July 2021

July Moment On average the warmest month in England, July is known as both Picnic Month and Ice Cream Month! 

Great local ice cream parlours:
 Holy Cow in Seaford 
Latchetts Farm, north of Uckfield
Gelato Gusto in Brighton 

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S U C H    E X C I T I N G    N E W S


I have been accepted to the final stage of this year’s Royal Academy Summer exhibition. I have never made it through to the exhibiting stage of this competition and it is high up on my of experiences and recognition as an artist, I am majorly chuffed to have got through the digital stage, I really really want this, keep routing for me.  

I am off to the framers and once the work is framed I will take the painting up to London on 9th August for the final stage of the competition. I find out on 9th September, I'll keep you posted but in the mean time I'll continue to walk tall with this feeling. I work hard as an artist and, like many others, need  recognition.  Recognition comes both from myself, from people artworks offered via postbuying my art and by getting through important competitions.  

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I recently hung a self-portrait in a community space, opposite Farleys Farm in Chiddingly, Sussex.  It is from a series I did at the beginning of our first lockdown last year. As I unpacked it, I realised how each painting is like a full chapter dairy entry – they take me back to where, what and who I was at the time I painted them.  The self portrait is up for the month of July, if you are local please do have a look, the community space sells some of the best coffees in the local area. Open from 8:30 until 14:30 Monday until Saturday.

I realise it has been a year since I painted my first washing line painting, and the obsession with the subject comes and goes. I know this is part of my character, how I go about things. During the last year I have also painted my daughter Lucy, some pears in pairs, and apples. I have continued my exploration with the female and male body, where I have to stretch my skills on proportion and colour mixing, and each time I have different levels of success.  Of course, I want each painting to be brilliant but it just does not work that way. Each one has its own uniqueness but I cannot always see the brilliance, or whole picture, until it has been undercover for a while.

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There are many galleries open now, do remember that most of them are closed on Mondays.



Royal Academy London: 
David Hockney- (23 May to 26 September) if there is ever an artist who makes me feel good that the world is a good and happy place, David Hockney is the one. Think blossom and blue skies, rich colours and minim detail. 
Tracey Emin/Edvard Munch Exhibition (18th May - 1st August 2021) must go to

Tate Britain:
Turners Modern World (until 12 September 2021)

Tate Modern:
Paula Rego at Tate London (7 July to 24 October 2021) must go to
Yoyoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms (until June 2022)

Turps Leavers Show: ⠀
Thames-Side Studios Gallery Harrington Way, Warspite Rd, SE18 5NR @thamessidestudiosse18 Exhibition open: (Sat 10th - Sat 24th July)⠀⠀
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