Lil Neilson

On Monday I took time out to visit a Eduardo Alessandro Studios in Broughty Ferry on the advice of a good friend, to see an exhibition by Lil Neilson.

Lil Neilson (1938-1998) was born in Kirkcaldy and raised in Kinross. She attended Duncan of Jordanstone Art College in Dundee. after graduating she was awarded a residency at Hospitalfield where she met and became friends with Joan Eardley (a visiting tutor) who introduced her to the coastal town of Catterline, which became one of her favourite places to paint

Mary Fedden

Now we enter full winter, those silent snow days waiting for the sun to warm and spring to come. 

Mary Fedden has many wonderful pictures of sheep in the snow, patiently waiting. 

Cornelia O'Donovan I

Cornelia O'Donovan's work is full of exuberant pattern and colour, and often dream like surreal imagery this image reminded me of a Christmas tree with its triangular thrust, composition and colour combination.

Mary Fedden

A selection of paintings about birds in the snow by Mary Fedden (1915-2012).
Mary was born in Bristol and from an early age set her ambitions on being an artist. She attended The Slade School of Art between 1932-1936 studying under Russian theatre designer Vladimir Polunin. On graduating she painted sets for Sadler's Wells but decided against a career in stage design and returned to Bristol to teach art and work as a painter. In 1951 she married fellow artist Julian Trevelyan during her life-time she painted prolifically and there are many works that you can enjoy.

Kindah Khalidy

I am still really enjoying abstract paintings at the moment enjoying the exuberance, vibrancy, and freedom of prescribed narrative. These works are by Kindah Khalidy, Kindah's multi media work is also used as textile and product design.

Deb Laurence I

Deb Lawrence's works traverse craft and fine art mixing them together to create work that binds many themes and ideas together. She uses mixed media on antique linen creating abstract 'quilt canvases'.

"My handling of materials is intimate and engaging as I fold, crease and paint, creating structural dimensionality and imbuing my work with a veritable soul. Collectively termed Self-Help, my titles serve as wry provocations to cope with contemporary life and get comfortable in our own skin.                                                                                                 The antique linen I use is integral both to the conceptual basis and visual aesthetics of my work. Hand woven by women in the 1800’s, it was originally used as bed sheets and duvet covers, security blankets in their own right. The coarse threads, hand stitched seams, and occasional repairs highlight the vestiges of the female hand and engender a sense of strength, authenticity and beauty in that which is genuine and imperfect."       Deb Laurence

Nicholas Wilton II

Nicholas Wilton is an American artist who works with colour and line in large abstract compositions. Nicholas shares his techniques and enthusiasm on his blog with many inspiring videos.

Michela Sorrentino

Abstract paintings by Canadian designer and artist Michela Sorrentino. Michela worked for many years in Europe and Asia as a textile designer but in recent years has changed her main medium to painting. Thank you  

Mirco Marchelli

A selection of works by Italian artist and creative Mirco Marchelli .

Pouké Halpern I

Pouké Halpern is a food stylist and artist who has different styles in photography, paper or paint but all have a aesthetic and sublime beauty. Her paintings are often subtle pale still lives bordering on abstraction, with a soft cubism, like that of twentieth century British artists Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson.

Scott Daniel Ellison I

Scott Daniel Ellison paints quite dark, primitive images that intrigue with their surreal pictorial stories.
Scott's earlier works focuses on animal encounters of his childhood and youth. Recently his work has grown in stature and has become more macabre, inspired by Scandinavian folk art, horror films and music.

Yusuke Asai I

One of the most inspiring artists I have seen and heard for a long time.
Yusuke Asai paints using the pigments in the earth around him creating a subtle and varied pallet from the soil. Yusuke studied ceramics at high school but could not afford to go on to University and so taught himself by studying folk art and visiting museums and zoological parks. His images evolve spontaneously and almost biologically as he starts with small things that eventually turn into the bigger picture. Through his beautiful work, he hopes that people will reconnect with the earth they live on.

 'I choose to use the earth as a medium because I can find dirt anywhere in the world and do not need special materials. Dirt is by nature very different than materials sold in art stores! Seeds grow in it and it is home to many insects and microorganisms. It is a “living” medium.' Yusuke Asai

Yusuke Asai "yamatane" from Rice Gallery on Vimeo.

Gary Komarin I

Seeking solace in abstraction today with the work of American painter Gary Komarin,

Dee Nickerson

Dee Nickerson is an artist who lives on the Norfolk, Suffolk border, the landscape of my teens and one that continues to have a strong pull on my soul. This painting (Above) is called 'Freedom', Dee went to Great Yarmouth College of art and design and then has worked in various jobs in textiles and ceramics until she became an established painter, her work delights in capturing simple pleasures and wonders of life in the countryside.
Below; 'Unexpected visitors'.

Shane Drinkwater I

A collection of Australian artist Shane Drinkwater's red works. Shane's works remind me of maps, diagrams  and systematic recordings, plotting time, lunar passages or seasons. In many ways they speak the language of Australia and it's aboriginal artists in the narrative of pattern that they use.

"Ideas and images appear through the making of the work and I don’t feel the need to analyse them: language becomes unnecessary, I let the work speak for me." Shane Drinkwater

Marek Jaromski Obraz

Paintings by Polish painter and graphic designer Marek Jaromski Obraz. Marek's paintings can be very abstract and are often a blur of repeated subject and mark. These two examples however are more like strips of film recalling a sequence of images. The painting above has a cyclist pushing his way through promenading birds. The bottom image reminds me of a collection of photographs from a dreamy country walk pigeons,cows and then an angel.