Studio Portrait Painting

Two stages of my most recent painting.

I am now laying thick oil paint on top of last weeks foundations ….

I have mostly used a palette knife, which is wonderfully liberating ….

Looking forward to one more sitting next week.

portrait, nicola king

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

portrait, nicola king

 

 

 

 

Going to #BecomingPicasso @Courtauld Gallery

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I am looking forward to Saturday, as I will be going to #BecomingPicasso @courtauldgall.

— Nicola King (@nicolaartking) February 26, 2013

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Going to #BecomingPicasso @Courtauld Gallery

studio painting – nicola king

oil painting on paper

A great morning in the studio, painting our lovely model.

This is charcoal, oil and oil stick on paper.

Lichtenstein retrospective exhibition opens at Tate Modern with an explosion of colour and energy

This powerful retrospective of our best known American pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein, opens tomorrow at the Tate Modern.

125 paintings and sculptures are exhibited – many instantly recognisable and others a treat to see and study.

Lichtenstein is best known for his paintings based on comic strips, featuring bold lines and coloured with hand painted dots.

His late ‘Brushstroke’ paintings are just wonderful in their simplicity.

Should there be a homage to Howard Hodgkin…?!

After enjoying this fantastic exhibition, refreshments were served in the dramatic surroundings of the former Bankside Power Station, now the Tate Modern.

Roy Lichtenstein, A Retrospective is on at Tate Modern, from 21 February to 27 May 2013.

VALERY KOSHLYAKOV, Saatchi Gallery, London

Valery Koshlyakov
High-rise on Raushskaya Embankment

Valery Koshlyakov
Grand Opera, Paris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valery Koshlyakov’s magnificent large-scale paintings/collages are painted on flattened cardboard boxes.

Solid monuments and architecture are loosely painted on a fragile surface, which looks as though it could fall off the wall at any moment.

The paintings are free and exciting with drips and flashes of subtle colour.

Until 5th May 2013.

Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road, London, SW3 4RY

Nadav Kander, Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London

Nadav Kander, Flowers Gallery, photograph

In a dark gallery, with dark walls, 7 wonderful photographs shine …..

The bodies of the models are painted with ground marble dust, making them cold and translucent.

The photographs are very large – which made me feel like I was looking at sculptures.

An inspirational exhibition.

Until 9th February.

Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London