Exhibition FINAL WEEK everything must go!

This week is the final week of my exhibition of neon paintings at the Caroline of Brunswick.

So if you still haven't popped in for a quick look, this is your very last chance. They will be there until last orders on Wednesday evening. And then they will be gone.

the address is:
Caroline of Brunswick
39 Ditchling Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 4SB

But in case you can't make it along here is a short video tour

More exhibition press

I found a copy of February's GScene in Brighton the other day, so I've scanned in the little feature/preview they gave me. It's on page 52 if you want to see it in the flesh.

It's strange when you write a press-release about yourself then people quote it back at you. Suppose it would be worse if it was used against you, though.

Exhibition press

I've had a bit of local press for my exhibition at the Caroline of Brunswick.

There's a preview in this month's XYZ magazine


XYZ also gave it a mention on their blog
www.xyzmagazine.co.uk/blog/wordpress/?p=3783

GScene used my press-release as a direct quote from "the artist"
page 52 and
www.gscene.com/Exhibitions/Painted_neon_exhibition.shtml

painting: That Fiery Inferno In The Pit Of My Belly

Here's a commissioned painting I finished last Christmas.

The brief was for a painting to hang on a high wall under a vaulted ceiling - it was a slightly odd width/height ratio, which made for a tricky composition. The only other factor was the colour palette: deep, burnt oranges and reds, with black.

With the proposed hanging height in mind I set to creating a painting that would work best when looked up to, emphasising the height and size of the foreground elements, and drawing the viewers eye in to the very depths of the flaming inferno.

The colour palette took me back to my 1st year at art school, when I produced a set of four paintings depicting apocalyptic scenes from the Book of Revelation - All fire and brimstone and volcanic eruptions.

This canvas began life as a slow, oozing river of lava. But over the course of about a year, it gradually metamorphosed into a fiery cavern of molten magma - some kind of hellish pit of internal combustion. I lightened the mood, cheekily adding a tiny ship, chugging its way through the volatile lake of fire.

That Fiery Inferno In The Pit Of My Belly, 2008, mixed media on canvas, 125cm x 78cm

If you would like to commission a painting, please email: iheartneon[at]gmail.com
You can view more of my work online at: Saatchi/yourgallery and artists.de