by Claire Sparkes SGFA My painting ‘threads’, watercolour and pencil on paper, was actually the second painting of this subject. The first painting, is titled ‘Warp and Weft’ and was made using oil paint on canvas. The inspiration for both pieces was my daughter. In...
The John Ruskin Prize 2017 Shortlist Exhibition MASTER OF ALL TRADES “Without mingling of heart-passion with hand-power, no art is possible. The highest art unites both in their intensest degrees: the action of the hand at its finest, with that of the heart at its...
Robert Gutteridge entered DRAW 16 as a non-member. He was awarded the Highly Commended Work in Monochrome prize, sponsored by Stabilo International. The work was sent from Australia and is a fantastic testament to the global reach the UK’s only society dedicated...
Bath Contemporary is situated in a beautiful, grade II listed Georgian building in the heart of Bath. The gallery is almost 100 square meters. The director Bridget Sterling and gallery assistant Oliver Adams have masters degrees in Fine Art. The Gallery works in...
Mezzotint can be a very laborious process, particularly if making a larger scale print. It also can settle into something of a pattern. With Trotting Hare I wanted to make a print which broke with the convention of the negative (light) image on the dark background,...