driven to abstraction…

Posted on 30/04/2014 by Mari French RI

two canvases I’m working on this week…

These were existing pieces that weren’t work for me. My thinking was if I wasn’t happy with them and reluctant to hang/show them then I may as well be bold and change them. So I decided to take the plunge and paint over/adjust them, to differing degrees, to see what might develop.

Has it worked? Not sure yet, I need to live with them for a while.

Feedback would of course be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Abstract 1. Mixed media on canvas, 50x50cm. Mari French 2014.

Abstract 2. Mixed media on canvas, 50x50cm. Mari French 2014.

memory of sunlight…

Posted on 28/04/2014 by Mari French RI

Memory of sunlight 1. Digital photo, Mari French 2014

I love the ethereal effects resulting from natural light pouring through windows onto walls, especially in older buildings.

I photographed these images in my home earlier in April, as the afternoon spring sunlight flickered and filtered through to produce this chiaroscuro play of light and shadow on the wall.

Memory of sunlight 2. Digital photo, Mari French 2014

Straight from my digital camera, they’re not altered or enhanced in any way, apart from a slight cropping on one. If I could produce this kind of image in my painted artworks I’d be one happy bunny.

I’m a bit obsessed with photographing light in this way (you can see more of my images in the photography gallery in the menu above).

Memory of sunlight 3. Digital photo, Mari French 2014

the Tinners coast … Cornwall

Posted on 24/04/2014 by Mari French RI

Workbook, Brison’s Veor, Mari French 2014

… following on from my previous post (a wilder sea… a Cornish art residency), here are some more images, sketches etc specifically on the mining area around St Just that I produced during those two weeks at Brison’s Veor. (Sorry, some photos rather low quality).

Bottallack and Levant mine areas are National Trust and are easily accessible from the SW coastal path and Geevor mine is open to the public with guided tours (you can go inside a real mine!).

Eventually I’m hoping these spark off a body of artwork, especially the abstract elements.