I grew up in the rich but deeply divided borough of Kensington and Chelsea, on the top floor of a flat in Earls Court. Neighbours were strangers but through the window I would watch people’s domestic lives play out like a scene from Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’. London is fascinating as on one hand there are buildings that have stood in the same spot for centuries and on the other hand the neighborhood’s are changing rapidly and it’s this juxtaposition that interests me. I hunt through archives and films for imagery and nostalgically re-appropriate them to form new narratives. I am particularly inspired by films of the British New Wave. Despite these films being set in the late 1950s, the peeling wallpaper, overcrowded housing and domestic dramas depicted in these films are still relevant today. https://annettefernando.carbonmade.com
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I try to capture the look of London and how I feel about it. I love the colours and patterns of the bricks , slates, pavements and plane trees etc. I work from observation with my portable easel in a shopping trolley or from behind a window recording the evidence of city dwellers in their gardens. I have lived here as a child, a mother and a dog owner, and I often put myself and my family in my paintings. http://www.scottmillerart.com My paintings are informed by life in East London where I have lived since 1968 and aim to reflect its changing character and mood. Recent work comprise a series of 'timescapes' and attempts to convey the disappearing landmarks and shifting communities of this part of the city. Alongside living characters mingle blue ghostly former residents, these figures mingle under the looming presence of other cast 'characters' former landmarks such as libraries, churches, pubs, shops and other markers and emblems of commerce and past civic pride. They throw their blue remembered shadows across populated streets. https://ferhafarooqui.weebly.com Finding and connecting to places by creating emotive responses are central to my practise and recent artistic residencies including working in Jamaica and Italy bring new ideas that inform my work at my London studio. Through using drawing as a vehicle to explore ways of translating what I am seeing often brings a sense of narrative and playfulness to the work. A lot of my work is often on paper and will use washes and economical lines to attempt to achieve a directness within the work. https://royaldrawingschool.org/artists/drawing-year-alumni/elizabeth-mccarten/ 'In my paintings I am often interested in the boundaries that are drawn– whether physical or psychological - between the figure and the imagined space they might inhabit. In two of the paintings in this exhibition the figure is noticeably absent – human presence is suggested by the debris of an urban environment and a stray, feral –like dog scavenging for food. Light and particular times of day, such as sunset or ‘magic hour’ often heighten the drama of the image and act as a catalyst for painting ideas'. http://www.gethinevans.com/home 'What does it mean to be an ‘Urban Contemporary’? In 2016 I left London after thirty seven years, returning each week to teach. Now, I share the common experience of contemporary urban existence of being permanently on the move, always between places. I am part of a community of estranged people coming into London and going out again; a phenomenon played out in cities and countries throughout the world. Transcience becomes permanent. My paintings are set in this kind of no mans land, a limbo, where we are all somebody else’s ‘other’ and nothing lasts forever'. https://royaldrawingschool.org/artists/faculty/sharon-beavan/ Urban Contemporaries - a group of 15 artists painting the urban experience are delighted to be joined by Tim Hyman RA for this first show in March 2019. Tim will be showing two paintings as part of this exhibition at the Espacio Gallery, East London from 5th to 10th March 2018. Further details can be found on the website https://urbancontemporaries.weebly.com 'Many things about Timothy Hyman’s paintings are immediately clear: his passion for London — his City, his Place — and his detailed painterly investigation of his own place in that city, where he fits in and in what way he belongs, and his absorption in the question of how cities have been painted in the past' (Tess Jaray). 'Components of these two pictures: a sense of moving, first-person, through the complex urban world – through cycles of mood-change (often under the sign of Saturn…); dream-aerial flight, prompting flights of the imagination; the cosmic, the curved horizon: …Hoping to fuse the visionary and the everyday' - Tim Hyman RA. http://timothyhyman.net Here is the first of our blogs about Frank Creber, one of the artists featured this week on our blog 'I consider myself to be an artist making positive images of my neighbourhood and my community and dealing with subjects which have a universal relevance. Out and about in east London, finding a good place to draw I see the varied effects of regeneration and the signs of social problems that locals face every day. Recently my paintings have a narrative about outdoor games e.g. Cricket and Tennis, this is a way of referring to the indomitable spirit of east London communities. I am making an image of a hoped for base level; where people in the community have positive human relationships, a sense of purpose and a decent home. The image above is of me working at the top of the Clifford Chance building in Docklands'. http://www.frankcreber.space I was thrilled to be featured in a speech by Lord Mawson to the House of Lords in December 2018 about my work in the community around Bromley by Bow. https://vimeo.com/307846717
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