British Views

Green and Pleasant Land, Jonathan Cooper, 20 Park Walk, London SW10, until 23rd July 2016

Taha Afshar Cedar Hayes Oil on canvas over panel 21 x 24.5ins (53.3 x 62.2cm)

Taha Afshar
Cedar Hayes
Oil on canvas over panel
21 x 24.5ins (53.3 x 62.2cm)

This show is a celebration of Visit England’s naming 2016 the ‘Year of the English Garden’ and the fact that it is the 300th anniversary of ‘Capability’ Brown’s birth.  Six contemporary artists – Taha Afshar, Roland Corbin, Julia Hawkins, Tom Mabon, Jane Wormell, and John Worthington – evocatively depict the glories of the British landscape, gardens and wildlife whether rural or urban.

John Worthington Trusty and True Oil on aluminium 29.5 x 39.38ins (75 x 100cm)

John Worthington
Trusty and True
Oil on aluminium
29.5 x 39.38ins (75 x 100cm)

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Jane Wormell Blackberry Hedge II Oil on linen 12 x 20ins (30.5 x 50.8cm)

Jane Wormell
Blackberry Hedge II
Oil on linen
12 x 20ins (30.5 x 50.8cm)

 

Julia Hawkins Quiet Evening at Pyrford Lock Oil on canvas 14 x 18ins (35.6 x 45.7cm)

Julia Hawkins
Quiet Evening at Pyrford Lock
Oil on canvas
14 x 18ins (35.6 x 45.7cm)

 

Tom Mabon Bird and Rising Moon Oil on linen 18 x 18ins (45.7 x 45.7cm)

Tom Mabon
Bird and Rising Moon
Oil on linen
18 x 18ins (45.7 x 45.7cm)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roland Corbin On the Water Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico paper 22.5 x 29.5ins (57.1 x 74.9cm)

Roland Corbin
On the Water
Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico paper
22.5 x 29.5ins (57.1 x 74.9cm)

Canada’s wildlife on canvas

BOLD ● LARGE ● LAYERED ● MINIMALIST – The Wildlife Art of Ron Kingswood, Jonathan Cooper, 20 Park Walk, London SW10, until 28th May 2016  

The Gleaners II Oil on canvas 40 x 45ins (101.6 x 114.3cm)

The Gleaners II
Oil on canvas
40 x 45ins (101.6 x 114.3cm)

One cannot but admire the fusion of realism and abstraction that the Canadian artist Ron Kingswood achieves in his striking depiction of Canadian wildlife and the landscape they dwell in.

Companions Oil on canvas 24 x 24ins (61 x 61cm)

Companions
Oil on canvas
24 x 24ins (61 x 61cm)

The artist says “I’m not fearful of painting the common landscape, what I am fearful of is not being able to paint it in an unfamiliar way.”  He certainly has no cause to worry on that score.

 

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REBECCA CAMPBELL – BEWITCHED • BEDAZZLED • BEWILDERED

REBECCA CAMPBELL –  BEWITCHED • BEDAZZLED • BEWILDERED, Jonathan Cooper Park Walk Gallery, 20 PARK WALK, LONDON, SW10, 10 – 27 September 2014

Eternal Love Oil on linen Signed 32 x 39.4ins (81 x 100cm)

Eternal Love
Oil on linen
Signed
32 x 39.4ins (81 x 100cm)

This is a delight of a show for the artist Rebecca Campbell is sharing with us her impressions of India which she first travelled across in her early twenties.

Let The Games Begin Oil on linen Signed 32 x 23.6ins (81 x 60cm)

Let The Games Begin
Oil on linen
Signed
32 x 23.6ins (81 x 60cm)

She captures both landscapes and cities with a style that combines the influences of Indian Mughal miniatures, Persian textiles and medieval tapestries.

Festival of Light Oil on linen Signed 25.6 x 21.3ins (65 x 54cm)

Festival of Light
Oil on linen
Signed
25.6 x 21.3ins (65 x 54cm)

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Enlightenment Oil on linen Signed 32.3 x 25.6ins (82 x 65cm)

Enlightenment
Oil on linen
Signed
32.3 x 25.6ins (82 x 65cm)