Venice in Norfolk…

Posted on 06/06/2014 by Mari French RI

New work available at my Open Studio weekend, Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 June. Last opportunity to browse my ancient hayloft studio!
Directions at this link…
http://www.nnopenstudios.org.uk/artists/details/564

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.

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.