Lesson 1 - do not upgrade your computer in the middle of getting 'stuff' ready for my Negotiated module which is due in mid May. Anyhoo ....
Went to Leamington on Sat to take more photographs for my Negotiated module and then over to Compton Verney as (although I volunteer there) I've not had the opportunity to see the Alfred Wallis & Ben Nicholson exhibition. From the exhibition leaflet "AW experiences at sea as a coastal fisherman, and then as a marine scrap merchant, informed and shaped his art. Wallis began painting 'for company' at the age of 68 after the death of his wife. The younger Ben Nicholson, however, as already an established member of a circle of modern artist by the time he met Wallis in 1928. Wallis' singular vision had a particular impact on Nicholson's own work".
These are two postcards from the exhibition - the top is Three-masted ship near lighthouse 1928-30 (AW101) and below White houses - Hales Down, near St Ives 1930-32 (AW47) both from Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge.
This is what I wrote at the exhibition "what I really like about Wallis' work is the rhythm of the pictures, whether it is the sails (eg Grey sailing boat) or the Boats in the harbour which is an absolutely stunning picture. This rhythm causes a movement across the board. Obviously his details of boats are accurate and well-drawn so he is able to convey what it is really like to be at sea. The land pictures also appeal with their single repeated shapes and small repeated touches (eg ::::::::::). His use of paint - texture and colour is beautiful. I feel that my own work has resonances with his.
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