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Amanda Duke Ten years ago, I re-established my own studio practice after a career in art teaching. I am now on my own creative journey which includes balancing exhibiting my work with teaching adults. My commitment to carving out a personal pathway and consolidating an authentic focus in my work is 100%. In the past I have been influenced by Picasso, especially his Cubist and later works, Ben Nicholson’s abstract reliefs, Kurt Schwitters collages and Peter Lanyon’s abstract aerial view paintings. My work reflects an affinity with these artists as I try to record the very essence of my visual, auditory and kinaesthetic experiences. I can relate to the abstraction in their observed responses to the world. As my works in paper, cloth and stitch have evolved, I have found connections with the paper and fabric works of Matthew Harris, especially his use of dyeing, stitching and cutting cloth as a medium for drawing. I found the gestural free motion machine stitching in Alice Kettle’s large scale works in her recent exhibition “Threadbound” exquisite. Her scintillating use of colour simply makes my heart leap, attaining her freedom of expression is something I truly aspire to. I can also relate to the underlying meaning and the symbolism in her work. Over the coming months, I will be exploring “Landscapes in Time” which will follow an instinct to walk, cycle and travel across my local, national, and sometimes international landscape. I will be collecting memorable moments, finding random objects, and observing the plant life, searching for the fragments that stimulate my imagination. I’ll be making visual responses along the way in sketchbooks, through photography and by making memory boxes. I’m bound to be processing my ideas further in the studio. An emotive, exploratory approach to recording the atmospheric effects of the prevailing light and weather on the scene and on closer observation of plant life, found objects and surfaces will lead my on-site research before processing my ideas further in the studio. An intuitive gravitation towards mixed media, drawing, paper and cloth collage, assemblage and stitch processes are bound to be included. It will be interesting to see whether emerging outcomes remain wall based or whether they disconnect from the vertical and occupy a different space! You’ll find me at www.amandaduke.co.uk 10 | sussexexclusive.com
My work is often semiabstract but always contain identifiable subject matter with some accidental unforeseen results. Mike Kelly B.Ed; Dip.Ed; Cert Ed I studied arts and crafts between 1959-64 at the National College of Art, Dublin. When I emigrated to the UK in the mid-60s, I worked in industry while I continued my studies. I went on to teach art for 25 years, during which time I completed a Dip Ed, writing a dissertation on Art in the Middle Years at West London Institute of Education. I’ve worked with all kinds of media, including printing, fabrics, stained glass, oils, etc. I now work primarily in acrylics, water colour, pencil, inks and mixed media. Since moving to <strong>Sussex</strong> in 2009, the local landscape has had a considerable influence on my work. Bright colours play a significant part with depictions of light on water, landscape and buildings in the environment. My work is often semi-abstract but always contain identifiable subject matter with some accidental unforeseen results. I seek and experiment with ways to depict familiar locations in unexpected ways. I hope viewers will seek out different interpretations when looking at my work. My influences have stemmed from my early interest in architectural forms and the way theatre lighting affects the designs. The built environment was the main content of my degree exhibition and my involvement with amateur theatre groups in West London in the 1970s and 80s (when I worked with Hounslow Theatre Workshop and Nova 70) widened my interest in designing and building sets for small local theatres and college productions. I’ve also produced the publicity posters and programme designs for these groups. Light effects, with segmented shapes and colour harmonies can be found in my current work. Artists such as Klee, Kandinsky, and the Futurists and Cubists are influences that can be seen in my paintings. During my early years in Ireland in the 1960s and later, I exhibited at the Oireachtas Ireland and the RDS (Royal Dublin Society) where I won the Taylor Bequest for oil painting. I have also exhibited at the Charlemont Gallery, Dunlaoghaire during summer visits to Ireland. During the 70s I wrote a dissertation on Dublin’s Architectural Heritage, which included pen and ink drawings of the city’s Georgian buildings. Other open exhibitions in the UK included Isleworth Regatta, Thomas Huxley College, The Waterman’s Centre, and Treaty Centre (Hounslow), and more recently with Steyning Arts in the yearly Art Trail. I was particularly pleased to have been asked by the Steyning Horticultural Society to plan and design the Welcome Sign including St Cuthman and his mother silhouette, for which I was awarded the Banksian Medal by the RHS in 2020 by Steyning Horticultural Society. Email: mike.jame@btinternet.com 11
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