Up next at Atelier beside the Sea, Jonny Hannah's epic seaside-themed show. The Darktown Seaside Beano opens on Friday 22nd September with a stellar lineup of contributors. Each has been asked to create an A3-sized postcard for the show and they will all be on sale at the same price. Each piece is a one-off, so when they're gone, they're gone. Don't hang about if you spy a favourite artist on the list...
Feel the Happy is a search for a high, a dive into the brightest colours, a mental landscape and maybe a call for attention too. All four paintings are emotion-led, made with the purpose of lifting my spirits and trying to find some joy, as well as using symbolism and mark-making that had meaning for me.
It's about sitting with the elements and playing with composition until it comes together. So often I will be surprised by what I come up with just because a figure fell onto another cutting and I have a hallelujah moment.
I have always been interested in what it is that my eye falls upon randomly, without pre-cognition; often a small object. I like to beach comb. I'm always stuffing odd things into a suitcase after a holiday.
