…and the difficulties of finding the right reference material. I know I could pick easier subjects to paint! Animals and the sea form the bulk of my subjects and neither are predictable, rarely behave as you’d like, or will keep even remotely still. Perhaps...
LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE An exhibition of paintings from Provence by James Bartholomew 4th APRIL 2020 Last autumn, I made a spontaneous trip to the Luberon region of Provence, hoping to catch the last of the summer light. At this point in the year, there is always a...
It’s been a little while since I last managed to write a newsletter, what with all the building work in the new gallery space, a new website and several new painting projects, it’s been a busy year! New space! The reaction to the new space has been amazing!...
People often tell me how difficult it is to buy art for someone else. We are always happy to exchange a picture if you choose the wrong one, but a voucher will cover all bases. There are 3 designs available, for whatever value you wish (if the amounts shown below...
Just a short newsletter this time and I’m going to start it with an appeal: On 22nd April I will be running the 2018 LONDON MARATHON to raise money for WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION, a charity that has done an incredible amount of work to combat cruelty to animals worldwide...
Dingle, buffalo and new oils… Visitors to the gallery often ask me ‘what’s new?’, ‘where have I been to paint recently?’ or ‘where am I off to next?’. It seemed about time then, that I should put some ‘recent happenings’ into a newsletter to keep anyone that’s...
