Tag: Andrew Holmes Paintings
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ING Discerning Eye 2020 Exhibition
A year on. It was a full house last year for the Discerning Eye 2019 Exhibition at The Mall Galleries and Andrew Holmes was extremely honoured to be the recipient of the Meynell Fenton Prize. As always, there was a vibrant atmosphere with so many excellent and diverse pieces of work on display. The preview…
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ING Discerning Eye Exhibition – 2019
‘Kiyohime’, a new figurative study, has been selected for the 2019 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition. Painted in oil on paper this painting is part of a series of pieces Andrew has worked on over the past year. The Discerning Eye exhibition attracts more interest as the years pass and the collection grows. Andrew particularly enjoys being…
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Royal Academy of Arts – Summer Exhibition 2019
Andrew has just received news that one of his figurative pieces – ‘untitled (Kiyo)’ – a small study in oils on paper, has been selected for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, 2019. The application process starts with up to 16,000 pieces being submitted online and approximately 4,000 works are then called in for the second stage of…
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New English Art Club – 2018 Exhibition
Apartment 31 by Andrew Holmes The New English Art Club (NEAC), established in 1886, is part of the Federation of British Artists and they are currently holding their annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London. The show represents members’ work along with up to one hundred non-member submissions chosen from over two thousand entries.…
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New work with Panter and Hall
Three new figurative studies have been selected by Panter and Hall for this year’s Autumn Affordable Art Fair, (AAF). Held in Battersea Park, the show will open with a Charity Private View in the evening on Wednesday 18th Oct 2017. The autumn is often a busy time for Andrew, with several interesting exhibitions coming up…
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Mall Galleries – new online gallery
For many years The Mall Galleries have actively supported both established and emerging artists offering a wonderful space in Central London where various exhibitions take place. More recently they have set up a new online gallery to showcase many of the regular contributors to their exhibitions and we were delighted to have been invited to have some of Andrew…
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New figurative studies
White Dresses and Generic girls To celebrate a new year, here’s a selection of Andrew Holmes life paintings he’s developed over the past few months. The ‘white dress figures’ are first painted as full life studies and Andrew then overpaints a simple white shape to highlight the form and contrasts between the soft and sharp surfaces. In particular, the works are…
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What’s in a name
I am a doughnut – Food and cake paintings provide a rich source of inspiration and this subject is where Andrew Holmes is perhaps better known. Whilst Andrew plans a series of paintings under an initial group title, it is during the process where he then determines how this will be reflected and when individual titles are attributed.
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Gondolas at the Alexander Gallery
A few Classic views of Venice are now exhibiting in Bath over the coming months. Gallery owner Peter Slade recently commissioned more work featuring Venice for his winter show and he dropped by to collect four new paintings from Andrew earlier this week. When revisiting a subject, Andrew’s approach is to bring together new ideas developed in other areas he studies to…
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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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The Blackheath Gallery
Over Several years, a selection of Andrew Holmes works have been exhibited with Gallerist James Corless, at the Blackheath Gallery, near Greenwich.
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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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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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National Portrait Gallery – BP Award 2015
Later this year, the art world will be keenly awaiting the final shortlisted paintings for the annual BP Portrait award. The preliminary round of judging is now complete. For the first time, all submissions were made online and out of close to three thousand applications, five hundred have been called in for the next stage.
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ROI – Annual Exhibition – 2014
A Bathing -oil on panel – 50x60cm Two quite different subjects. Two pieces Andrew submitted to the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Society (ROI) have been accepted for their annual exhibition, the subjects cover his still life work and a more recent study of a bather. Although these pieces differ in theme, the painted style is…
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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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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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Edible Still life
Now showing with the Dadbrook Gallery A selection of Andrew’s still life work is now available with the Dadbrook Gallery based in Buckinghamshire, established nearly a decade ago. The owner of the Gallery is Clico Kinsbury, who’s commitment to Art is evident in her selection of works, and the success of the gallery, has precipitated the recent appointment of Kat Kowalewska as Gallery Manager. Clico and Kat…
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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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In search of the elusive ‘Voice’
Oil Studies – In preparation for any project, before committing to canvas or board, initial studies and sketches, using alternative mediums or methods are a common tool to help an artist consider a subject in more depth. This can help develop ideas and to liberate process, keeping the work fresh and engaging, without restrictions of expectation, minimising storage space and material…
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Dornie Gallery – The Highlands
Mary Drummond, owner of the Dornie Schoolhouse Gallery in Scotland, has selected some of Andrew’s work to show over the coming months. This is a small gallery tucked away in the Highlands of Scotland on the banks of Loch Long, within walking distance of Eilean Donan Castle, one of the most iconic images of the Highlands. Here…
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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.
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