TIME AND TIDE, 22 November to 2 December 2024, The Handbag Factory SE11 5RB
Friday, November 22, 2024 -- Monday, December 2, 2024, 1100 - 1700
The rhythms of passing time and tidal water flow through this dramatic exhibition of paintings and drawings by contemporary landscape artist Wendy Brooke-Smith. The show is anchored around a new collection of London paintings, exploring the artist's favourite subject matter of the Thames and its transient City skyline.
Brooke-Smith is inspired by the changing nature of the river: "The Thames has so many personas - busy and blustery or calm and contemplative, brimming high water or revealing her secrets for the mudlarkers - and each time transforming our perception of the City around us"...
But the artist has also spent time over the past few summers sailing the outer fringes of the British and Irish coastline, accumulating a striking portfolio of 'life on the edge' and finding underlying currents of resilience and resourcefulness.
As she explains: "I'm fascinated by the differing ways we exist alongside, or in spite of the forces of nature: the remote crofts and lighthouses of our coastal margins may seem a world away from London's urban jungle, but they are connected by the same patterns of tidal flow and human tenacity... isolation or integration is more of a social than a geographical issue".
Brooke-Smith paints in acrylic and oil, using initial charcoal drawings to develop ideas in her studio. Several charcoal drawings, including a large series of the view from Tower Bridge, will be included in the exhibition.
Prices range from £300 to £3,000. Families welcome.
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Category: Arts | Visual Arts | Galleries / Art
Artist: Wendy Brooke-Smith
Brooke-Smith is inspired by the changing nature of the river: "The Thames has so many personas - busy and blustery or calm and contemplative, brimming high water or revealing her secrets for the mudlarkers - and each time transforming our perception of the City around us"...
But the artist has also spent time over the past few summers sailing the outer fringes of the British and Irish coastline, accumulating a striking portfolio of 'life on the edge' and finding underlying currents of resilience and resourcefulness.
As she explains: "I'm fascinated by the differing ways we exist alongside, or in spite of the forces of nature: the remote crofts and lighthouses of our coastal margins may seem a world away from London's urban jungle, but they are connected by the same patterns of tidal flow and human tenacity... isolation or integration is more of a social than a geographical issue".
Brooke-Smith paints in acrylic and oil, using initial charcoal drawings to develop ideas in her studio. Several charcoal drawings, including a large series of the view from Tower Bridge, will be included in the exhibition.
Prices range from £300 to £3,000. Families welcome.
URLs:
Facebook: https://go.evvnt.com/2657999-2?pid=2874
Inquiries: https://go.evvnt.com/2657999-3?pid=2874
Category: Arts | Visual Arts | Galleries / Art
Artist: Wendy Brooke-Smith
Starting Price Per Person
Free
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Where
The Handbag Factory Coworking and Galleries
3 Loughborough Street
London England SE11 5RB
United Kingdom
( Multi-Purpose Events Venue )
3 Loughborough Street
London England SE11 5RB
United Kingdom
( Multi-Purpose Events Venue )
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Event ID: 240775
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