series, but she believes it’s hard work and dedication that sustain her.
I arrived in Osaka, Japan with a certain amount of excitement and trepidation.
My work is mostly about perception: the way we look at the world, building up an image of the whole from different fragments.
The figure in motion is central to my practice.
I work with collections of thoughts, memories and snippets taken from journeys and observations some everyday and others more fantastical and harness and order these responses and experiences through a variety of forms.
In 1999 after living in London for twelve years my family and I moved to Portsmouth.
Nina Madden meets painter Katie Pratt and uncovers the benefits of winning the Jerwood Painting Prize.
Originally I was obsessed with painting from my imagination using the figure as the dominant subject.
Roy Exley charts the purpose of paint in the work of four artists.