Moonlight and Rain, 2021, oil on linen, 40.5 x 20.5 cm
This painting is in an exhibition at Nicholas Thompson Gallery titled The Painter's Eye. There are 14 artists and one of them is Kez Hughes who curated the show. It's good to be in an exhibition where painting is held in high regard. The almost obsession with machine made imagery in the art world is disappointing to say the least, so it's a relief in a way when the art of painting is allowed to balance that which is made by humans against that which is made by technology.
Hugh Magnus wrote an excellent essay to accompany the exhibition. His last paragraph says a lot and to quote him here -
'These paintings share many things, but most of all it is their makers' utmost respect for the traditions and techniques of their craft that endows them with such lightness and beauty. Through bringing these works together, the monolith of an imagined, capital-P 'Painting' begins to crumble. Working in different styles, varying modes and motifs, the artists of The Painter's Eye apply their tools and logic to create lasting icons, persistent images whose power stretches well beyond the edges of their supports'.
The artists in this exhibition are - Xiao You Bai, Sis Cowie, Sarah Crowest, Alex Dillon, David Egan, Storm Gold, Kez Hughes, Natasha Col, Shane Jones, Madeleine Peters, Steven Rendall, Rachael Robb, Kristina Tsoulis-Reay and Kate Wallace.
