LFA Artists’ News
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Trevor Pittaway
My longest running exhibition yet
My retrospective exhibition at the Frank Mitchell Gallery Dewsbury was hung on the 17th January. Now in isolation with no end in sight, it’s my longest exhibition yet ……unfortunately nobody can see it.
Liz Salter
Spending the afternoons drawing outside
My sketchbook Despite now having more time to work, I have found it difficult to settle my mind to paint in the studio so I have spent the afternoons drawing outside. I am very lucky to live in the country with easy access to a patch of wild land that I have walked and drawn…
Pauline Meade
Cir Mhor from Glen Rosa
Cir Mhor from Glen Rosa The second picture shows the sketch I made on location on the Isle of Arran, together with the lino block after completing the process and the colours used. The print was made by progressively cutting and etching the block and applying ink in 8 stages.
Keith Harris
Plein Air Oils Destined for Dean Clough?
Farm Above Diggle, oil, 24 x 24 cm I had hoped to submit these and some other plein-air oils to the LFA annual exhibition at Dean Clough, but will now have to wait for another opportunity. However, this delay is a minor inconvenience considering the circumstances everyone has to cope with. I feel I should…
A portrait of Jason and Fraser on Tower Ridge
Jake and Fraser on Tower Ridge This is a painting in oils on canvas size 80cm x 65cm. It came about because a while ago I climbed Tower Ridge on the north face of Ben Nevis with Jason, a close friend and old climbing companion and his son Fraser who was just 14 years old…
Pamela Anne Briggs
Submissions for Dean Clough 2020
BYZANTIUM: 21 WINDMILLS, Acrylic on 4 x panels, total 244 x 122cm. My current practice is Hardedge Geometric Abstraction. Initially my source of inspiration is Ancient Pattern. I work sequentially through many permeations in work journals developing ideas, until I decide which options might lead to finished pieces, and these will usually then be part…
Julia Borodina
Commission paintings for the Dakota Hotel, Edinburgh
At the end of March I have won a commission project for 2 large canvases (300cm x 170cm); they have been completed in self-isolation at the Creative Arts Hub in Mirfield. The brief was based on vintage travel and inspired by the traditional railway posters. I am very happy with the result and really enjoyed the work on such a…
Tony Ratcliffe
Beyond the Tree
Kilburn Horse block drawing. Shortly after the end of the Northern Stones and Peat Smoke exhibition in Liverpool I was invited to have a solo exhibition at the ‘Inspired By’ gallery in the North York Moors National Park. The theme of the exhibition and programmed events focused on the environmental importance of trees and their…
Jo York
Layers in Landscape and In Paint
Work in progress on a 41cm square canvas, with colours, tools, sketchbook and notes. My artwork usually comes from walking in the landscape. Getting out in the fresh air, in the natural environment has always been really important to me. Being there in all weathers; absorbing and responding to a sense of place, is at…
Roger Gardner
Attic Painting
I’m working in the attic with limited supplies. The 80cm. square has been around for a long time. I started with some homemade stencils then changed things. The end result may be totally different…