'City of Glass 21 - (Nowhere)'



'City of Glass 21- (Nowhere)'      160x100cms

'By wandering aimlessly, all places became equal and it no longer mattered where he was. On his best walks, he was able to feel that he was nowhere. And this, finally, was all he ever asked of things: to be nowhere. New York was the nowhere he had built around himself, and he realised that he had no intention of ever leaving it again' 

The words of author/detective Daniel Quinn....*

Exploring blacks again- a rectangle of true/tube black in the bottom left corner- how to use colour to make it work...thoughts of Richard Diebenkorn's black/orange 'Ocean Park 133' and a black/orange Mark Surridge painting at his recent show at the Millenium Gallery...Manhattan fragmented, open, anonymous, nowhere, subjugated to the painting....

'Ocean Park 133'

It's Open Studios again at the Shire Hall Gallery in Bodmin, a fabulous space I'm sharing with Janie M McDonald. The dialogue has already begun.. Janie's loathing of the salmon pink led to the red found with an Alizarin glaze...I spent 3 hrs repainting the central green vertical with the difficult aim of getting a line with presence, a line that was straight but not perfect.....Denise saw the outline of a figure in the curves of the eastern shore...Quinn? Stillman?...the pursuer or the pursued?

Black is 'nowhere'

detail- COG 21

* P:4, 'The New York Trilogy' by Paul Auster

PV at Margate Gallery, Workshop and Open Studios

It was a great night at the opening of 'Opposites' at Margate Gallery on Friday. Ashley was delighted to see you all and especially honoured to welcome Victoria Pomery, Director of the Turner Contemporary to the show.

 Comments & Tweets About the Exhibition

Great show at @MargateGallery  - @AshleyHansonArt vibrant, colourful and exciting, a feast for the eyes http://bit.ly/19732Es

Just back from @AshleyHansonArt  exhibition @MargateGallery  it is a colour sensation. A MUST SEE!

Ashley's colourful artwork was a great way to brighten up the weekend. I highly recommend a visit to a great gallery and a fabulous art show.



The show continues until 22nd June see link for more details:
http://www.margategallery.co.uk/exhibition/opposites Ashley will be giving an informal talk about the work Saturday 22 June 12pm - 2pm at the gallery.

'Freedom in Painting with the Life - Model', 2 Day Workshop in Canterbury

Coinciding  with the exhibition is a new exciting workshop at Canterbury Christchurch University ‘Freedom in Painting with the Life Model’ Thurs & Fri 20^th- 21^st June,  9.30-5.30pm . Cost £70 for the 2 days. 

‘The Life-room is a special place for artists, and links artists working today with those of the past. Working from the model is a timeless, challenging and essential discipline but is rich in possibilities: the aim of this 2 day workshop is to build on observational skills and gain a greater understanding of painting through our own personal interpretations of the human figure.’

During the workshop we will be exploring colour, mark-making, composition, the physicality of paint and the journey from drawing into painting. The aim of this course is to build on observational skills and gain a greater understanding of painting through our own personal interpretations of the human figure.

 

Book soon as places are filling up fast!!

Email  denise@ashleyhanson.co.uk or call 01208 77656 to book.

 

Open Studios in Bodmin

 

 

Ashley and Janie are teaming up again at Bodmin's Shire Hall welcoming visitors to the studio over a 3 week period, 25th May- 15th June 10am - 5pm, Mon -Sat . Do pop in if you are near by, come see the exhibition and say 'hello'.