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Really delighted that my ‘Berlin 1’ piece has been named for 1st prize in the ‘Our Changing World’ summer exhibition at the D31 Art Gallery. One third of a very personal response to spending time in this extraordinary city.I've written about my living sculpture ‘Green Fuse' in this blog piece (you will need to copy and paste the link) - https://susan-isaac.co.uk/2021/08/30/the-green-fuse-part-of-the-living-landscape-project. Part of the Living Landscape artists trail, curated by Angie Atmadjaja and @rebeccajblackwood - at @the_hopbarn from 1 Sept to 28 Nov.I've just sent out a newsletter with a summary of what I'm up to at the moment (there is a link on my website via the bio or copy and paste this: https://mailchi.mp/dc46d7136417/summer-round-up).Another glimpse of my living sculpture, 'Green Fuse', in progress at @the_hopbarn for their Living Landscape trail. This is the third part of what I have come to think of as a narrative triptych, highlighting the latent power of the natural world.The second piece I have in the @wirksworthfestival 'Online Art Prize' is my painting of "Newstead Abbey from across the Lake". This Gothic ruin was part of Lord Byron's home in Nottinghamshire. It retains its beautiful façade facing out over the ornamental lake - the dissolving tracery and hollow spaces letting in the autumnal colours of the woodland beyond.
Category Archives: Oxford
Oxford Art Prize
I was in Oxford in June taking part in the Oxford Art Prize – an en plein air competition, where I prepared two works. The exhibition is now on and continues to 13 September at the O3 Gallery and Oxford … Continue reading
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Tagged en plein air, Nuffield College Oxford, O3 Gallery, Oxford, paintings
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Magdalen Bridge, Oxford
The first time I visited Oxford, I came into the city across the Magdalen Bridge. It felt like a very significant conduit leading into another world, with the Magdalen Tower beckoning from just beyond. My attention, when I was composing … Continue reading
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Tagged Magdalen Bridge, Magdalen Tower, O3 Gallery, Oxford
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O3 Gallery – ‘City & Shoreline’ Conclusion
Following on from the end of my ‘City & Shoreline’ exhibition at the O3 Gallery in Oxford – I really enjoyed the opportunity to work on two very different but equally inspiring areas of Britain and to show them in one … Continue reading
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O3 Gallery – Magdalen Tower & Bridge, Oxford
This last Oxford view of the O3 exhibition paintings is actually one of the first views that I discovered in Oxford, whilst exploring one of its many green areas. On the banks of the River Cherwell, next to the Magdalen … Continue reading
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Tagged Magdalen Bridge, Magdalen College, Magdalen Tower, O3 Gallery, Oxford, River Cherwell
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O3 Gallery – The Radcliffe & St Mary’s Church from the corner of Brasenose, Oxford
This was one of my early workings of the Radcliffe, seen from the end of Brasenose Lane. It was really exciting to get my teeth into this ornamented architectural subject, with so much opportunity to be playful with textures, not … Continue reading
O3 Gallery – St Aldgates & Tom Tower, Oxford
In this second painting of Pembroke Square, I loved the rich colours in the light and shade playing on the yellow limestone of St Aldgates, and the fanned out silver birch dancing in front. The morning light gives this church its … Continue reading
O3 Gallery – The Radcliffe & St Mary’s Passage, Oxford
For this composition, I liked the interplay of forms side by side – the slim dark silhouette of the lamp post positioned alongside the silhouetted set of railings of St Mary’s Church, with these railings below and running towards the evaporating mass of the … Continue reading
O3 Gallery – Tom Tower (Christ Church) from Pembroke Square, Oxford
This quiet road, tucked away close to the busiest areas of Oxford, is punctuated dramatically at one end by Christ Church‘s Tom Tower. The dark foreground roadway, edged by parking lines, draws the eye towards this iconic tower, heraldically lit from the west on … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ Church Oxford, O3 Gallery, Oxford, Pembroke College, Pembroke Square, Tolkien, Tom Tower
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O3 Gallery – Magdalen College along the High Street, Oxford
I found this viewpoint unexpectedly as I was walking up the main road towards Magdalen College Tower one late morning in winter. The tall gatepost terminating a run of low walling suddenly presented itself as a companion to the upright … Continue reading
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Tagged Magdalen College, Magdalen Tower, O3 Gallery, Oxford
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O3 Gallery – Broad Walk & Christ Church Meadow Building, Oxford
The Meadow Building of Christ Church is one of the most recognisable of Oxford’s college buildings. The space the building inhabits is very different to others in Oxford, set as it is against the open space of Christ Church Meadow, and I was … Continue reading
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Tagged Broad Walk, Christ Church Meadow, Christs Church, Meadow Building, Oxford, The Meadows
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