Today I spent a good 2 hours at an exhibition of watercolours by Celia Paul. I love her technique and her subject matter. The exhibition was interesting in that I don't think I've seen another artist who has focused to such an extent on close family, this artist has spent 35 years painting her mother.
This show focuses on her 5 sisters and mother, however, dotted around the gallery are a few self portraits. Because of the family likeness runnung through the portraits, I get the feeling that this sequence of paintings is about the artists identity within the family. The paintings are wonderful and serious, the technique is vibrant and precise. A good show, highly remommended.
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| Five Sisters by Celia Paul Copyright - the Artist/ Photo courtesy Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd |
I dearly wish I could attend that show.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow at a workshop I'll be trying watercolors for the first time ever. It's a medium I've been wary of and avoided, but have grown more interested lately. Seeing "Five Sisters" makes me determined to put serious effort into tomorrow's lesson. I can't take my eyes off it.