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Where to see my work, November & December 2014

Monday, November 10th, 2014

9 November 2014

Where to see my work, November & December 2014

The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition

Thursday 13 – Sunday 23 November 2014 10.00 – 5.00pm

The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1

My 2 plate etching: Rapidly Scrawled Life, edition of 30, will be part of the ING Discerning Eye exhibition which opens next Thursday. My etching was selected by the Curator, Writer and Artistic Director of Pallant House Gallery, Simon Martin.

OPEN STUDIOS weekend

Sat Nov 15 – Sun 16 Nov 11.00 – 18.00

Second Floor Studios & Arts

My studio is Studio 17, Unit 0 I will be showing new etchings, sculpture, painting and drawing

Greenwich Printmakers Gallery

Wednesday 12 November – 14 January 2015

I will show 3 new etchings in the group show

Gerald Moore Gallery. Group show

Saturday 29 November – 24 January

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The Discerning Eye Exhibition

Wednesday, November 5th, 2014

4 November 2014

The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition

Thursday 13 – Sunday 23 November 2014 10.00 – 5.00pm

The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1

“The Discerning Eye annual exhibition is a show of small works independently selected by 6 prominent figures from different areas of the art world: two artists, two collectors and two critics. Work is selected from open submission and from artists invited by different selectors. Each selectors section is hung separately giving the impression of six small exhibitions within the whole.”

Other selectors are Artists: Nicola Green, Emma Stibbon; Collectors: Chris Ingram, Dr Giles Brown, Critics: Chris Ingram

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Sunset, Thames Barrier Print Studio

Tuesday, November 4th, 2014

3 November 2014

At about 4.30 this afternoon, this was the view from the window of the studio where I do my printing at Thames Barrier Print Studio. I was working on 2 new plates today, it wasn’t going too well I left one of the plates in the acid too long and had some foul biting, then I saw this sunset and my spirits lifted.

My studio is Unit 0 Studio 17, 2 minutes walk from the Print Studio. The majority of the artists with studios on the complex, including me, will open their doors for the

OPEN STUDIOS weekend

Sat Nov 15 – Sun 16 Nov 11.00 – 18.00

Second Floor Studios & Arts

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Etching: Ordinary Courage

Sunday, October 26th, 2014

25 October 2014

Etching: Ordinary Courage

Theo Clinkard was invited to present the emotionally charged Ordinary Courage, a dance concerned with loss and inspired by the death of his mother, at The Danzalborde Festival in Valparaiso and at GAM in Santiago, Chille. Theo needed to raise £5000 to get the 6 dancers and musician to South America. Undaunted, Theo started a crowd-funding campaign, met their target in time and is now back in the UK.

This 2 plate etching was made after drawing the dance at the beginning of the year. The etching wasn’t working and I felt lost with it and put the plates to one side. Recently I began to work on it again, I cut the plates down to create a smaller more intimate space, then to tried the addition of chine collé, here is the result

Theo and I are both Resident Artists at Greenwich Dance.

This will be in the Greenwich Printmakers next exhibition, opening 11th November – Sunday 4th January, as well as in my Open Studio 15 – 16th November

Studio 17, Unit 0, Second Floor Studios & Arts, Harrington Way, London SE18 5NR

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Merge Festival 2014

Friday, October 10th, 2014

9 October 2014

Merge Festival, Bankside

Bankside arts festival, Merge, is on until 19th October and is well worth a visit. The one to see this weekend is the interactive kinetic sculptures, Dance Machines by Peter William Holden which finishes on Sunday.

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Now Gallery Launch

Wednesday, September 17th, 2014

17 September 2014

Now Gallery Launch

A new North Greenwich gallery was launched this evening, the Now Gallery on Greenwich Peninsular, all eyes were on Simon Heijdens‘ light projection through the windows it is stunning, responding to wind and light, creating rhythmic graphic shadows.

26-27 September Florence Peake will create a new sculptural performance work which will include dancers, responding to the light, atmosphere and people in the space.

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Return to Harrods Fine Watch Room

Monday, September 15th, 2014

15 September 2014

Baume & Mercier Sculpture Commission. The sculpture is displayed in a special Promesse exhibition in the Fine Watch Room on the Ground Floor at Harrods during the month of September.

Today I returned to Harrods Fine Watch Room to see my most recent sculpture commissioned by Baume & Mercier to celebrate the launch of their new ladies collection, Promesse. On my first visit I was told that it was a marketing success and again this time was told how well it is being received. The sculpture surface is now full of padlocks, many with personal messages written on. Although the padlocks have now run out I am told there are more on the way. Behind the sculpture there is a interview with me filmed in my studio while I’m working on the sculpture.

Years ago when I was an art student at Goldsmiths College I worked in Harrods during the summer sales in the china department. As the doors opened to the public on the first day of the sales we were told to be still and listen, a distant rumble became a deafening roar, it was the pounding of hundreds of feet and they all seemed to be coming our way: the Summer Sales had begun! An enjoyable time, I made lasting friendships earning enough to pay my student rent and take a great holiday on a Greek Island with 9 others.

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Yvonne Rainer: Dance Works

Saturday, August 9th, 2014

9 August 2014

Yvonne Rainer: Dance Works Raven Row

Last day tomorrow, this is a wonderful insight into the work of dancer and choreographer Yvonne Rainer. Irina Baldini is one of the dancers, Irina modelled for my seated figure sculpture, title: Irina. Now installed in a Lawyers office in Essex

Yvonne Rainer 3

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Midsummer Art Fair

Friday, June 20th, 2014

19 June 2014

Landmark Midsummer Art Fair

Private View tomorrow evening 20 June 6pm – 8.30pm

Saturday 21 – Sunday 22 June: 10am – 5pm

I am Stand 77, I will be selling painting, etching, sculpture and greeting cards

Landmark Arts Centre, Ferry Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 9NN

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Foundation Year Show at UCA Canterbury

Saturday, May 31st, 2014

31 May 2014

My son Maxim McKay-Jones has completed his Fine Art Foundation Year at UCA Canterbury. The private view for this excellent show and all the graduation shows at UCA Canterbury was on Friday evening, featuring Fine Art, Design, Architecture and Media. The exhibition is open until 13th June and if you’re in the area I would urge to visit and see the exceptional talent displayed at the University for the Creative Arts Canterbury.

Here’s some of my son’s work concerned with geometric forms taking inspiration from his love of Maths