by Kevin G | Nov 10, 2015 | Blog
I was offered a space at the Brighton Art Fair in September when someone pulled out at the last minute. I thought it might be a good way to make a connection into the city. Spent a day setting up and three days standing around ending up with back ache, no sales and...
by Kevin G | Nov 10, 2015 | Blog
My daughter Alana and her partner Clayton recently completed construction of a spacious single story home on the edge of a field with views of the Shropshire Hills. As a house warming present I spent a few days during May 2015 in Bishops Castle painting views from the...
by Kevin G | Sep 18, 2014 | Blog
The Rowley gallery organise shows of gallery artists on the ‘art wall’ at Kensington Place Restaurant, Kensington Church Street W8. I was asked to fill the wall with a selection of tree paintings from West London woodland and nature reserves. This offered...
by Kevin G | Sep 18, 2014 | Blog
Spent two hot weeks in August at Villa Giuliana, on a peninsula overlooking Siricusa and Mount Etna. Unfortunately Mount Etna was obscured by ash clouds so only appeared now and then as a ghostly image. We spotted one small fluffy cloud during 14 days of endless blue...
by Kevin G | Sep 17, 2014 | Blog
Spent a couple of days following Beverley Brook from Putney to Barn Elms. It is one of London’s lost rivers and in times past was a habitat of beavers. There is a designated Beverley Brook walk which starts at New Malden golf course through Wimbledon Common,...
by Kevin G | Jan 23, 2014 | Blog
The opposite of confrontation A close quarter conversation Standing together, touching feeling Eye to eye unblinking thinking One on one personal stories spun Téte-à-téte face to face Better than a keypad mate ← Previous Next...
by Kevin G | Jan 23, 2014 | Blog
Keeping some balance When walking a line Between learning to fall And seeing the sign That the hat will match When opposites fit and that will be it ← Previous Next...
by Kevin G | Jan 23, 2014 | Blog
The place I live has edges Thresholds that can erode Fortified by rank and standing The hard engineering of tradition ← Previous Next...
by Kevin G | Jan 23, 2014 | Blog
Martin Smith of Eagle Rock Productions interviewed people, specifically connected during the late sixties to the development of the Tommy opera, for his documentary ‘The Who: The Making of Tommy’ which premiered on 22 October 2013 at the Riverside Gallery...
by Kevin G | Jan 23, 2014 | Blog
Met up with Chris Hamer at the Rowley Gallery in September 2013 after in introduction from Roger Beckett. Chris expressed interest in exhibiting and selling my tree portraits in his gallery in Kensington Church Street W8. Four paintings were displayed in the...
