One potato...

Acrylic on canvas, 15 x 15 cm

Art competition

Calling all artists resident in Sussex for an exciting new Art Prize! Artists are invited to submit a proposal to exhibit new work in the Circle Gallery at Sussex Coast College in Hastings. The winning artist will be awarded £3,000 to fund a solo exhibition in October - November 2010.

Full guidelines and details on how to apply please visit www.parkerharris.co.uk

If you have any queries please email sccap@parkerharris.co.uk.

Richard - Recent sketches

A series of quick (5min) sketches from some recent life classes.

Richard - Ashdown Landscapes

My final versions of the four small landscapes of Ashdown Forest I was working on.

The Four Elements: Air

Another print in the series on the Four Elements.



Three stage reduction linocut, 10 x 10cm.

The landscape changes...

Here's the first of the paintings that will be in my exhibition at the Hop Gallery, Lewes 13 - 25 March.



Harbour. Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50 cm.

Still working towards simplifying the landscape. As you might notice, the picture has changed dramatically from the early stages. Actually, it's changed so much, I can't remember which of those three paintings is underneath this final version.

Vin Rouge

Managed to do a print using only two colours*. It's hard work trying to recognise that you don't need to capture every nuance of shade and light, or record every detail of the subject. Sometimes, the image is stronger for what you leave out. They say drawing is just learning to see; perhaps it's also learning not to see.

*Arguably, it's three colours, because the white of the paper is an important part of the design.



Two stage reduction linocut, 10 x 10cm. With apologies for the punning title.