Image: Abstract Painting oil on canvas 90x90cm David Taylor 2019. All rights reserved
In this group show, Samantha Laub, Jason Sweidan and David Taylor present vibrant abstract paintings, influenced by abstract expressionism. The paintings demonstrate distinctive emotional responses to the natural.
Samantha, Jason and David have been developing a set of unique styles in close interaction with each other – all with strong colour use. The theme of present and remembered emotion displays their distinctive styles whilst drawing on a common theme.
Samantha’s works begin as spontaneous outpouring of energy and emotion that she then develops and refines into finished pieces. Her paintings are visceral, full of movement and texture.
Jason applies oil on canvases to construct and deconstruct images that reflect elements of nature. His paintings are predominantly fluid, physical and textured using gravity to allow the paint to evolve.
David’s work reflects memories of the natural in which strong colour use is combined with loose natural references that evoke a sense of fluidity, water or landscape.
All three artists are local to the exhibition and originally met at the Hampstead School of Art (HSOA).
Samantha is Creative Director of Gorgeous Brewery based in Highgate and also works in advertising, as well as being a painter. She has exhibited at a number of HSOA exhibitions and was also shortlisted in the National Open Art exhibition in 2016.
Jason works in investor relations as well as being an artist. He recently held his first solo art exhibition and has exhibited at several HSOA summer exhibitions and the Green and Stone summer exhibition 2019. His work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, Spain and Bermuda.
David is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Professor Emeritus at the University of Brighton. He is a leading academic social theorist and writer as well as a painter and sociologist of art.
Exhibition continues until 21 November
Gemma Maclean and Ben Morris will star in the new production of the 1966 Tony Award-Winning musical I Do! I Do! which will run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in London this Autumn.
The show has music and lyrics by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, best known for their long running hit Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks. This new production will feature all-new and updated material including never before heard songs by Tom Jones.
Based on the Jan de Hartog play, The Fourposter, I Do! I Do! chronicles the highs and lows of a couple’s marriage spanning over fifty years. I Do! I Do! was the first two-person musical to play on Broadway where it originally ran for 560 performances starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston prior to a successful 1996 Off-Broadway revival.
Gemma Maclean’s stage credits include The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium), 9 to 5 the Musical (ATG), The Witches of Eastwick (Prince of Wales Theatre), Sweet Charity (Menier Chocolate Factory) and We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre).
Ben Morris’ stage credits include The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (UK Tour), The Commitments (UK Tour), and Fiddler on the Roof (Savoy Theatre).
I Do! I Do! is directed by Joseph Hodges with musical direction by Henry Brennan, set design by Emily Bestow, lighting design by Joseph Ed Thomas and casting by Jay Gardner.
The new production will run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village from Tuesday 29 October until Saturday 16 November, with Press Night on Wednesday 30 October 2019 at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale from the Box Office at Upstairs at the Gatehouse on 020 8340 3488 or online at www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com. Performances run Tuesday – Saturday at 7.30pm, Saturday at 3.00pm and Sunday at 4.00pm.
You can find I Do! I Do! on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @IDoIDoLondon.
Image: Abstract Painting oil on canvas 90x90cm David Taylor 2019. All rights reserved
In this group show, Samantha Laub, Jason Sweidan and David Taylor present vibrant abstract paintings, influenced by abstract expressionism. The paintings demonstrate distinctive emotional responses to the natural.
Samantha, Jason and David have been developing a set of unique styles in close interaction with each other – all with strong colour use. The theme of present and remembered emotion displays their distinctive styles whilst drawing on a common theme.
Samantha’s works begin as spontaneous outpouring of energy and emotion that she then develops and refines into finished pieces. Her paintings are visceral, full of movement and texture.
Jason applies oil on canvases to construct and deconstruct images that reflect elements of nature. His paintings are predominantly fluid, physical and textured using gravity to allow the paint to evolve.
David’s work reflects memories of the natural in which strong colour use is combined with loose natural references that evoke a sense of fluidity, water or landscape.
All three artists are local to the exhibition and originally met at the Hampstead School of Art (HSOA).
Samantha is Creative Director of Gorgeous Brewery based in Highgate and also works in advertising, as well as being a painter. She has exhibited at a number of HSOA exhibitions and was also shortlisted in the National Open Art exhibition in 2016.
Jason works in investor relations as well as being an artist. He recently held his first solo art exhibition and has exhibited at several HSOA summer exhibitions and the Green and Stone summer exhibition 2019. His work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, Spain and Bermuda.
David is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Professor Emeritus at the University of Brighton. He is a leading academic social theorist and writer as well as a painter and sociologist of art.
Exhibition continues until 21 November
Gemma Maclean and Ben Morris will star in the new production of the 1966 Tony Award-Winning musical I Do! I Do! which will run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in London this Autumn.
The show has music and lyrics by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, best known for their long running hit Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks. This new production will feature all-new and updated material including never before heard songs by Tom Jones.
Based on the Jan de Hartog play, The Fourposter, I Do! I Do! chronicles the highs and lows of a couple’s marriage spanning over fifty years. I Do! I Do! was the first two-person musical to play on Broadway where it originally ran for 560 performances starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston prior to a successful 1996 Off-Broadway revival.
Gemma Maclean’s stage credits include The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium), 9 to 5 the Musical (ATG), The Witches of Eastwick (Prince of Wales Theatre), Sweet Charity (Menier Chocolate Factory) and We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre).
Ben Morris’ stage credits include The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (UK Tour), The Commitments (UK Tour), and Fiddler on the Roof (Savoy Theatre).
I Do! I Do! is directed by Joseph Hodges with musical direction by Henry Brennan, set design by Emily Bestow, lighting design by Joseph Ed Thomas and casting by Jay Gardner.
The new production will run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village from Tuesday 29 October until Saturday 16 November, with Press Night on Wednesday 30 October 2019 at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale from the Box Office at Upstairs at the Gatehouse on 020 8340 3488 or online at www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com. Performances run Tuesday – Saturday at 7.30pm, Saturday at 3.00pm and Sunday at 4.00pm.
You can find I Do! I Do! on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @IDoIDoLondon.
Image: Abstract Painting oil on canvas 90x90cm David Taylor 2019. All rights reserved
In this group show, Samantha Laub, Jason Sweidan and David Taylor present vibrant abstract paintings, influenced by abstract expressionism. The paintings demonstrate distinctive emotional responses to the natural.
Samantha, Jason and David have been developing a set of unique styles in close interaction with each other – all with strong colour use. The theme of present and remembered emotion displays their distinctive styles whilst drawing on a common theme.
Samantha’s works begin as spontaneous outpouring of energy and emotion that she then develops and refines into finished pieces. Her paintings are visceral, full of movement and texture.
Jason applies oil on canvases to construct and deconstruct images that reflect elements of nature. His paintings are predominantly fluid, physical and textured using gravity to allow the paint to evolve.
David’s work reflects memories of the natural in which strong colour use is combined with loose natural references that evoke a sense of fluidity, water or landscape.
All three artists are local to the exhibition and originally met at the Hampstead School of Art (HSOA).
Samantha is Creative Director of Gorgeous Brewery based in Highgate and also works in advertising, as well as being a painter. She has exhibited at a number of HSOA exhibitions and was also shortlisted in the National Open Art exhibition in 2016.
Jason works in investor relations as well as being an artist. He recently held his first solo art exhibition and has exhibited at several HSOA summer exhibitions and the Green and Stone summer exhibition 2019. His work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, Spain and Bermuda.
David is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Professor Emeritus at the University of Brighton. He is a leading academic social theorist and writer as well as a painter and sociologist of art.
Exhibition continues until 21 November
Gemma Maclean and Ben Morris will star in the new production of the 1966 Tony Award-Winning musical I Do! I Do! which will run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in London this Autumn.
The show has music and lyrics by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, best known for their long running hit Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks. This new production will feature all-new and updated material including never before heard songs by Tom Jones.
Based on the Jan de Hartog play, The Fourposter, I Do! I Do! chronicles the highs and lows of a couple’s marriage spanning over fifty years. I Do! I Do! was the first two-person musical to play on Broadway where it originally ran for 560 performances starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston prior to a successful 1996 Off-Broadway revival.
Gemma Maclean’s stage credits include The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium), 9 to 5 the Musical (ATG), The Witches of Eastwick (Prince of Wales Theatre), Sweet Charity (Menier Chocolate Factory) and We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre).
Ben Morris’ stage credits include The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (UK Tour), The Commitments (UK Tour), and Fiddler on the Roof (Savoy Theatre).
I Do! I Do! is directed by Joseph Hodges with musical direction by Henry Brennan, set design by Emily Bestow, lighting design by Joseph Ed Thomas and casting by Jay Gardner.
The new production will run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village from Tuesday 29 October until Saturday 16 November, with Press Night on Wednesday 30 October 2019 at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale from the Box Office at Upstairs at the Gatehouse on 020 8340 3488 or online at www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com. Performances run Tuesday – Saturday at 7.30pm, Saturday at 3.00pm and Sunday at 4.00pm.
You can find I Do! I Do! on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @IDoIDoLondon.
Image: Abstract Painting oil on canvas 90x90cm David Taylor 2019. All rights reserved
In this group show, Samantha Laub, Jason Sweidan and David Taylor present vibrant abstract paintings, influenced by abstract expressionism. The paintings demonstrate distinctive emotional responses to the natural.
Samantha, Jason and David have been developing a set of unique styles in close interaction with each other – all with strong colour use. The theme of present and remembered emotion displays their distinctive styles whilst drawing on a common theme.
Samantha’s works begin as spontaneous outpouring of energy and emotion that she then develops and refines into finished pieces. Her paintings are visceral, full of movement and texture.
Jason applies oil on canvases to construct and deconstruct images that reflect elements of nature. His paintings are predominantly fluid, physical and textured using gravity to allow the paint to evolve.
David’s work reflects memories of the natural in which strong colour use is combined with loose natural references that evoke a sense of fluidity, water or landscape.
All three artists are local to the exhibition and originally met at the Hampstead School of Art (HSOA).
Samantha is Creative Director of Gorgeous Brewery based in Highgate and also works in advertising, as well as being a painter. She has exhibited at a number of HSOA exhibitions and was also shortlisted in the National Open Art exhibition in 2016.
Jason works in investor relations as well as being an artist. He recently held his first solo art exhibition and has exhibited at several HSOA summer exhibitions and the Green and Stone summer exhibition 2019. His work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, Spain and Bermuda.
David is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Professor Emeritus at the University of Brighton. He is a leading academic social theorist and writer as well as a painter and sociologist of art.
Exhibition continues until 21 November
Gemma Maclean and Ben Morris will star in the new production of the 1966 Tony Award-Winning musical I Do! I Do! which will run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in London this Autumn.
The show has music and lyrics by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, best known for their long running hit Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks. This new production will feature all-new and updated material including never before heard songs by Tom Jones.
Based on the Jan de Hartog play, The Fourposter, I Do! I Do! chronicles the highs and lows of a couple’s marriage spanning over fifty years. I Do! I Do! was the first two-person musical to play on Broadway where it originally ran for 560 performances starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston prior to a successful 1996 Off-Broadway revival.
Gemma Maclean’s stage credits include The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium), 9 to 5 the Musical (ATG), The Witches of Eastwick (Prince of Wales Theatre), Sweet Charity (Menier Chocolate Factory) and We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre).
Ben Morris’ stage credits include The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (UK Tour), The Commitments (UK Tour), and Fiddler on the Roof (Savoy Theatre).
I Do! I Do! is directed by Joseph Hodges with musical direction by Henry Brennan, set design by Emily Bestow, lighting design by Joseph Ed Thomas and casting by Jay Gardner.
The new production will run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village from Tuesday 29 October until Saturday 16 November, with Press Night on Wednesday 30 October 2019 at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale from the Box Office at Upstairs at the Gatehouse on 020 8340 3488 or online at www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com. Performances run Tuesday – Saturday at 7.30pm, Saturday at 3.00pm and Sunday at 4.00pm.
You can find I Do! I Do! on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @IDoIDoLondon.
Image: Abstract Painting oil on canvas 90x90cm David Taylor 2019. All rights reserved
In this group show, Samantha Laub, Jason Sweidan and David Taylor present vibrant abstract paintings, influenced by abstract expressionism. The paintings demonstrate distinctive emotional responses to the natural.
Samantha, Jason and David have been developing a set of unique styles in close interaction with each other – all with strong colour use. The theme of present and remembered emotion displays their distinctive styles whilst drawing on a common theme.
Samantha’s works begin as spontaneous outpouring of energy and emotion that she then develops and refines into finished pieces. Her paintings are visceral, full of movement and texture.
Jason applies oil on canvases to construct and deconstruct images that reflect elements of nature. His paintings are predominantly fluid, physical and textured using gravity to allow the paint to evolve.
David’s work reflects memories of the natural in which strong colour use is combined with loose natural references that evoke a sense of fluidity, water or landscape.
All three artists are local to the exhibition and originally met at the Hampstead School of Art (HSOA).
Samantha is Creative Director of Gorgeous Brewery based in Highgate and also works in advertising, as well as being a painter. She has exhibited at a number of HSOA exhibitions and was also shortlisted in the National Open Art exhibition in 2016.
Jason works in investor relations as well as being an artist. He recently held his first solo art exhibition and has exhibited at several HSOA summer exhibitions and the Green and Stone summer exhibition 2019. His work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, Spain and Bermuda.
David is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Professor Emeritus at the University of Brighton. He is a leading academic social theorist and writer as well as a painter and sociologist of art.
Exhibition continues until 21 November
Gemma Maclean and Ben Morris will star in the new production of the 1966 Tony Award-Winning musical I Do! I Do! which will run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in London this Autumn.
The show has music and lyrics by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, best known for their long running hit Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks. This new production will feature all-new and updated material including never before heard songs by Tom Jones.
Based on the Jan de Hartog play, The Fourposter, I Do! I Do! chronicles the highs and lows of a couple’s marriage spanning over fifty years. I Do! I Do! was the first two-person musical to play on Broadway where it originally ran for 560 performances starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston prior to a successful 1996 Off-Broadway revival.
Gemma Maclean’s stage credits include The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium), 9 to 5 the Musical (ATG), The Witches of Eastwick (Prince of Wales Theatre), Sweet Charity (Menier Chocolate Factory) and We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre).
Ben Morris’ stage credits include The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (UK Tour), The Commitments (UK Tour), and Fiddler on the Roof (Savoy Theatre).
I Do! I Do! is directed by Joseph Hodges with musical direction by Henry Brennan, set design by Emily Bestow, lighting design by Joseph Ed Thomas and casting by Jay Gardner.
The new production will run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village from Tuesday 29 October until Saturday 16 November, with Press Night on Wednesday 30 October 2019 at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale from the Box Office at Upstairs at the Gatehouse on 020 8340 3488 or online at www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com. Performances run Tuesday – Saturday at 7.30pm, Saturday at 3.00pm and Sunday at 4.00pm.
You can find I Do! I Do! on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @IDoIDoLondon.
Image: Abstract Painting oil on canvas 90x90cm David Taylor 2019. All rights reserved
In this group show, Samantha Laub, Jason Sweidan and David Taylor present vibrant abstract paintings, influenced by abstract expressionism. The paintings demonstrate distinctive emotional responses to the natural.
Samantha, Jason and David have been developing a set of unique styles in close interaction with each other – all with strong colour use. The theme of present and remembered emotion displays their distinctive styles whilst drawing on a common theme.
Samantha’s works begin as spontaneous outpouring of energy and emotion that she then develops and refines into finished pieces. Her paintings are visceral, full of movement and texture.
Jason applies oil on canvases to construct and deconstruct images that reflect elements of nature. His paintings are predominantly fluid, physical and textured using gravity to allow the paint to evolve.
David’s work reflects memories of the natural in which strong colour use is combined with loose natural references that evoke a sense of fluidity, water or landscape.
All three artists are local to the exhibition and originally met at the Hampstead School of Art (HSOA).
Samantha is Creative Director of Gorgeous Brewery based in Highgate and also works in advertising, as well as being a painter. She has exhibited at a number of HSOA exhibitions and was also shortlisted in the National Open Art exhibition in 2016.
Jason works in investor relations as well as being an artist. He recently held his first solo art exhibition and has exhibited at several HSOA summer exhibitions and the Green and Stone summer exhibition 2019. His work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, Spain and Bermuda.
David is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Professor Emeritus at the University of Brighton. He is a leading academic social theorist and writer as well as a painter and sociologist of art.
Exhibition continues until 21 November
Gemma Maclean and Ben Morris will star in the new production of the 1966 Tony Award-Winning musical I Do! I Do! which will run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in London this Autumn.
The show has music and lyrics by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, best known for their long running hit Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks. This new production will feature all-new and updated material including never before heard songs by Tom Jones.
Based on the Jan de Hartog play, The Fourposter, I Do! I Do! chronicles the highs and lows of a couple’s marriage spanning over fifty years. I Do! I Do! was the first two-person musical to play on Broadway where it originally ran for 560 performances starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston prior to a successful 1996 Off-Broadway revival.
Gemma Maclean’s stage credits include The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium), 9 to 5 the Musical (ATG), The Witches of Eastwick (Prince of Wales Theatre), Sweet Charity (Menier Chocolate Factory) and We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre).
Ben Morris’ stage credits include The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (UK Tour), The Commitments (UK Tour), and Fiddler on the Roof (Savoy Theatre).
I Do! I Do! is directed by Joseph Hodges with musical direction by Henry Brennan, set design by Emily Bestow, lighting design by Joseph Ed Thomas and casting by Jay Gardner.
The new production will run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village from Tuesday 29 October until Saturday 16 November, with Press Night on Wednesday 30 October 2019 at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale from the Box Office at Upstairs at the Gatehouse on 020 8340 3488 or online at www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com. Performances run Tuesday – Saturday at 7.30pm, Saturday at 3.00pm and Sunday at 4.00pm.
You can find I Do! I Do! on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @IDoIDoLondon.
Image: Abstract Painting oil on canvas 90x90cm David Taylor 2019. All rights reserved
In this group show, Samantha Laub, Jason Sweidan and David Taylor present vibrant abstract paintings, influenced by abstract expressionism. The paintings demonstrate distinctive emotional responses to the natural.
Samantha, Jason and David have been developing a set of unique styles in close interaction with each other – all with strong colour use. The theme of present and remembered emotion displays their distinctive styles whilst drawing on a common theme.
Samantha’s works begin as spontaneous outpouring of energy and emotion that she then develops and refines into finished pieces. Her paintings are visceral, full of movement and texture.
Jason applies oil on canvases to construct and deconstruct images that reflect elements of nature. His paintings are predominantly fluid, physical and textured using gravity to allow the paint to evolve.
David’s work reflects memories of the natural in which strong colour use is combined with loose natural references that evoke a sense of fluidity, water or landscape.
All three artists are local to the exhibition and originally met at the Hampstead School of Art (HSOA).
Samantha is Creative Director of Gorgeous Brewery based in Highgate and also works in advertising, as well as being a painter. She has exhibited at a number of HSOA exhibitions and was also shortlisted in the National Open Art exhibition in 2016.
Jason works in investor relations as well as being an artist. He recently held his first solo art exhibition and has exhibited at several HSOA summer exhibitions and the Green and Stone summer exhibition 2019. His work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, Spain and Bermuda.
David is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Professor Emeritus at the University of Brighton. He is a leading academic social theorist and writer as well as a painter and sociologist of art.
Exhibition continues until 21 November
Gemma Maclean and Ben Morris will star in the new production of the 1966 Tony Award-Winning musical I Do! I Do! which will run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in London this Autumn.
The show has music and lyrics by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, best known for their long running hit Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks. This new production will feature all-new and updated material including never before heard songs by Tom Jones.
Based on the Jan de Hartog play, The Fourposter, I Do! I Do! chronicles the highs and lows of a couple’s marriage spanning over fifty years. I Do! I Do! was the first two-person musical to play on Broadway where it originally ran for 560 performances starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston prior to a successful 1996 Off-Broadway revival.
Gemma Maclean’s stage credits include The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium), 9 to 5 the Musical (ATG), The Witches of Eastwick (Prince of Wales Theatre), Sweet Charity (Menier Chocolate Factory) and We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre).
Ben Morris’ stage credits include The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (UK Tour), The Commitments (UK Tour), and Fiddler on the Roof (Savoy Theatre).
I Do! I Do! is directed by Joseph Hodges with musical direction by Henry Brennan, set design by Emily Bestow, lighting design by Joseph Ed Thomas and casting by Jay Gardner.
The new production will run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village from Tuesday 29 October until Saturday 16 November, with Press Night on Wednesday 30 October 2019 at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale from the Box Office at Upstairs at the Gatehouse on 020 8340 3488 or online at www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com. Performances run Tuesday – Saturday at 7.30pm, Saturday at 3.00pm and Sunday at 4.00pm.
You can find I Do! I Do! on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @IDoIDoLondon.
Image: Abstract Painting oil on canvas 90x90cm David Taylor 2019. All rights reserved
In this group show, Samantha Laub, Jason Sweidan and David Taylor present vibrant abstract paintings, influenced by abstract expressionism. The paintings demonstrate distinctive emotional responses to the natural.
Samantha, Jason and David have been developing a set of unique styles in close interaction with each other – all with strong colour use. The theme of present and remembered emotion displays their distinctive styles whilst drawing on a common theme.
Samantha’s works begin as spontaneous outpouring of energy and emotion that she then develops and refines into finished pieces. Her paintings are visceral, full of movement and texture.
Jason applies oil on canvases to construct and deconstruct images that reflect elements of nature. His paintings are predominantly fluid, physical and textured using gravity to allow the paint to evolve.
David’s work reflects memories of the natural in which strong colour use is combined with loose natural references that evoke a sense of fluidity, water or landscape.
All three artists are local to the exhibition and originally met at the Hampstead School of Art (HSOA).
Samantha is Creative Director of Gorgeous Brewery based in Highgate and also works in advertising, as well as being a painter. She has exhibited at a number of HSOA exhibitions and was also shortlisted in the National Open Art exhibition in 2016.
Jason works in investor relations as well as being an artist. He recently held his first solo art exhibition and has exhibited at several HSOA summer exhibitions and the Green and Stone summer exhibition 2019. His work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, Spain and Bermuda.
David is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Professor Emeritus at the University of Brighton. He is a leading academic social theorist and writer as well as a painter and sociologist of art.
Exhibition continues until 21 November
Image: Abstract Painting oil on canvas 90x90cm David Taylor 2019. All rights reserved
In this group show, Samantha Laub, Jason Sweidan and David Taylor present vibrant abstract paintings, influenced by abstract expressionism. The paintings demonstrate distinctive emotional responses to the natural.
Samantha, Jason and David have been developing a set of unique styles in close interaction with each other – all with strong colour use. The theme of present and remembered emotion displays their distinctive styles whilst drawing on a common theme.
Samantha’s works begin as spontaneous outpouring of energy and emotion that she then develops and refines into finished pieces. Her paintings are visceral, full of movement and texture.
Jason applies oil on canvases to construct and deconstruct images that reflect elements of nature. His paintings are predominantly fluid, physical and textured using gravity to allow the paint to evolve.
David’s work reflects memories of the natural in which strong colour use is combined with loose natural references that evoke a sense of fluidity, water or landscape.
All three artists are local to the exhibition and originally met at the Hampstead School of Art (HSOA).
Samantha is Creative Director of Gorgeous Brewery based in Highgate and also works in advertising, as well as being a painter. She has exhibited at a number of HSOA exhibitions and was also shortlisted in the National Open Art exhibition in 2016.
Jason works in investor relations as well as being an artist. He recently held his first solo art exhibition and has exhibited at several HSOA summer exhibitions and the Green and Stone summer exhibition 2019. His work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, Spain and Bermuda.
David is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Professor Emeritus at the University of Brighton. He is a leading academic social theorist and writer as well as a painter and sociologist of art.
Exhibition continues until 21 November
Image: Abstract Painting oil on canvas 90x90cm David Taylor 2019. All rights reserved
In this group show, Samantha Laub, Jason Sweidan and David Taylor present vibrant abstract paintings, influenced by abstract expressionism. The paintings demonstrate distinctive emotional responses to the natural.
Samantha, Jason and David have been developing a set of unique styles in close interaction with each other – all with strong colour use. The theme of present and remembered emotion displays their distinctive styles whilst drawing on a common theme.
Samantha’s works begin as spontaneous outpouring of energy and emotion that she then develops and refines into finished pieces. Her paintings are visceral, full of movement and texture.
Jason applies oil on canvases to construct and deconstruct images that reflect elements of nature. His paintings are predominantly fluid, physical and textured using gravity to allow the paint to evolve.
David’s work reflects memories of the natural in which strong colour use is combined with loose natural references that evoke a sense of fluidity, water or landscape.
All three artists are local to the exhibition and originally met at the Hampstead School of Art (HSOA).
Samantha is Creative Director of Gorgeous Brewery based in Highgate and also works in advertising, as well as being a painter. She has exhibited at a number of HSOA exhibitions and was also shortlisted in the National Open Art exhibition in 2016.
Jason works in investor relations as well as being an artist. He recently held his first solo art exhibition and has exhibited at several HSOA summer exhibitions and the Green and Stone summer exhibition 2019. His work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, Spain and Bermuda.
David is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Professor Emeritus at the University of Brighton. He is a leading academic social theorist and writer as well as a painter and sociologist of art.
Exhibition continues until 21 November
Come to an evening of traditional Old Time Music Hall with the famous Lissenden Players, with: Louisa Bayman, Orla Roberts, Cathy Joyner, Barbara Kealy and Mike Francis, with Paul Kenealy in the Chair and Derek Marcus at the piano. Come and join in the choruses!
Image: Abstract Painting oil on canvas 90x90cm David Taylor 2019. All rights reserved
In this group show, Samantha Laub, Jason Sweidan and David Taylor present vibrant abstract paintings, influenced by abstract expressionism. The paintings demonstrate distinctive emotional responses to the natural.
Samantha, Jason and David have been developing a set of unique styles in close interaction with each other – all with strong colour use. The theme of present and remembered emotion displays their distinctive styles whilst drawing on a common theme.
Samantha’s works begin as spontaneous outpouring of energy and emotion that she then develops and refines into finished pieces. Her paintings are visceral, full of movement and texture.
Jason applies oil on canvases to construct and deconstruct images that reflect elements of nature. His paintings are predominantly fluid, physical and textured using gravity to allow the paint to evolve.
David’s work reflects memories of the natural in which strong colour use is combined with loose natural references that evoke a sense of fluidity, water or landscape.
All three artists are local to the exhibition and originally met at the Hampstead School of Art (HSOA).
Samantha is Creative Director of Gorgeous Brewery based in Highgate and also works in advertising, as well as being a painter. She has exhibited at a number of HSOA exhibitions and was also shortlisted in the National Open Art exhibition in 2016.
Jason works in investor relations as well as being an artist. He recently held his first solo art exhibition and has exhibited at several HSOA summer exhibitions and the Green and Stone summer exhibition 2019. His work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, Spain and Bermuda.
David is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Professor Emeritus at the University of Brighton. He is a leading academic social theorist and writer as well as a painter and sociologist of art.
Exhibition continues until 21 November
The Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution: Christmas Cracker Fair 201
Saturday 7 December, 11am – 5pm
Come and find a wonderful selection of antiques and collectibles, designer/maker items, seasonal shrubs and plants, artisan bakery and even hand distilled Gin!
Entrance is FREE and everyone is WELCOME
A fundraising event for HLSI and Highgate Society
Catherine Budgett-Meakin tells the story of her Trans-Siberian railway journey, illustrated with slides.
Booking essential: https://members.hlsi.net/Event-Booking/EventId/50
(Non-members can also book using this link!)
Proposer: Simone Wesner, Senior Lecturer in Arts Management at the Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Birkbeck, University of London
Opposer: Alex Beard, Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Opera House
Phone to reserve your free place. 020 8340 3343
Dutch Dodo photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved
Printmakers Council: TIME
The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches. It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it. Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself. The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.
All work is for sale.
Events:
15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.
Create a print in a 10 minutes. Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.
Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:
- Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
• Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
• Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad
Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com
Exhibition continues until 20 February.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays
Dutch Dodo photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved
Printmakers Council: TIME
The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches. It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it. Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself. The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.
All work is for sale.
Events:
15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.
Create a print in a 10 minutes. Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.
Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:
- Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
• Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
• Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad
Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com
Exhibition continues until 20 February.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays
Dutch Dodo photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved
Printmakers Council: TIME
The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches. It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it. Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself. The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.
All work is for sale.
Events:
15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.
Create a print in a 10 minutes. Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.
Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:
- Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
• Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
• Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad
Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com
Exhibition continues until 20 February.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays
Join members of the Printmakers Council for a series of 15 minute talks on Sunday 9th February between 2 and 3pm.
Dutch Dodo photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved
Printmakers Council: TIME
The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches. It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it. Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself. The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.
All work is for sale.
Events:
15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.
Create a print in a 10 minutes. Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.
Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:
- Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
• Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
• Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad
Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com
Exhibition continues until 20 February.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays
Dutch Dodo photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved
Printmakers Council: TIME
The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches. It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it. Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself. The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.
All work is for sale.
Events:
15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.
Create a print in a 10 minutes. Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.
Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:
- Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
• Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
• Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad
Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com
Exhibition continues until 20 February.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays
Dutch Dodo photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved
Printmakers Council: TIME
The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches. It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it. Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself. The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.
All work is for sale.
Events:
15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.
Create a print in a 10 minutes. Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.
Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:
- Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
• Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
• Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad
Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com
Exhibition continues until 20 February.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays
Dutch Dodo photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved
Printmakers Council: TIME
The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches. It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it. Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself. The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.
All work is for sale.
Events:
15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.
Create a print in a 10 minutes. Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.
Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:
- Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
• Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
• Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad
Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com
Exhibition continues until 20 February.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays
Dutch Dodo photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved
Printmakers Council: TIME
The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches. It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it. Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself. The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.
All work is for sale.
Events:
15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.
Create a print in a 10 minutes. Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.
Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:
- Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
• Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
• Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad
Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com
Exhibition continues until 20 February.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays
Dutch Dodo photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved
Printmakers Council: TIME
The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches. It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it. Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself. The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.
All work is for sale.
Events:
15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.
Create a print in a 10 minutes. Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.
Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:
- Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
• Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
• Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad
Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com
Exhibition continues until 20 February.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays
Members of the Printmakers Council will help you create a print in 10 minutes. Sunday 16 February, 2-4pm
Dutch Dodo photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved
Printmakers Council: TIME
The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches. It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it. Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself. The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.
All work is for sale.
Events:
15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.
Create a print in a 10 minutes. Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.
Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:
- Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
• Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
• Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad
Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com
Exhibition continues until 20 February.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays
Dutch Dodo photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved
Printmakers Council: TIME
The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches. It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it. Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself. The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.
All work is for sale.
Events:
15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.
Create a print in a 10 minutes. Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.
Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:
- Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
• Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
• Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad
Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com
Exhibition continues until 20 February.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays
An evening of Old Time Music Hall
with Sue Yager, Sheila Miller, Racker Donelly, Syd Maddicott
with Chairman Mike Francis
and Derek Marcus at the piano.
Dutch Dodo photopolymer print with chine collé, 61.5×56.5cm Tammy Mackay 2019. All rights reserved
Printmakers Council: TIME
The Printmakers Council invites you to find the time to join them in exploring the concept of Time in both traditional and innovative forms printmaking. Determined historically by the rising and the setting of the sun, our modern lifestyles push against the natural rhythms of rest and labour and our now 24-hour economy urges consumer purchasing of smart watches. It’s not just telling the time but scheduling what to do with it. Meanwhile astrophysical research challenges our understanding of time itself. The Printmakers explore our complex relationship with time, a fascinating and engrossing subject for us all.
All work is for sale.
Events:
15 minute talks Sunday 9th February 2-3pm.
Create a print in a 10 minutes. Workshop on Sunday 16th February 2-4pm.
Founded in 1965 by artists including Julian Trevelyan, Michael Rothenstein, Anthony Gross and Agatha Sorel, the Printmakers Council promotes the place of printmaking in the visual arts by:
- Providing information on prints and printmaking to its 250 members and the public
• Encouraging co-operation and exchanges between artists, galleries and printmaking studios and associations
• Holding regular exhibitions of original prints in the UK and abroad
Website: https://printmakerscouncil.com
Exhibition continues until 20 February.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays
The Fitzwilliam String Quartet will be celebrating their 50th Anniversary with works by Haydn, Beethoven (Op 131) and Shostakovich (No. 12). Complimentary glass of wine. Doors open at 7 p.m.
So begins Once Upon a Mattress, a magical musical comedy journey into the world of Hans Christian Anderson’s beloved story of the princess and the pea.
But this isn’t your usual fairy tale, and princess Winnifred isn’t your usual fairy-tale princess. The Kingdom in which she seeks her prince seethes with a very adult problem, which won’t end until a very stubborn Queen Aggravain allows her son to marry Alas, he is his mother’s prince, and is any princess really good enough?
The 1959 classic Tony-nominated hit from Mary Rodgers–daughter legendary composer Richard Rodgers–returns to London for the first time in many moons!
Tickets
Thursday 5th and Friday 6th March – Previews – all tickets £10
Tue/Wed/Thurs: £18/£16 (concession)
Fri/Sat/Sun: £20/£18 (concession)
Tuesdays – Saturdays: 7.30pm
Sundays: 4.00pm
Extra Matinee – Saturday 28th March: 3.00pm
ORGANIC ORIGINS. Photographic Artworks by Keith Hammond
Artist and photographer Keith Hammond’s first solo exhibition at the Highgate Gallery in London takes a radical departure to nature photography.
Entitled Organic Origins, the exhibition showcases 14 of Hammond’s landscape works. Mostly taken in north London’s open spaces, including Hampstead Heath and Waterlow Park close to the gallery, each has a different theme, from Japanese Maple (2014) to Water Iris Shoots (2015), Frost on Leaf and Grass (2015) and Arching Beech (2016).
In these large-scale works, Hammond’s intention is to explore the way we look at nature. Rather than use a single shot composed in the picturesque tradition, he takes a radical approach, using a grid system that investigates each landscape from multiple viewpoints. Hammond then incorporates these smaller images and details into each finished image, making works that are more than the sum of their parts, and which reward repeated viewing.
The artworks in Organic Origins also invite comparison with other artists such as Gilbert and George and David Hockney, whose workshops he has attended. Hammond’s use of “joiners” (the photographic term for smaller images that combine to compose a larger picture) itself questions the act of perception, inviting a re-evaluation of photographic truth and the single “decisive moment”. Instead, his artworks respond to the way the eye actually works in nature: sometimes near, sometimes far, always restless.
“We don’t look at a beautiful tree or a landscape for just a split second. We take our time, our eyes wander all over the scene, we take it all in; the leaves shake in the wind, the waters ripple, the clouds move, the light changes. Nothing is static.” Keith Hammond, 2019
Hammond also works on his images post-production. Several of the landscapes in Organic Origins have been digitally manipulated to bring out details that are unattainable within the normal colour spectrum. The intention is to gain a wider harmony in the image – and express a wider truth about the relationship between the viewer and the natural world.
“I want to connect with something essential about the natural world; something that is palpably already there if we just take the time to look.” Keith Hammond, 2019.
“I have had a passion for trees since I was a small girl. If you’re similarly attracted to their changing colours and shapes, please spend time at Keith Hammond’s exhibition at the Highgate Gallery. He is a remarkable photographer.” Dame Judi Dench, 2020.
The artworks are for sale. From a series of 50 images, the 14 limited-edition works in the exhibition range from 1-2.5m in size. Prices £1,000-£4,000.
About Keith Hammond
A photographer since the 1960s, Keith Hammond has had a long career as an artist and photographer. In 1998-99 he was invited to judge the John Kobal Portrait Award (now Taylor Wessing) exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London. 2014 Art for Art Sake, Cork St Gallery, London.
Exhibition continues until 19 March.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays