Tag: Andrew B Holmes
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‘The Cakes are Back’ – at the Alexander Gallery in Bath
Together with some of this year’s figure studies. Andrew Holmes cake paintings have been well-received in Bath, a beautiful, historic city with an abundance of tea shops and varied eateries. He painted Aphrodite and Adonis and I am a donut earlier in the year and they are making their debut in a location which feels very appropriate. The owner of the Alexander Gallery…
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ING Discerning Eye 2016
This exhibition attracts some of the most interesting and varied artworks each year because the selectors are drawn from so many different areas of the art world. The works submitted cover a diverse range and styles, inclusive of the traditional approach but with a strong focus on contemporary pieces. Andrew was very happy to have been introduced to and invited…
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National Open Art Competition – Winter 2016
The NOA winter 2016 LONG LIST now announced The first round of judging for this year’s competition was held in London at The Arts Club, Dover Street, on Monday 1 August 2016. There are five judges for adult painting, photography and 3 dimensional works: Robin Muir, a photographic historian, former picture editor of Vogue and the Sunday Telegraph Magazine who…
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Andrew B Holmes recent work.
Over the last few months, new studies have been in development adding to and expanding on Andrew’s already varied portfolio. The painted works focus in particular on the figurative subjects which will be discussed in more detail in future posts, together with Andrew’s thoughts regarding his more illustrative pieces. Some sample pieces in this body…
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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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Still life at Frivoli
Over the following months the Frivoli Gallery is showing a selection of Andrew Holmes’s still life paintings of which the subject matter is food. So far, we gather that the large painting of Chips became quite a conversation piece during it’s short time in the window. The Frivoli Gallery owner, Hazel, is inspired by her early love of sculpture and ceramics and as…
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A fresh eye
Revisiting a painting. Andrew’s aim is to impart the simplest visual information. His enquiry is as much about the abstract element in the paint, to provide just enough detail and to avoid unnecessary distractions. In an earlier painting, Cake or Death, Andrew reviewed the original background. With a fresh eye he repainted this and by removing the more textured background, he hopes this painting now has better clarity and…
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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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Afternoon tea in Bath
The Historic city of Bath is best known for the stunning architecture, the Regency Crescents, and for the Roman Baths, Pump Rooms and Spa; recently updated with a well-considered Modernist extension which eloquently enhances the original building. Bath has always attracted visitors from every corner of the world and it never disappoints. Light sandstone is used as the local building material…
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Medici Gallery Exhibition
Andrew Holmes’ paintings have been well received at the Still Life show running until 8th July ’14. The show includes a wide variety pieces from Pierre-Yves Russo’s paintings on Copper Plate alongside Jo Barrett, Barbara Richardson RBA, Tom Hughes and Anna Paik. We were really pleased with the Lemon Meringue, a delicate pastry which, as a painting subject, provided…
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Still Life – detail and abstraction
There is an exhibition of Still life work scheduled at The Medici Gallery in Cork Street, London, next month, which will include some of Andrew Holmes’ work. The show opens on June 10th and runs through to July 8th 2014. The Gallery Curator has chosen a number of Andrew Holmes’ still life paintings to exhibit in this show and we are delighted with…
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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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Devil in the detail – a selection of Cake Paintings
Cake or Cake 2013 Now dry and ready for the New Year, here are some of Andrew’s cake paintings which will be showing over the coming months. Returning again to the cupcakes, the scones’ work and the chocolate slice; Dignity (originally named *Cake or Death), exhibiting with the Unix Gallery in Miami, and discussed in our earlier Art Basel…
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Barcelona – some architectural paintings
After visiting Barcelona a few years ago, rich in culture and design, Andrew produced some paintings from a viewpoint that particularly interested him. The architecture is dominated by the influence of Gaudi, renowned for celebrating the organic form, and a major influence of the Art Nouveau movement. Most well known are the gardens at Park…
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Learning to look – Life sketches
Some of Andrew’s Sketches Every week in West London, a life drawing group meet in a room above a pub to draw together. The people who attend are from varied walks of life, spanning all ages, using whatever medium they prefer, to practice their life drawing and sharing this common interest. There is no judging…
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Frivoli Gallery – A local eye
The Frivoli Gallery, just off Chiswick High Road, in West London, has recently acquired a selection of Andrew Holmes local scenes. The gallery is owned by Hazel, who previously ran a Prop Hire Company and spent many successful years as a Film Production Designer. Hazel is passionate about art, design, materials and form, having studied sculpture under Sir Anthony Caro, and…
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