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Inspirational #goldenhour late afternoon mini trip to the countryside on my doorstep. Just the tonic. And planning for #paintingspot #paint #enpleinair #filmphotograph #recce etc. etc. Capture better in paint…

The Kemptown Trail – Artists Open Houses 2019

Jaxx in a Box House Artists Open Houses 4th – 26th May 2019 Venue 17 on the Kemptown Trail Sketchbooks open, paint on the floor. Excuse the mess she says, flinging open the door. British artist and designer Jacqueline Hammond will be opening up her family home situated near East Brighton Park. The shabby, suburban … Continue reading →Read more

Original one-off art by Jacqueline Hammond Stars on Canvas | eBay Only an hour to bid on this for #starsoncanvas chance to snap up a bargain original #painting🎨 and donate to @willowfoundation at the same time other #paintings to choose from in #charityartauction including this by @Artbyjaxx #royalfamily #royalbaby Bidding for Stars on Canvas is … Continue reading →Read more

Snailspace Brighton is a vibrant and exciting, FREE, public art event in Brighton & Hove. Admire 50 giant painted Snail sculptures and over 50 Junior Snails as you explore our great city at a snail’s pace. Following on from the hugely successful Snowdogs by the Sea art trail in 2016, Martlets, has once again teamed up … Continue reading →Read more

At the end of the summer term I spent several weeks in and out of various classrooms to paint the snail. Here I am at the school assembly to present the finished snail painted with the children of St Marks Primary and being auctioned in aid of @martletshospice.  the snails will be all over Brighton … Continue reading →Read more

Painting the snail with the children. Snailway is in Brighton from 15 September – 18 November 2018 Here’s the snail I painted with the children at St Marks Primary and being auctioned in aid of @martletshospice the snails will be all over Brighton – ours will be in St George’s Church in Kemptown @snailspacebh #bemoresnailcampaign #bemoresnail2018 Sketches and … Continue reading →Read more

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/19/arts/design/geta-bratescu.html?smid=tw-share “I think of drawing as a dance,” Mrs. Bratescu said. “And a dance is a drawing in space. If you don’t appreciate dancing, these things aren’t possible to create.” “The Lines and the Circle” (2012) by Geta Bratescu. Credit Geta Bratescu; photograph by Stefan Sava, via Hauser & Wirth Mrs. Bratescu’s studio has long … Continue reading →Read more

Photo-log blog of the art on the walls at ‘Jaxx in a Box’ my house and studio which was open to the public this May for Artists Open Houses for more info visit www.aoh.org All over the city of Brighton and Hove, local artists open their houses and studios to the public. Follow the trail at Kemptown Arts Brighton ]

Series of paintings titled Zeros and Ones by Jacqueline Hammond New paintings in this series are now available for exhibition and are currently listed for sale on Saatchi Gallery online here: Click on the paintings below to view them on Saatchi https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Zeros-and-Ones/28136/4262412/view – Image below https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Zeros-and-Ones-Hoops/28136/4262440/view – Image below   https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Zeros-and-Ones-Stripes/28136/4262465/view – Image below https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Zeros-and-One-Gashi-Gashi/28136/4262481/view – Image below https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Zeros-and-One-Trap-Door/28136/4262567/view – … Continue reading →Read more

Save Madeira Drive Campaign – The Big Raffle

What a sociable month May was – I had so many lovely conversations with people that it’s going to take a while to remember the people that came to visit my open house so I’m going to make a little list quickly. Those who made it to the trail’s ‘outpost’ had dedication and conviction. They … Continue reading →Read more

Artists Open Houses outpost – Jaxx in a Box – Venue 19 on the @KemptownArts Trail @artistshouses #Brighton #artlovers n locals come and visit us @artistsopenhouses #AOH2018 #artistsatwork #artistatplay #kemptownartstrail #jaxxhammond #contemporaryart #painter #painting #artcollector

Nearly sold The Royals to the French last week Still up for grabs at Jaxx in a Box Venue 19 on the @KemptownArts Trail @artistshouses #Brighton #art visit us @artistsopenhouses #AOH2018 #contemporaryart #painter #painting #artcollector #royalfamily #royalwedding  #royalbaby

Jaxx in a Box (Venue 19 on the Kemptown Trail) Artists Open Houses Festival http://www.aoh.org.uk Every Weekend 5th-27th May 2018 Visit my house and studio this May for Artists Open Houses for more info visit www.aoh.org All over the city of Brighton and Hove, local artists open their houses and studios to the public. Follow the trail at Kemptown Arts … Continue reading →Read more

https://www.facebook.com/events/812272798970274??ti=ia right now! Keep posted on the exhibition through social media and socialise. Be there virtually in cyberspace if can’t make it in the flesh – #jaxxhammond #jaxxinabox on Instagram @artbyjaxx on Twitter 👌❤️🥂🎨🎬🤹🏻‍♂️🛸🕺🏽👀 #AOH2018

Preparations are well underway for opening my house for Brighton’s Artists Open Houses this May. Jaxx in a Box Venue No.19 on the Kemptown Trail  25 Reading Road, Brighton BN2 5NE We have been painting our socks off at Jaxx in a Box! The walls are gallery white now and ready for the paintings to be … Continue reading →Read more

Jaxx in a Box (Venue 19 on the Kemptown Trail) Artists Open Houses Festival Every Weekend 5th-27th May 2018           Visit my house and studio this May for Artists Open Houses for more info visit www.aoh.org All over the city of Brighton and Hove, local artists open their houses and studios to the public. Follow … Continue reading →Read more

Light installation featuring Elektra Smartylamps at Pizza Workshop on Whiteladies Road in Clifton, Bristol.

Watch this space / place light up #interiors #refurbishment and design by @moonarchitectandbuilder #lighting – Making #installation of #elektra #smartylamps on site for @pizzaworkshop #restaurant in #Bristol #whiteladiesroad #Clifton – This lighting is brought to you by smartdecostyle.com #lights #lightdecor

Hysterical truth “women who expressed their anger in public were sometimes fitted with iron masks that covered their faces and depressed their tongues. Scold’s bridles served a dual purpose: public humiliation that mouthy women would be mouthy no more” And, so, the anger has been steadily controlled. Since the days of the scold bridle—since the … Continue reading →Read more

Long way to go for gender equality and yet 100 years since Women given the right to vote. Enough with your phallic, capitalist, gun and violence toting hypocrisy and rule ye mankind. Stop the war. Compassion and empathy are key to survival. Not oneupmanship and deviant, snakey, denial of deceptive, sly behaviour. Enough is enough. Play fair or we all die. Ignorance is far from bliss. Get a grip #boys

(Thanks Lhoka for that one)  Answer is yes I have been. I needed to finish a couple paintings that have been hanging around for ages all they required was some sheep.  There was no need to stay up half the night producing more 10 small paintings of sheep, but being me I like to get … Continue reading →Read more

Stopped to sketch the sheep 🐑 on the hill above the valley where I live. Sheepcote Valley sweeps round to the racecourse. A salubrious area of Brighton known as Falcon Blanc. Tenuous link but I do seem to have made 🐑 and 🦅 ‘s my current subjects so I’d best look at some out in … Continue reading →Read more

Sadie Plant Talk circa 1995 “Girls, music and other dangerous substances” At Dead by Dawn – all night techno party. South Brixton. Praxis  cyber-feminisms grrrl DJ’s and she-core (Mmm…nothing to do with me)

Dear oh Deer Xmas cards designed by Jacqueline Hammond for SmartDeco Mixed digital design media 2014

Protest Artists Collective Pussy Riot perform in Brighton UK Pussy Riot or bend over for the rest of your life. Russian #collective #PussyRiot suffer imprisonment for their work. #inspiring #protest #feminism #radical #artists #radicals who mix/merge art November 19th 2017 at The Haunt in Brighton UK Protest Artists Collective Pussy Riot perform in Brighton UK

Masha – Riot Days – Art and Protest collective Pussy Riot performed in Brighton on November 19th 2017 at The Haunt

Virtual Futures collective with Stelarc and Nina Sellars at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Virtual Futures Salon with Stelarc and Nina Sellars at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Alternative Anatomies with Stelarc and Nina Sellars – Virtual Futures at the Victoria and Albert Museum London  Very excited. En-route to the #V&A #museum to film Stelarc and Nina Sellars talk at #VirtualFutures Salon. Stelarc is an original 1990’s #VF contributor.  Renowned for pushing the boundaries Stelarc explores and interogates notions of identity and the … Continue reading →Read more

Yes. Enquire within

“What makes one an activist? Activism is bred from rage. Being a “have not” in an environment of riches is maddening. People continue to insist that the film business is a meritocracy, that the best and the brightest succeeded, but most are blind to the fact that without opportunity one cannot possibly rise. This is … Continue reading →Read more

Today’s the day! It’s up to the painting to work its magic now.  Handing in day painting Life’s a Beach shortlisted for judging in the National Art Open Competition  The building at NOA was full with artworks arriving from around the country. I caught a glimpse of some of the submissions and by the standard … Continue reading →Read more

I’ve been busy packaging up the painting ready for handing in to be viewed by the judging panel on 29th August for the National Open Art Competition Only a few days left to Vote for Life’s a Beach #painting in #NOA17    Voting ends on 28th August  CAST YOUR #worldartvote NOW at http://www.nationalopenart.org/gallery2.php?as=1&Life-s-a-Beach-23195

Less than a week to go before handing in Jacqueline Hammond‘s Life’s a Beach painting for the second round of judging in the National Open Art Competition. There is a chance to take part  people’s vote #worldartvote. The artwork with the most votes will be revealed in early September, win the £1,000 prize sponsored by MS … Continue reading →Read more

Less than a week to go before handing in Jacqueline Hammond’s Life’s a Beach painting for the second round of judging in the National Open Art Competition.

Less than a week to go before handing in Jacqueline Hammond’s Life’s a Beach painting for the second round of judging in the National Open Art Competition.

Very exciting news – The painting I submitted has been shortlisted for #thegreatartprize #NOA17 and as one of the 500 shortlisted works will go through to the second round of judging for The National Art Open Competition

Pretend you are relaxing on the beach from the comfort of your own back garden with this Life is a Beach deck chair (above) designed by British artist Jacqueline Hammond

 Windy summer. View our Art Print Deckchair collection on the Smart Deco website

Experimenting with #animated_gif @Artbyjaxx pic.twitter.com/gzkevv8mub — Jacqueline Hammond (@Artbyjaxx) July 30, 2017

These are the Elektra Smartylamps Smart Deco made for The Pigeon House, an award winning restaurant and wedding venue in the heart of Delgany Village, County Wicklow, Ireland

The only good system is a sound system.

Smarty Lamps Elektra Light sculptures décor hired for the Astrolabe Theatre Stage and other main stages situated in circus big top style marquees in the Theatre and Circus Fields at this year’s Glastonbury Festival in 2017

Smartylamps offer a range of designer inspired, retro style, trendy, affordable lighting, both ceiling pendant lampshades and lamps that give a contemporary, modern look when re-vamping a room. Smartylamps are based in the UK and supply customers with pre-assembled, complete light shades that are ready to install upon opening the box.

Check our new homepage and updated Smart Deco website and get some Smart Deco style with our Art Print Deckchairs. Original art, framed with a deckchair, this summer’s must have item for the garden.

Check our new homepage and updated Smart Deco website

Hacked off full stop. Apocalypse domesticus. Business ruinous. Slags nil. Pricks nil. Human consciousness growth lagging. A real techno to do about everything. Get a grip, it is shit. Breeders everywhere without a care. Get on or get out the way. Middlemen out. If you’re not learning you’re passively consuming. Study forever. Learn anyway. Otherwise … Continue reading →Read more

Unlike Land, Plant and Fisher were technophiles: she had an early Apple computer, he was an early mobile phone user. “Computers … pursue accelerating, exponential paths, proliferating, miniaturising, stringing themselves together,” wrote Plant in Zeroes and Ones, a caffeinated 1997 book about the development of computing. Plant and Fisher were also committed fans of the 90s’ increasingly kinetic dance music and action films, which they saw as popular art forms that embodied the possibilities of the new digital era.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_Dick Seems particularly apt viewing material today #Media for #MothersDay

You won’t get in my my way this century. End superiority.

Breaking news from the village of Walkhampton, Devon near Dartmoor, the area I’m from… A village bus shelter is being secretly decorated and furnished by an unknown person, sparking intrigue in the community.The shelter in the village of Walkhampton, Devon first had a comfortable chair installed last year. Since then there have been regular makeovers, … Continue reading →Read more

View and purchase artwork from British artist Jacqueline Hammond on the website.

Auctioned in aid of @Willow_Fdn for #starsoncanvas Original one-off art by Jacqueline Hammond Stars on Canvas eBay

Bid for my painting for Stars on Canvas 2016 now on Ebay AUCTION ENDS at 18.58 GMT 27th November 2016 – BID ON PAINTING NOW

Stars on Canvas 2012 – My paintings raised over £400

This is the 3rd year I’ve taken part in Stars on Canvas, a charity art exhibition and auction of original pieces created by well known names from the worlds of art, illustration, sport, music and popular culture.Stars on Canvas organised by Julieanne Gilburt has been held every two years since 2008 and has raised more … Continue reading →Read more

Stars on Canvas is a charity art exhibition and auction of original pieces created by well known names from the worlds of art, illustration, sport, music and popular culture

Sold this painting today to a customer in Shaldon fitting as that’s the place in the distance. View of the Ness

Amazing how things go – saying goodbye to not one but two poppy paintings this week!

Our Cosmo lampshades need to keep flying out in the #BlackFriday sale on @notonthehighst​ from £28 – get switched on! Source: smarty lamps cosmo light shade by smart deco | notonthehighstreet.com

Our fourth talk from the System Failure series, we look at the specific issues facing artists raising families while trying to earn money to support them. Source: Artquest / Current Projects / System Failure / The family problem: or, how the art world should work for artists with children

Women of our Century – BBC Iplayer Series 1: Paule Vézelay (Biography – http://jlwcollection.com/jlwcollection.com/Paule_Vezelay.html) First transmitted in 1984, Germaine Greer interviews pioneer abstract artist Paule Vézelay. British painter Vézelay was neglected and ignored by the British art establishment for most of her long life, but she can claim to be Britain’s first abstract artist. She … Continue reading →Read more

Very popular as fine art prints Smart Deco developed the print to produce designer art print fabric to make deckchairs, lampshades and cushions. The poppy is a striking motif and looks so vivid in this painterly style. Featured trend by WGSM at Spring Fair International, as seen here – our Poppy Bag in a display … Continue reading →Read more

Last month a screen above the departures board was installed in Brighton station for people to text in and potentially have their inner thoughts, woes or confessions upload and displayed in public there in the station. I didn’t get to see The Waiting Wall in action but enamoured by the concept I found myself logging … Continue reading →Read more

Girls, music and other dangerous substances. #Birmingham #westcountry #thisisengland 1992 – 1995 for British artist Jacqueine Hammond

Smart Deco’s Country Lane Deckchair by Jacqueline Hammond has been featured in Five of the Best: Designer Deckchairs

Smarty Lamps in the Theatre and Circus Fields at Glastonbury Festival.

#summershere #salenowon Only £80 – Life’s a Beach Deckchair by Jacqueline Hammond #artbyjaxx Are you enjoying #theweather and #fancyatrip to the #beach at #theweekend ? With my deckchair design you can just stay at #home Gaze at the pretty coast from a bird’s eye view or sit down and #relax in the #garden .

The Smart Deco team have been ‘out in the field’ creating décor with Smartylamps for the main stage tents in the Theatre and Circus Fields of Glastonbury Festival 2015 held in Somerset in South West England.

Dreaming of pastures new? Perfect for watching the sun set while camping, this British designed deckchair – with its smattering of poppies bursting with colour against a stunning Spanish landscape – is just the spot from which to while away sunny days. Not going camping this year? No worries. Sit back and enjoy the local … Continue reading →Read more

With its enticing avenue of trees on the sling, this design features a print of a painting entitled ‘Mum’s Drive Home’, depicting an atmospheric drive down a winding road from a coastal town in Devon. Achieving a pleasing perspective, it evokes the feeling of travelling down a country lane with the roof down, feeling the cooling breeze, seeing dancing dappled sun spots, anticipating finding a tucked-away rural pub or picnic spot.

Ace ! Just sold this abstract painting from our Smart Deco Style store on notonthehighstreet.com and its got me in the mood for painting some more! abstract oil painting by jacqueline hammond deepop by smart deco | notonthehighstreet.com.

How lovely. I feel very honoured. This is what making art is all about. Just got a tweet from the History Society at Cronton Sixth Form College “who voted to fundraise for a memorial at the College, in honour of the 100 year anniversary of the beginning of World War One… .. the students chose a print of a painting by artist Jacqueline Hammond for the memorial, titled ‘Opening Horizon’. The painting depicts a landscape of poppy fields below a large expanse of sky, which the Society felt represented a future of peace and hope.

The 2014 Stars on Canvas collection, online Ebay auction ends Sunday 23rd November 2014 – get bidding! Stars on Canvas, is a bi-annual charity auction of original artworks created by well known names from the worlds of art, illustration, sport, music and popular culture. The online eBay auction is accompanied by a public exhibition with all … Continue reading →Read more

How interesting! I have recently been revisiting the key figures, concepts and work i did for my degree almost 20 years ago and have now found that the department is conducting a project to mark the 50th anniversary of the centre’s establishment. The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies was closed down in 2002 when it … Continue reading →Read more

The Internet is the greatest tool of free speech ever created that gave voice to billions of people along with power to bring down regimes, a member of the Anonymous movement told RT, adding that such power terrifies governments around the globe. READ MORE: Tense stand-off between Million Mask March protesters and police in London … Continue reading →Read more

Just found this article: As English author Sadie Plant (my tutor, Cultural Studies Dept. University of Birmingham) said in 1993: “Cyberfeminism is simply the recognition that patriarchy is doomed.” Australia’s Rosie X founded the world’s first cyberfeminist zine, Geekgirl, in 1993. Its motto? “Grrrls need modems!” I studied BA Hons in Cultural Studies at University … Continue reading →Read more

Let’s Play Peace Daddy – Anti-war art by Jacqueline Hammond

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Work in progress. London. Jacqueline Hammond, painter

Would you like an unhappy meal or just a double cheeseburger?

Stop the war on … When the largest industry in the world is no longer War, I will accept Darwin’s theory of Evolution. ~Dale S. Mugford For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit. ~Ernie Pyle Ours is a world of … Continue reading →Read more

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, ‘Mother, what was war?’

The Willow Foundation – Work leaving present – August 2014 Just wanted to say a massive thank you, It arrived earlier today and although we haven’t presented it to her yet I know she will love it. The likeness to Bob is amazing! Thanks again and looking forward to seeing your Stars on Canvas creation! … Continue reading →Read more

All artists, namely painters should read this and consider what the potential ban on cadmium pigments means and contact the ECHA. I will be hastily writing to them as other yellows do not cut the mustard like cadmium yellow. The ban will be considered next month so act now to save cadmium paints. I’m going to stock up now! If you would like to comment on this proposed change, please visit http://www.echa.europa.eu/restrictions-under-consideration.

Jacqueline Hammond (http://jacquelinehammond.co.uk ), a renowned artist from leading Brighton art studio, JAG Gallery (http://www.jagartgallery.co.uk/), is urging Brighton & Hove Council to keep the freshly-painted Rainbow Crossing that was painted on Madeira Drive on [DATE]. The first of its kind in the UK, created to coincide with LGBT Pride Month, the Rainbow Crossing provides a … Continue reading →Read more

Artist Jacqueline Hammond depicts the Queen enjoying a private and unusual moment  May 17, 2012, Press Dispensary. With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee fast approaching, a public backlash is starting to occur against the hype and twee memorabilia flooding the UK. Renowned Brighton-based fine artist, Jacqueline Hammond, is ahead of this trend and is unleashing a ‘commemorative’ … Continue reading →Read more

For those seeking a stylish seating experience this summer, Brighton-based artist, Jacqueline Hammond ( http://www.jacqueline-hammond.com ), has the answer to ‘sitting pretty’ without the need to visit a scenic location in person. Thanks to Jacqueline’s series of Art Print  Deckchairs that reproduce her popular scenic artworks on to the canvas sling, people can enjoy the … Continue reading →Read more

Smart Deco Ultraviolet Jellyfish Deckchair No twee stripes here. The Sussex-based company produce a range of slings featuring the work of British contemporary artist Jacqueline Hammond. This striking jellyfish design stands alone as a work of art in your garden. And it makes a comfy chair too. £64 for the sling, £129 for frame and … Continue reading →Read more

The Signification of the Poppy’ series began with a painting created for a web based competition in 2007 – ‘Seeking Picasso’ in which I was a finalist. In week 3 the theme was ‘A Troubled World’ and the painting I produced was inspired by the situation in Afghanistan at the time and the metaphor of the poppy and its association with war. Here are some images of the preliminary work behind the piece:

New drawings / paintings to add to my ongoing Moon Series. Last nights moon on Sunday 10th June 2014 was special, it was a Super Moon                                                           … Continue reading →Read more

British artist Jacqueline Hammond’s novelty series The Pebble Heads progressed into numerous commissioned portraits where the subjects heads are ‘pebblised’ onto the canvas. Clients commission Pebble Head Portraits of their loved ones, family, or a group and often given as a very personal and unique gift. Recent pieces have situated the group against an equally … Continue reading →Read more

Introducing… the new arches traders.

100 yrs today  #centenuary #WW1 Remembrance Blast – painting Signification of the Poppy series http://ow.ly/zVPDo

Brighton’s central Jubilee Library in 2008. Quote from the press release – An exhibition of exquisite paintings depicting Poppies in traditional and contemporary settings by local artist Jacqueline Hammond will emblazon the windows of Brighton’s Jubilee Library from 13-26 October, 2008. The series of ten works combine the beauty of fields of flowers with the symbolic role of the Poppy in association with war throughout history. As well as being a topical subject – with Remembrance Day around the corner – the positioning of the art in a public space rather than the confines of a hidden gallery seeks to include and draw in a wider audience to raise collective awareness and provoke thought.