Brought up on, and inspired by:
The landscape watercolours by Ipswich draughtsman Leonard Squirrell and the Natural History illustrations of Paxton Chadwick of Leiston and Raymond Sheppard.
Heores include:
(not necessarily in that order)
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New works on paper
The Gallery, Snape Maltings
Thursday 4 June – Tuesday 30 June 2009
Summer wave breaking I, 2008
“My series of North Sea Paintings began at the end of November 2002, during the period between the conception of Scallop and its execution.
The work continues: I draw the sea early each morning in much the same way as a pianist practises scales. Then I return to the studio and work with colour, trying to recreate the action of the waves as they break. These monoprints are my most recent in the medium.”
Maggi Hambling
After a number of years of successful exhibitions, the “Nine Above Sea Level” group is disbanding. Read more…