Local Artist

We are holding the ‘Show Me the Monet’ art exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London: Thursday 12th April to Saturday 14th April 2012.

From our thousands of applicants, the ‘Show Me the Monet’ judges have selected the very best artworks to appear in a one-off exhibition and sale.  This is your chance to see and buy the work of some of the country’s best amateur and professional artists.

Using shadows in a painting can affect the way the subject is viewed.  The temperature is altered by their colour, blue creates a cooler effect. Warmer colours such as grey or purple are used to create the suggestion of shadows on a warm day. Deep shade throws the subject into near darkness against bright lighting; lighter ones provide a softer effect.

How do you recognize an artists abilities? Does the mind of an artist work differently to that of the general viewer?

Artists appear to operate on a different level to those of us who study their works.

Some art is easy to interpret - obvious to most people who just want to appreciate something well-composed and easy on the eye.

Artists, however, need to exhibit something tonally even and with great depth; a work possibly composed of saturated colour, with impact to capture the attention. A new concept. A great many of us feel something upon observation of works of real quality; artists feel either an affinity or an absolute lack of it.

If you are looking to exhibit in the New Year and start 2012 with an exciting opportunity, we are also launching new  dates for an Art in Mind exhibition from the 14 to 27 February 2012.    

The Brick Lane Gallery is also happy to announce we will soon be launching a new website and new look, with major construction currently taking place. Our slick new gallery front and our fantastic Annexe are continuing to keep the status of The Brick Lane Gallery high with lots of surprises making it a must see spot on Brick Lane.

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It can be frustrating when learning to paint to reach a stalemate with your progress.

Attempts at oils can run into trouble through a lack of patience with the time it takes for the canvas to dry before another layer may be applied without dislodging the previous one and becoming a muddy mess.

Acrylics can dry before you expect them to and the colours remain garish despite all endeavours to tone them down.

Pastelles insist on a refusal to co-operate and smudge after the work is complete making them difficult to store.

These are just examples of the brick walls an artist can come up against whilst learning the skills.