July was a busy month here..!

Everyday is a painting day mantra etc..

don't know if i can beat 25 posts in a month

where its at....

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http://www.howardsherman.com/home.htm

Open studios North London

Our open studios kicks off in two hours and is on till sunday. Come along and check out the work of 37 artists at Euroart studios based in Tottenham in North London

Euroart Open studios

Units 5 & 6

Gaunson House

Markfield Road

Tottenham N154QQ

Oct 1-3rd

Friday 6-10pm

Sat 2-6pm

sun 2-6pm

Free parking, 7 mins from seven sisters tube.

My studio is no. 29 - hope you can make it!

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Boy with a balloon

Man with rubbish bags

Man looks at a menu and a figure ironing

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new paintings for the open studios

Nick Powell - artist statement

October 2010

In my new work started this past month I have been keen to explore the relationship that drawing has with painting, in terms of representing the figure. In wishing to retain the immediacy of the drawings I made, I projected and drew figurative images onto the canvas.

I drew people walking down a street in a relaxed setting. However, the original drawings of the figures were executed without any reference to buildings or backgrounds. I was just interested in recording physical detail. The drawings took five-to-ten seconds, or the time it took for the person or people to walk in and out of view. I had no time to consider my work or to edit the drawing during this time. If they stopped walking I had more time to draw them. The drawings were a result of observing and responding to their movement, with my pencil marks recording sensations according to their gait or gesture.

The challenge was to situate them in a perspective. By using acrylic paint and through the use of colour and layering I was keen to explore how the figure could relate to a new invented space on the canvas.