Lots of really good news.
MaSS artists Feza Erkeller and Helen Ryan, along with myself (Paul Regan) will be appearing on the next series of the BBC2 programme Show Me The Monet. Last week, after a number of nervous rounds, we were invited to take a painting to Eltham Palace to be filmed in front of the notorious Hanging Committee.
A total of 150 artists were filmed with their work from 3000 applicants with the aim of selecting about 50 paintings for an exhibition at the Mall Galleries in April. Despite all receiving a ‘Dragons Den’ style grilling from the hanging committee we have each learnt a lot from the experience and only wish now for some kind editing.
We’ve been asked not to post any of the judge’s decisions online but if you twist our arms when you see us we might spill the beans.
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The Affordable Art Fair in Battersea is coming up (March 15th – 18th) and we are proud to be able to announce that MaSS artist Christie Wagland is being represented there by bo.lee gallery. Christie only started painting three years ago after being encouraged by a very famous LA rock star who had read some of her creative writing online. Since that day Christie has been ambitiously committed to developing her contemporary iconography portraits using traditional Old Master oil techniques on our Level 4 course and more recently as a part of our mentoring scheme MaSS.
This is an amazing success story and very well deserved.
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More great news from our MaSS artists is that Julie D Cooper has been given the great honour of exhibiting at this year’s Childwickbury Arts Fair in July. Childwickbury is an annual event run by the wife and daughter of Stanley Kubrick, both who are painters, at their amazing family home near St Albans. The standard of art exhibited at Childwickbury is always of the highest standard and by established successful artists, so this is a fantastic achievement. Julie will be exhibiting new abstract work as well as being present to discuss her practice and demonstrate her techniques.
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Also, as mentioned in the last e-newsletter, 15 artists from last year’s level 4 course will be exhibiting recent work at Art Van Go in Knebworth between March 7th and April 7th.
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Finally, Lawrence Sparey and Naomi Ellis who attend our Wednesday evening Life Drawing classes are currently both currently exhibiting at the Mall Galleries until March 10th as a part of the Royal Society of British Artists. Lawrence, who is an RBA member is showing a sculpture, and Naomi is showing a painting selected through the RBA competition for young artists.
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