Finished painting for the Stars on Canvas charity art auction in aid of The Willow Foundation. Using pebbles as heads The Pebble Heads series caricatures People and life in modern British society. I am am regularly commissionjed to paint Pebble Head Portraits of family groups, friends, lovers… I also painted The Pebble Heads Royal Wedding. This piece will be auctioned alongside exactly the same sized canvases created by names from sport, TV, film, art and entertainment, culminating in an exhibition at Maddox Arts, London W1 from 29th – 1st Dec. Bidding starts 22nd Nov and ends 1st Dec. – http://starsoncanvas.org.uk/
I recently hung a few of my prints and a couple of originals alongside some of the other JAG artists’ work at Cornell’s Cafe located at the top of St. James’s Street, Kemp Town.
It’s a cool space and I think the results look good. Girl Friday and I didn’t have time to try the coffee or food however we took a few photos and chatted to the nice, friendly staff who took a real interest in what we were up to. It’s not surprising really, we couldn’t find anyone ‘in charge’ so we must have looked like a couple of mad women, desperately struggling with the extremely crumbly wall which made banging a nail in near to impossible, moving tables, standing on seats all whilst trying not to disturb the clientele too much. Eventually, sometime later, having raised a few eyebrows and comments from staff and customers alike, we succeeded. Phew!
I must pop back in sometime soon to sample their wares and to check of course, that nothing has fallen off the wall.
Acid Pavilion and Brighton Sunset prints by Jacqueline Hammond. Boats painting by Sue TaylorAcid Pavilion prints (above doors) by Jacqueline Hammond, Brighton Houses by Sonia CanalsSquare Acid Pavilion prints (above doors) by Jacqueline Hammond, Brighton Houses by Sonia CanalsA Little Piece of the Beach Series – Where’s Venice, 1st Pebble Heads & Little Girl, Brighton Houses by Sonia CanalsA Little Piece of the Beach Series – Where’s Venice, 1st Pebble Heads & Little Girl, Brighton Houses by Sonia CanalsAcid Pavilion and Brighton Sunset prints by Jacqueline Hammond. Boats painting by Sue Taylor
Therefore with four out of the five small pieces in the series now sold, there’s just one more to catch, before it flies away!
BRIGHTON SUNSETS by Jacqueline Hammond Tidal Sunset: Fly Away 2008. Acrylic on canvas. 35.5 x 25.4 cm This piece depicts the view from the Palace Pier in Brighton, England. At dusk, with the sea at low tide, the sunsets are incredible and an endless source of inspiration for a painter. The usual view to paint tends to be where the sun sets as the cloud formations and colours light up the sky. The Golden Hour.
The light emitted from the sun at this time of day can feel soft and soothing, therefore this series uses a more pastel coloured palette. The view is unusual as paintings of Brighton are far more likely to feature the piers, particularly the burnt out West pier rather than the seemingly uglier, concrete Marina. The groynes are prominent at low tide, this repetition of contrasting, solid lines against the mirror like shallow waters are also important to the composition.
The paintings in this series of seascapes preceded the similar but square works. These first studies have a spontaneous quality that comes with the initial response to a subject. The detail is more delicate and somehow finer. The birds that feature in several works, are starlings doing their sunset dance, and is a spectacle that’s hard to replicate in paint, compared to first-hand experience. The movements they make as a flock, the swirling shapes, the swoops overhead are incredibly absorbing as well as beautiful, the birds have an impeccable synchronicity that’s humbling and one of those wonders of nature that has the power to make human beings pause and observe
We had an ‘Open Evening’ at the (JAG) gallery last Thursday. It was a great night, the gallery was packed, the wine was flowing and I met some interesting people. Almost got talked into revisiting my previous career as a TV producer by the guy who’s ‘won’ the rights to run Brighton’s local TV station. He needs people to make programmes, would love to, but have banned myself from taking on any more sidelines!
Open Evening at Jag Gallery on Madeira Drive in Brighton. I have a studio and gallery space here alongside several other resident artists.
Anyway, as a result of the night, another in the Brighton Tidal Sunset Series sold:
Original painting in acrylics. Titled – ‘Far Out’ one of the Brighton Tidal Sunset Series by Brighton based artist Jacqueline Hammond.
Then I remembered today that The Swoop sold earlier in the year.
Tidal Sunset Series – The Swoop. An original painting in acrylics by contemporary British artist, Jacqueline Hammond.
This piece depicts the view from the Palace Pier in Brighton, England. At dusk, with the sea at low tide, the sunsets are incredible and an endless source of inspiration for a painter. The usual view to paint tends to be where the sun sets as the cloud formations and colours light up the sky. The Golden Hour.
The light emitted from the sun at this time of day can feel soft and soothing, therefore this series uses a more pastel coloured palette. The view is unusual as paintings of Brighton are far more likely to feature the piers, particularly the burnt out West pier rather than the seemingly uglier, concrete Marina. The groynes are prominent at low tide, this repetition of contrasting, solid lines against the mirror like shallow waters are also important to the composition.
The paintings in this series of seascapes preceded the similar but square works. These first studies have a spontaneous quality that comes with the initial response to a subject. The detail is more delicate and somehow finer. The birds that feature in several works, are starlings doing their sunset dance, and is a spectacle that’s hard to replicate in paint, compared to first-hand experience. The movements they make as a flock, the swirling shapes, the swoops overhead are incredibly absorbing as well as beautiful, the birds have an impeccable synchronicity that’s humbling and one of those wonders of nature that has the power to make human beings pause and observe
