Finally got back into the studio to start work in earnest! I am carrying on with work inspired by music. These are yesterday’s works in progress responding to Mozart’s Fantasia in C Major K475. #contemporarypainting #acrylicpainting #automaticprocess #musicandpainting

Another trip to #ventnorbotanicgarden this afternoon to sketch. I decided to try some different colours and to be a little less abstract in my approach. I have taken inspiration from the wonderful flowers in bloom. #automaticdrawing #contemporaryartist #drawing #islandartist

Looking back to last August 2020... another music study - Beethoven’ ‘Moonlight’ Sonata in C# Minor - 3rd movement #listeningtomusic #drawingtomusic #thinkingofcolour #artprocess #makingmarks #islandartist #contemporarypractice #languageofsound

Sketching the night away - seems to be a habit! (This one is from a while back) #sketching #abstractart #workonpaper #acrylicpainting #contemporaryart

Sometimes it helps to see where we’ve been to know where we might be going. This was another musing from the dark days of winter 2020. #abstractpainting #lockdownlife #linesandshapes #acryliconpaper #artprocess #abstractart #workonpaper #contemporaryartist

More looking back to help me leap forward! Inspired by Mozart Sonata No16 K454 Allegro #artandmusic #acrylicpainting #workonpaper #automaticprocess #artprocess #listenandpaint #musicandart #abstractart #markmaking #meditivestate #isolationart #covidart

Continuing my review of earlier lockdown work - this was frenetic markmaking in assorted colours as I listened to music and opted for a bit of escapism - it gave me pleasure at a time when I was stressed. #acryliconpaper #markmaking #listeningtomusic #getlostinthemusic

Recent landslip studies inspired by Jeremy Gardiner’s work Chapman’s Pool II Liz Hough’s Ways of Abstracting online workshop. #randomcomposition #jeanarp #collage #deconstructing #reconstructing #abstracting #automaticprocess #abstractart #lockdownart

Ensnared - that Monday morning feeling - a couple of weeks ago - #mixedmedia #workonpaper #pastel #gesso #inspiredbynature #hedgerows #blackthorn #lichen #abstractart #paintingthefeeling #inamuddle #manicmonday

Lichen, blackthorn, brambles scrambled together... recent preoccupation! #mixedmedia #ink #oilpastel #gesso #acrylic #workonpaper #inspiredbynature #envelopedbynature #caughtinthemiddle #contemporaryart #artprocess #abstractart #lockdown2021

Couldn’t resist livening up the colours🙂 - same starting point as previous post. #lovethatblue #trianglularpatterns #linesandshapes #mixedmedia #workonpaper #inspiredbynature #hedgerow #bythesea #larksascending #lappingwater #sunshining #lockdownart #islandartist

Another off the wall... ! #lichen #twigs #brambles #landslip #downbythesea #abstractart #mixedmedia #workonpaper #lockdownart #artprocess #artproject #sunsout

A few weeks ago high light levels lifted the spirits and gave rise to saturated colours - a giveaway that the sun was shining brightly. Looking forward to warm and bright sunny days again... soon! #mixedmedia #markmaking #workonpaper #inspiredbynature #contemporaryart

So this popped up/out! Interesting to see how the mind wonders off sometimes... #workonpaper #acrylicpainting #contemporaryart #abstractart

Sense Of Place #painting

Delighted to have a small collection of recent work on show at the Aspire ARCH Window Gallery in Ryde High Street Isle of wight. Have a look if you are passing!

Super pleased to show a selection of my work at Ryde’s Aspire ARCH Window Gallery 35/36 High Street Ryde Isle of Wight PO33 2HT until 30 June 2021. Daily Viewing Shop open: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 10am-4pm Many thanks to Zoe Barker for these photograph facebook.com/OnAnIslandPhot…

If you are in Ryde anytime this week why not pop up to Ryde’s Aspire ARCH Window Gallery 35/36 High Street Ryde Isle of Wight PO33 2HT until 30 June 2021. Viewing seven days a week - Shop open: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 10am-4pm photo credit pic 1 Zoe Barker facebook.com/OnAnIslandPhot…

Very happy to have this painting shortlisted for the Monkton 2021 Arts Prize. On show with all the other shortlisted entries by Island artists at Monkton Arts, 11 East Street, Ryde - 10-21 Aug Open: Tues to Friday and Sunday 10.30-16.00. Why not make take a look?! #isleofwight

Some drawings that are resting in the studio this Christmas! #worksonpaper #abstractdrawing #mixedmedia