Rosedale Moor, Autumn © Mari French
Recent experiment with ink …
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Rosedale Moor, Autumn © Mari French
Tag Archives: mixed-media
harvesting inspiration…
detail © Mari French 2012
…a few sketches from a recent exploration along local country lanes, during the harvest season, led to some promising experimental imagery…
track through ripening barley, watercolour/ink pencils.
© Mari French 2012
above… I thought purple skies in a couple of instances would get across the heat of the summer day better than the usual blue.
Rain clouds over ripening crops
© Mari French 2012
at last … I discovered that this particular blue/purple crop (below) I’d noticed recently, was the herb Borage (nice edible flowers), and not flax or linseed, which seemed more prevalent last year.
stubble and borage crop, watercolour/oil pastel
© Mari French 2012
…and subsequent experimental images, created as soon as I got back, inspired by the field imagery, using ink-stained tissue paper, sponge rollers etc, deliberately avoiding using usual media like pencil, brushes… I want to take these further sometime soon.
experimental 1
© Mari French 2012
experimental 2 © Mari French 2012
experimental 1
© Mari French 2012
experimental 3 © Mari French 2012
Inside Out…
Mari French at Highgate Contemporary Art, London
This week saw the start of mine and Tassie Russell’s exhibition ‘Inside Out’ at Highgate Contemporary Art, London…
I’m very excited at showing my work in such a fresh, bright, welcoming gallery in the buzzing heart of Highgate, London, and indebted to those friends, clients and relatives who made long journeys down from Manchester, Lincolnshire and elsewhere to attend the private view on Wednesday eve. (a few photos from the evening shown here.)The blurb on the gallery brochures and adverts reads… ‘the contained architectural exploration of space by Tassie Russell complements the open and expressive landscapes of Mari French’.
…you can read more about the exhibition, which runs until 8th July, at this link… Highgate Contemporary Art
Mari French with Tassie Russell & gallery owner Laurie Maclaren
Inside Out exhibition at Highgate Contemporary Art, London
Me and my good friend Stephen whose support and hard work made this show possible for me
A few of my works at the Inside Out exhibition at Highgate Contemporary Art, London
Mari French RI : contemporary artworks 