Category: Water
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In Water
A selection of more recent paintings in Andrew Holmes series of people in water will be showing over the next few days with Panter and Hall at the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea. In these paintings Andrew continues to examine how light and contrast play such a significant role in how we perceive an image – where the abstract element…
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Panter and Hall Gallery
Earlier this week Andrew Holmes delivered a selection of paintings to Pall Mall in Central London. The above painting, dog retrieves stick, an oil on paper, is mounted and framed behind glass. Works by Andrew Holmes will also be exhibiting with Panter and Hall at the autumn Affordable Art Fair held in Battersea Park alongside many other artists, including paintings by Chris Bushe RSW, David Storey…
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New Work – lighting the dark
Further studies of bathers. Andrew Holmes figurative work is further developing his enquiry into observations of life subjects in relation to a space and has continued with more abstract examination using contrasts and the consequent effect.
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Democratic Beach
AB Holmes – searcher – Oil on Panel, 40cm x 50cm The Jack House Gallery in Old Portsmouth previewed a new exhibition this week featuring Andrew Holmes Bathers and Studies in Water. Timed to co-incide with the opening day of the America’s Cup Challenge, the area was teeming with yachtsman and sailing enthusiasts, the water awash with sails. Despite some…
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Works on Paper – bathers
Over recent months, Andrew has further explored some earlier ideas of bathers on paper. Initially only intended to be studies for the bather subjects on panel, as Andrew explored various mediums, this became an interesting process where several pieces have evolved into “stand alone” works.
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Jack House Gallery
Owner and Art Curator, Rebecca Crow opened the Jack House Gallery this weekend in Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK . The new, Contemporary Art Gallery situated in the Old Town area, close to the Cathedral and just set back from the waterfront, launched their first show on Saturday 4th of April with works by the much travelled artist, Amartey Golding.
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“Morning” bather called in for the RA Summer selection
“Morning” has been called in to the Royal Academy for the second stage of the selection process for the forthcoming annual Summer Exhibition. Andrew is drawn to the subjects of water and bathers, in particular because the light, layers and content can offer him the opportunity to represent these in a natural, understated manner.
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‘dog with stick in dark water’
Oil on paper 57x76cm The Panter and Hall Gallery, located in Pall Mall, London, SW1, have just received an additional painting of a Dog swimming by Andrew Holmes .
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Studies of Water – Painted in Oils
The more recent series of Andrew Holmes’s studies of “water with dog swimming” are nearing completion. These paintings make up part of a larger body of work which Andrew has been focusing on over the past few months, covering the subject of ‘water and swimmers’ in a variety of spaces and locations. When Andrew approaches each painting, a different challenge is presented. In…
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Paints – Less can be more
Experimental abstracted painting can develop into stand alone works. Behind many finished artworks lies a number of preparatory pieces made prior to commencing a body of work, to practice and study how paint moves using new or different techniques and procedures. Developing as a painter is an ongoing process and an important part of the journey is…
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Figures in water
More recent Andrew Holmes paintings of bathers will be exhibiting with the Panter and Hall Gallery next week at the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea, London. ‘Generations’ is one piece in a collection Andrew has been developing since ‘boy bathing’. Working on a group of themed studies of figures in water, Andrew is using a limited palette, focusing on simple compositions while exploring the…
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Dog in Water – on paper
Horace – a best friend’s dog August was dedicated to exploring with paints on different substrates, primarily paper and the studio walls were filled to capacity. Many artists agree that the finished product is rarely what they set out to create and there is an inevitable frustration with this. They need to continually test themselves, to learn and to improve…
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Final Shortlist
Andrew’s painting – boy bathing – has now reached the final stage of the 2014 Summer Exhibition selection process at the Royal Academy of Art. All the works will be taken into the galleries where the Curators have a huge task ahead of them in arranging the final hang. During this process, they have to balance the pieces into…
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Royal Academy – Summer Exhibition 2014
boy bathing – shortlisted This year artists were invited to a submit their work for the 2014 Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art by supplying digital images online. The Academy limited the submissions to 12,000 and the judges then selected 4,000 to be delivered for further assessment. Artists who have been fortunate enough to be shortlisted at this stage are asked…
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Transport in Venice
Two recent Venice paintings Although gondolas are considered the traditional modes of transport in Venice , on arrival at the airport, the trip across the lagoon would be too difficult and would therefore have to be via bus, train or water-bus . If affordable, one of the loveliest ways to arrive in Venice is by water taxi. The…
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ROI Annual show, 2013
This year the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI), will be showing a more recent Venice painting of Andrew’s in their annual Christmas exhibition at the Mall Galleries in Central London. From Riva Ca di Dio We’re looking forward to the preview as this is always a very festive occasion with very witty guest speakers.…
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The Alexander Gallery – Venice – Christmas 2013
Andrew’s Venice work is now showing with the Alexander Gallery in the beautiful city of Bath, UK.