rough notes – tate britain

‘Crucifixion’ – F.N.Souya –

‘Orange, Black and White Composition 1953’ – William Scott – The most gorgeous orange. Reminded me of when I first used oil paints.

‘Interior of a Great House’ – J.M.W Turner (and his work in North Wales) – The drawing room, east cowes castl, again, beautiful greens, emerald and textured white ( with red) and yellow focal point.

His works in North Wales are Fantastic, nice to see places I know and love represented in a way that is so emotive. ‘Nant Peris’ Looknig towards Snowdon. Interesting how the Italian landscapes are so much more sugary and sweetly delicate and the light is more honeyed. ‘He was influenced by the theory of the sublime’.

‘Bomb Store 1942’ – David Bomberg – 1. Oil on board – Blobs of colour, lots of contradiction & pink with red and yellow. 2.Oil on paper on canvas. 

‘The Lady of Shalott’ – John W. Waterhouse – Lilac with the green dynamic angles, the detail in the reeds created by the speed of the brush strokes.

I would like to work with oil paints and screen printing again. Using the photographs of the city with tropical plants and abstracting, enhancing the bright blues, greens and reds. Turning to light into colour. The paintings I was looking at in the gallery today all have in common the strong colours admist dark, scratchy, murkiness.