Between Somewhere and Nowhere, now owned by Katie Teakle, hangs on her wall in her house in Cleethorpes. She saw it hanging in the Steward’s Room at West Dean College and fell in love!
Category Archives: Paintings
In Our Midst
In Our Midst
acrylic and oil on canvas
20 cm x 20 cm
Private Collection, London, UK
Lucy as Aries
The astrology poem in its entirety:
Shine on, bright little fish / Twinkling Diamonds in our midst
The Astrology series explores humanity’s relationship with the cosmos, and our deep-rooted desire to explain the paths of our lives. It’s an ancient belief that the movement of the stars influences our lives on Earth. In these modern times astrology is often looked upon as akin to superstition, although most of us will read our horoscope if it’s presented to us. It’s interesting to learn that in fact there are proven cases where the stars and planets do affect our lives- for example, Jupiter, with its large mass and gravitational pull, is instrumental in diverting asteroids that would otherwise impact our planet. A more tangible relationship between the stars and ourselves is that every element that makes up our bodies has been manufactured inside an ancient star out there in the Universe. As Carl Sagan famously said, “We are all made of star stuff.”
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Diamonds
Diamonds
acrylic and oil on canvas
20 cm x 20 cm
Miriam as Pisces
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Ruminating
Ruminating
Acrylic and oil on canvas
75cm x 55cm
Lucy as Aries.
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Twinkling
Twinkling
acrylic and oil on canvas
20 cm x 20 cm
Zia as Taurus
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Little Fish
LIttle Fish
Acrylic and oil on canvas
20 cm x 20 cm
Rob as Sagittarius
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Bright
Bright
acrylic and oil on canvas
20 cm x 20 cm
Miriam as Pisces
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Shine On
Shine On
Acrylic and oil on canvas
20 cm x 20 cm
Private Collection, London, UK
Geoff as Libra
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Swimming Between Normalities
Swimming Between Normalities
36 cm x 46 cm
Acrylic and oil on canvas
Private collection, London
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Revelling in Delicious Excess
Revelling in Delicious Excess
28 cm x 39 cm
Acrylic and oil on canvas
Avoiding Crab Mentality
Avoiding Crab Mentality
acrylic and oil on canvas
75cm x 55cm
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Symbiont Wana Plane
76cm x 55cm
Acrylic and oil on canvas
This painting is part of my Symbiont series, portraits of friends merging with trees. The Symbionts are inspired by the cracks in the pavement where trees take root, in the decay and rebirth of the world. They emphasize our interconnectedness with the other living things that make up our planet, and highlight the decisions we need to make if we are to survive as a species. In our post-industrial world we’ve lost our connection to the Earth- but today many people are looking to re-establish this connection. Green burials, having trees planted on your grave or having your ashes fertilize a tree, are an ancient concept that is newly popular; people today are interested in becoming trees after their death.
Wana is portrayed merging with a London Plane tree. One will grow upon the ruins of the others. The past and the future occur simultaneously. The London Plane Tree, a hybrid of the American sycamore and Oriental plane trees, is a popular urban tree due to its compact root structure. Its bark has the amazing ability to absorb atmospheric pollution. The characteristic mottled patterns of its bark are due to oversaturated pieces of bark shedding so that the tree can continue to breathe. The tree is ubiquitous in London and is seen by some as symbolic of the city.
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Symbiont James Plane
Private Collection, London
75 x 55 cm
Acrylic and oil on canvas.
This painting is part of my Symbiont series, portraits of friends merging with trees. The Symbionts are inspired by the cracks in the pavement where trees take root, in the decay and rebirth of the world. They emphasize our interconnectedness with the other living things that make up our planet, and highlight the decisions we need to make if we are to survive as a species. In our post-industrial world we’ve lost our connection to the Earth- but today many people are looking to re-establish this connection. Green burials, having trees planted on your grave or having your ashes fertilize a tree, are an ancient concept that is newly popular; people today are interested in becoming trees after their death.
James and Aava are portrayed merging with a London Plane tree. One will grow upon the ruins of the others. The past and the future occur simultaneously. The London Plane Tree, a hybrid of the American sycamore and Oriental plane trees, is a popular urban tree due to its compact root structure. Its bark has the amazing ability to absorb atmospheric pollution. The characteristic mottled patterns of its bark are due to oversaturated pieces of bark shedding so that the tree can continue to breathe. The tree is ubiquitous in London and is seen by some as symbolic of the city.
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Image transfer painting – the experimental surface – 25 to 27 March 2016 – at West Dean College
In March 2016 I’ll be teaching a weekend course at the breathtakingly beautiful West Dean College- the arts and crafts college founded by Edward James, patron to Magritte, Dali, and Leonora Carrington, amongst others.
This course is suitable for all- whether you have some experience with acrylic image or have never held a paintbrush in your life. Acrylic image transfer is simple, non-toxic, inexpensive and amazingly versatile. It can be incorporated into many forms of art, as it can be applied to any surface that will take acrylic paint. On this course we will explore it in the context of painting: this is a technique that you can take home with you to explore more fully and continue experimenting with.
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Symbiont Ilaria Yew
Acrylic and oil on canvas
76cm x 55cm
This painting is part of my Symbiont series, portraits of friends merging with trees. The Symbionts are inspired by the cracks in the pavement where trees take root, in the decay and rebirth of the world. They emphasize our interconnectedness with the other living things that make up our planet, and highlight the decisions we need to make if we are to survive as a species. In our post-industrial world we’ve lost our connection to the Earth- but today many people are looking to re-establish this connection. Green burials, having trees planted on your grave or having your ashes fertilize a tree, are an ancient concept that is newly popular; people today are interested in becoming trees after their death.
Ilaria is portrayed merging with a yew tree. One will grow upon the ruins of another. The past and the future occur simultaneously. Yew trees are signifiers of immortality. They are some of the oldest organisms on the planet. It’s not possible to date them exactly due to their rotting on the inside and growing out from themselves, but it is thought that the oldest ones in Britain are at least 4,000 years old, and possibly much older. They were revered by the Celts, who associated them with immortality, regeneration, rebirth and transformation. They are one of the most toxic plants around- just breathing their dust in can be fatal- and yet they are life-saving- taxol, a powerful anti-cancer drug, has been made from a compound found in their bark.
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Symbiont Tilly Yew
55 x 76 cm
acrylic and oil on canvas.
This painting is part of my Symbiont series, portraits of friends merging with trees. The Symbionts are inspired by the cracks in the pavement where trees take root, in the decay and rebirth of the world. They emphasize our interconnectedness with the other living things that make up our planet, and highlight the decisions we need to make if we are to survive as a species. In our post-industrial world we’ve lost our connection to the Earth- but today many people are looking to re-establish this connection. Green burials, having trees planted on your grave or having your ashes fertilize a tree, are an ancient concept that is newly popular; people today are interested in becoming trees after their death.
This painting portrays Tilly merging with a yew forest. One will grow upon the ruins of another. The past and the future occur simultaneously. Yew trees are signifiers of immortality. They are some of the oldest organisms on the planet. It’s not possible to date them exactly due to their rotting on the inside and growing out from themselves, but it is thought that the oldest ones in Britain are at least 4,000 years old, and possibly much older. They were revered by the Celts, who associated them with immortality, regeneration, rebirth and transformation. They are one of the most toxic plants around- just breathing their dust in can be fatal- and yet they are life-saving- taxol, a powerful anti-cancer drug, has been made from a compound found in their bark.
Symbiont Frances Yew
acrylic and oil on canvas
55 cm x 76 cm.
This painting is part of my Symbiont series, portraits of friends merging with trees. The Symbionts are inspired by the cracks in the pavement where trees take root, in the decay and rebirth of the world. They emphasize our interconnectedness with the other living things that make up our planet, and highlight the decisions we need to make if we are to survive as a species. In our post-industrial world we’ve lost our connection to the Earth- but today many people are looking to re-establish this connection. Green burials, having trees planted on your grave or having your ashes fertilize a tree, are an ancient concept that is newly popular; people today are interested in becoming trees after their death.
Frances is portrayed merging with a yew tree. One will grow upon the ruins of another. The past and the future occur simultaneously. Yew trees are signifiers of immortality. They are some of the oldest organisms on the planet. It’s not possible to date them exactly due to their rotting on the inside and growing out from themselves, but it is thought that the oldest ones in Britain are at least 4,000 years old, and possibly much older. They were revered by the Celts, who associated them with immortality, regeneration, rebirth and transformation. They are one of the most toxic plants around- just breathing their dust in can be fatal- and yet they are life-saving- taxol, a powerful anti-cancer drug, has been made from a compound found in their bark.
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Claustrophobia
acrylic and oil on canvas
51 x 46 cm
We live in a shoebox while all around us luxury flats are built, sold off-plan to overseas investors because the East End is so up-and-coming, so edgy and arty! Meanwhile the artists are all being pushed out …. living in fear of the next rent increase!
Give Up
Private collection, London
55cm x 76cm, acrylic and oil on canvas
Beware of Mental Calcification
76cm x 55cm, acrylic and oil on canvas
Help me, Pebble People- You’re my only hope
55 x 75 cm. Acrylic and acrylic transfer on canvas.
This painting was created specifically for the annual Star Walls exhibition at Artefacto, in Leytonstone, London.
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Miriam:Resurrection
55 x 76 cm
Oil on canvas
Study for Miriam:Resurrection
15 x 21 cm
Acrylic on canvas
Private Collection. Liverpool, UK
The Beholder
Private collection, Guildford
75 x 125 cm
Acrylic and oil on canvas
Eleanor Buffam 