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Art My Home London, London (2026)

25/06/2022

One glance at Marie Theres Madani’s work and I was smitten. Her large, bold, abstract paintings are dynamic and simply beautiful. She’s new, she’s young (b1993) and she’s fresh, so how does an emerging artist produce such compelling artwork at such an early stage in their career?
I looked for clues and scrolling through her account, I could easily follow her short artistic journey … nothing mysterious, no great ground shattering event that impacted her style over the few years since she began to paint … instead, she simply grew bolder, braver and better as her work just evolved organically … like a baby taking its first steps.
When asked what motivates her, she explains: “Art is an escape from banality, a need for more, an urge, a surge, a longing, a search, a finding, a losing, a finding again.”
We know that art can transport us to new places, but her work takes you to another universe altogether. Nicholas Wilton enthuses “every painting feels spacious and wild” and I get that too, that sense of freedom and abandonment.
Madani is like a butterfly emerging from her chrysalis … I can’t wait to see her in full flight.

1. Echos of Tomorrow #9 June 2022
2. Disruptive Distraction #4 November 2021
3. Disruptive Distraction Oct 2021
4. Untitled May 2021
5. Untitled February 2021
6. Untitled January 2021
7. Untitled June 2020
8. Reservoir March 2020
9. Untitled April 2019
10. Untitled Jan 2019

11/05/2022

David Hockney is known for his dedication to experimentation and pushing boundaries - he doesn’t paint realistic, photographic images, “but preserves moments in time through a saturated, interpretive perspective” breaking down traditional hierarchies of the medium of fine art. He has spent a lifetime of being fearless in doing the unexpected. He has always been interested in technology so it should come as no surprise that Hockney thinks of the iPad as just another tool for drawing.
He began using one as soon as it came on the market in June 2010. From January to May of the following year, he was making the series The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire. “I love drawing … and finding joy in spring” he declared going on to explain that “I don’t know how I see colour, but I see it, and I like it. I suppose I exaggerate it a bit”.
He has twice travelled with his tablet to Yosemite National Park in California, resulting in ‘Yosemite Suite’ which subsequently featured in major museums including the Tate in London, Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
In the midst of the pandemic, from his home in Normandy, he created 116 pieces new and optimistic works in praise of nature, exuding hope and solace to a fearful public reeling from the imploding world around them… a much appreciated reminder of the constant renewal and wonder the natural world and in particular, of spring. Like Hockney, I love spring and find it a time of joy and lots of promise 💚

1. The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate by David Hockney 2011
2. Untitled by David Hockney from The Yosemite Suite 2010
3. No 147 by David Hockney, Spring in Normandy 2020
4. A Closer Look - Forest Affairs by Nestor Toro
5. Behind the Wooden Door by Maria Esmar
6. Beginning by Lilia Orlova-Holmes
7. Changing Seasons - Spring 01 by Koen Lybaert
8. Sweet Magnolias by Diana Rosa
9. A Flower of the Mountain XIX by Philip Maltman
10. Alignment in Spring by Joanna Gilbert

17/03/2022

Sonia Delaunay is another Ukrainian 🇺🇦 artist treasure, born in Odessa in 1885, trained in Russia and Germany and then moved to France. Her innovative explorations of colour and form were integral to the development of abstract art in the early 20th century incorporating elements of Cubism, Fauvism, and Futurism into her bright, geometric paintings.
Sonia’s breakthrough work in textile design came shortly after meeting her husband in 1911, through a patchwork blanket the artist stitched for her newborn son, Charles, composed of a melody of pinks, creams, greens and maroon shapes contrasted by subtle hints of black.
Her trademark style quickly took over Paris. By the 1920s she established a studio called ‘Sonia,’ dedicated to creating textiles and clothing for private clients, as well as opening an atelier together with French couturier Jacques Heim. The artist’s earliest commissions were garments for the upper echelon of society, including a coat for movie star Gloria Swanson, comprised of geometric shapes rendered in rich shades of spicy red, brown and cream. What began as a radical creative experiment in testing the limits of colour and form, quickly became a high fashion brand and was an early exercise in the celebration of female liberation. Today, many of her designs are national treasures, living mostly in institutions, while her unique textiles and masterful ability to manipulate shapes and colours still permeate the world through the collections of countless contemporary designers.
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1. Electric Prism
2. Simultaneous Colours
3. Icarus
4. Rhythm
5. Her son’s quilt
6. Design 471
7. Three Women
8. Coat made for Gloria Swanson 1924
9. Sonia Delaunay 1885-1979

17/03/2022

Sonia Delaunay is another Ukrainian 🇺🇦 artist treasure, born in Odessa in 1885, trained in Russia and Germany and then moved to France. Her innovative explorations of colour and form were integral to the development of abstract art in the early 20th century incorporating elements of Cubism, Fauvism, and Futurism into her bright, geometric paintings.
Her breakthrough work in textile design came shortly after meeting her husband in 1911, through a patchwork blanket the artist stitched for her newborn son, Charles, composed of a melody of pinks, creams, greens and maroon shapes contrasted by subtle hints of black.
Her trademark style quickly took over Paris. By the 1920s she established a studio called ‘Sonia,’ dedicated to creating textiles and clothing for private clients, as well as opening an atelier together with French couturier Jacques Heim. The artist’s earliest commissions were garments for the upper echelon of society, including a coat for movie star Gloria Swanson, comprised of geometric shapes rendered in rich shades of spicy red, brown and cream. Today, many of her designs are national treasures, living mostly in institutions, while her unique textiles and masterful ability to manipulate shapes and colours still permeate the world through the collections of countless contemporary designers.
She was the first living female artist to have a retrospective exhibition at the Louvre in 1964, and in 1975 was named an officer of the French Legion of Honor.
She was a visionary and her radical move from painting to designing fabrics and garments was an early nod to female liberation and may well be her broader legacy… Swanson’s coat could be on the catwalk of any fashion house today… she was indeed ahead of her time 👏💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙

1.Electric Prism
2. Simultaneous Colours
3. Icarus
4. Rhythm
5. Her son Charles’s quilt
6. Design 471
7. Coat made for Gloria Swanson 1924
8.Three Women 1925
9. Market at Minho
10. Sonia Delaunay 1885- -1979

03/03/2022

I read a few days ago, an unconfirmed report, that Russian forces burned down a museum in a city northwest of the capital Kyiv, that was home to dozens of works by Ukraine’s greatest and most treasured artist, Maria Prymachenko 🇺🇦The self-taught artist was born in 1909 in the region and was buried there when she died in 1997. Her colourful folk art was widely exhibited in the country and appeared on the country’s stamps during the 1970s.
Her father was a craftsman and she learned the art of embroidery and hand-painting Easter eggs from her mother and grandmother. She had no formal fine art training inspired simply by her encounters in forests and wildflower fields, surrounded by animals. In 1936, her works were included in the First Republican Folk Art Exhibition in Kyiv, which later traveled to Moscow and Leningrad, and the following year some of her drawings were presented in the International Exhibition in Paris, where she received a gold medal and the blurb of a lifetime from Pablo Picasso reportedly saying: “I bow down before the artistic miracle of this brilliant Ukrainian.”
Another admirer, Marc Chagall, also fell under the spell of her paintings: When he began to paint animals into his own magic realist scenes in his native Belarus, he called his creatures “the cousins of the strange beasts of Maria Prymachenko.”

I have chosen the following images because I love them. I’m not sure if any of these were destroyed in the invasion … hopefully not so that the rest of the world can continue to enjoy them 💙💛

15/02/2022

In love with colour…? If not before, you will be now! ❤️💛💙💚💜
One of the most eye-catching aspects of any painting is the colours used by the artist and throughout history, there have been numerous styles of painting and various art movements that have focused on colours in differing lights, intensities, and contrast. But the ability to captivate the viewer with an array of colours is a skill that simply can’t be taught in even the most prestigious art schools of the world. Take a close look at this selection and just appreciate how the modern artist selects the colour scheme to achieve harmony so that artwork is pleasing to the eye whilst rethinking abstraction - those suggestive, beguiling and transcendent compositions. Original paintings of any colourful collection will look perfect in any decor style. Go on … rethink colour.

1. Whispering Souls .to.art
2. Untitled
3. Untitled
4. Untitled
5. Family
6. Fifth Dimension
7. Felicity
8. Untitled
9. Redder than Red
10. Abstract Energy by Peter Nottrott

25/01/2022

January Blues anyone…?
You can banish those blues by boosting your feel-good hormones: take a few deep breaths in … exhale slowly and as your heart rate and your breath synchronise, lots of feel-good stuff like serotonin and endorphins are released to calm and sooth the mind and body. Or, better still, ‘reward yourself’ because apparently our brains respond extremely well to rewards and as we visualise treating ourselves, we actually become more motivated.
Alternatively, if you have lost the will to live and can’t seem to manage these January blues, then try immersing yourself in ‘blue’ art like this sensational collection I’ve curated for you. I bet they’ll lift your mood and bring just that little bit of joy to get you through to the other side. Enjoy 😊

1. Note for Dreamliner
2. Metal y Piedr de Ijada by Donna Huanca
3. Atlantes
4. City People on Country Road
5. Thinking Blue
6. Puits d’Amour
7. Untitled
8. Infinite
9. The Pleasure Principle
10. The Sea Flowed Right Over The Land

16/01/2022

New colours for 2022 by the two big colour forecasters, Pantone with Very Peri and Dulux with Bright Skies may be trying to invigorate us with optimism and uplift, “opening us up to a new vision”, but I’m afraid, it’s a no from me 😒 Despite the fact that they are modern and youthful, I’m simply not ready for the sentiment: I feel that we are only coming to the end of the beginning and starting the beginning of the end of the pandemic and I’m reluctant to jump for joy just yet 🙃 Don’t get me wrong, I’m just as eager as the next man to put the whole sorry saga of Covid behind us … perhaps the colours don’t ‘flip my switch’. So, you’ll understand why I’m kicking off this new year with a post featuring artwork from some of my favourite artists and sources which are not only fabulous but are reassuringly comforting if you are not quite ready to ‘run the gauntlet’ of the avant guard. Just enjoy. ☺️

1. Pantone Very Peri and Dulux Bright Skies
2. Whispers of my Past by Christabel Blackburn
3. On a Sleeping Sea by David Mankin
4. Take my Hand by David Storey £600
5. This Girl is Fighting Fit by Naomi Munro £995
6. Chair, Lamp, Pattern by Tracy White Fitzgerald
7. The Green Vase by Elizabeth Power
8. Untitled #3 by Sian Jordan £200
9. Fresh White Spring by Bruce McLean £1,350
10. Still Life by Leonard Digris

04/12/2021

Deck the walls with original art this Christmas 🎄

With a burgeoning list of presents to buy, it’s easy to forget about treating yourself when there’s so many others to think about, so how about a little self-gifting that’s not going to ‘break the bank’🙌
Here’s how to buy a piece of art through Own Art .art a fantastic national initiative that makes buying contemporary art affordable by providing interest-free credit for the purchase of original work. It was created back in 2004 by Arts Council England and has a network of over 330 galleries across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Loans available £100 to £2,500 repayable over 10 months and £2,500 to £25,000 over 20 months (if you really feel like treating yourself 😜). You take the painting away immediately and the artist receives their payment within a week. Everyone’s a winner👏
So, if you ever fancied owning a piece by Banksy, Sir Peter Blake or the next rising star, then start scrolling - Instagram is a great launchpad for fresh new talent and it has made the ‘art world’ a much fairer playing field for everyone: accessible art for all … the affordable way. I’ll drink to that! 🥂

1. ER… by Banksy POA limited edition tea towel framed
2. C is for Clown by Sir Peter Blake limited edition signed £950
3. Baptism by Juan Bolivar £7,500
4. Girl with a Cat by Liviu Mihai $5,700
5. Camellia by James Bland £800
6. Heading Home by Sarah Fosse (limited edition)
7. Pears by Anne Lynch £395
8. Sylvette with Flowers by Lydia Corbett (was a muse for Picasso)£2,500
9. Going through It by Charlotte Cornish POA
10. Best Laid Plans by Hiliary Turnbull £1050

23/11/2021

The camera never lies … or does it?
Yves Klein’s 1960 photomontage of his ‘Leap into the Void’ teased us with his classic piece of trickery as he launched himself into space landing safely onto a tarpaulin later edited out. To the audience then, it was deemed fantastical!
Dora Maar, a French photographer, painter and a love partner of Pablo Picasso, who, back in the 1920s, felt that art should represent reality linked with ideas, rather than visually reproduce the natural. She inspired future photographers, and Picasso himself, to look at things differently.
It was these images that started the exploration of the relationship between ‘recording’ and ‘framing’ new work to the point whereby the artist Mel Bochner described photography as a “distrust of its truth function”.
Even John Hilliard, a British conceptual artist born in 1945, joined in this debate about the authenticity of the camera capturing reality. He openly questioned its true representational role: “everything comes down to time and light” as he exposed how decisions made by the photographer at the instant of the exposure or in the darkroom resulted in different outcomes. For him, he confessed that the camera can lie through its vulnerability to manipulation.
Then along comes the selfie…a new visual genre of portraiture which is usually casual, improvised and fast but may equally be carefully staged before being approved by the sender to be embedded into social networks. Selfies are never accidental and it’s where we become our own biggest fans and private paparazzi. Selfies are a photography of modern life with the same impulses as experienced by Rembrandt … images to make ourselves look awesome 😀
1. Yves Klein Leap into the Void 1960
2. Untitled by Dora Maar 1935
3. Table for Four by John Hilliard 2003
4. Gone by Philip McKay
5. Shadow and Sand by Nadia Attura
6. Untitled by Anastasia Savinova
7. Madain Saleh by Chris Priestley (nothing altered here since the Nabataean people carved the magnificent tombs c.1BCE)
8. Nor here: One Man and his Dog by Jura Craven
9. Ellen DeGeneres 2014 Oscars
10. Aki Hoshidi Japanese astronaut 2012 selfie with the earth in the background.

12/10/2021

Hey there artists … you know that fabulous painting you did that you could have sold ten times over, but sadly only one lucky customer got to appreciate all your time, effort and creativity? Well, with Giclée, pronounced ‘Zhee-Clay’ or ‘Gee-Clay’, the name given to the highest quality of art printing, you can reach more art buyers, who loved the original work but were either too late or possibly couldn’t afford it 🙌
This method was developed in 1991 by printmaker Jack Duganne, in Los Angeles, and the term means ‘squirt’ or ‘spray’ in French. It encompasses all aspects of the printing process from the quality of the high-resolution, digital capture of the piece, the printer, the inks and the paper resulting in the exact representation of the original art work capturing every brush stroke and every little detail to ensure an exact match.
Another great advantage to Giclee printing is the longevity of the print. The inks used are referred to as archival pigment inks. This means they won’t fade or taint as time goes by. Also, the paper used is acid-free art paper to ensure that your print still looks as good as the day it came off the printer years and years later.
Like all forms of fine art printing, glicées have become an accepted piece of art in its own right, with artists and skilled printers working alongside one another to produce exact representations so don’t be too quick to dismiss it.
And note, with the rise in popularity of prints, it’s worth looking into for your art business strategy👏
Take a lead from these artists:
1. Autumn 3 by Jessica Zoob
2. Droid Noise by Mr Jago
3. Nathan Road Hong Kong by Sandra Rauch
4. Amaryllis in White Jug by Robert Ellison gallery
5. Midnight Blue Cheese by Cathy Tabbakh
6. After the Hunt by Alexandra Eldridge
7. Untitled by Alexander Khokhlov
8. Sisterhood by Martin Llamedo
9. Frida with Arum Lilies by Efran Isaiah
10. Girl with a Fish by Andriy Yakovlev & Lili Aleeva

26/09/2021

Can you tell a linocut from a lithograph, a drypoint from an aquatint, a monotype from a monoprint?😳
How often do you look at the labels and discover the names of printing media you don’t fully understand? You see, printmaking is a broad term covering a number of techniques and processes and when these complex processes appear in various combinations, where they are constantly revised and refined, you get the most exquisite artwork without fully appreciating how they were created.
So, for starters, let me explain that there are four traditional printmaking categories: relief (which includes such processes as woodcut and linocut), planography (lithography), serigraphy (silkscreen) and, finally, intaglio. Within intaglio alone, there are five traditional processes: engraving, etching, drypoint, aquatint and mezzotint. Each produces prints with a distinct look and feel, and many prints are created through a combination of two or more of these processes.
I won’t go into any further detail here as there’s far too much to cover. Take my word for it, fine art prints (unlike reproduction prints which is altogether another story and one I’ll cover shortly) are a great way to add art into your home AND at a lower price point. You couldn’t do better than that! Enjoy this selection of images created from the various printing processes which shows not only their artistry but their appeal too. 🥰
1. Three Flowers III by Yayoi Kusama Lithograph Edition of 50 £15-£20K. 2. Anniversary by Anita Klein Linocut £475
3. The Wreck by Edward Ardizzone Lithograph £375
4. Floating N**e by Jacob Gildor Etching & aquatint
5. West 22 by Barbara Rae Etching £1800
6. Sea Buckthorn by Max Angus Linocut £270 Edition of 24
7. Eider Group by Kittie Jones Monotype £750
8. No 174 by Nigel Swift Drypoint £460
9. Red Boat by James Dodd Woodcut £1,8000
10. Women with Birds by Quentin Blake 2012 Etching and Aquatint Edition of 30

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