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BEACH FIND, C.2000, 100 X 79 CM Anything that can BEACH FIND, C.2000, 100 X 79 CM Anything that can be cross-referenced is of interest. I collect these objects because they link to something that I have done or that I’m interested in. Often there’s a connection either to some other object or to a painting. Some of these found objects are shown in the monograph that accompanies the current exhibition ‘Aspects of Landscape’ @southamptoncityartgallery #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #foundobjects #shapes #pattern #wood #beachfinds #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
BEYOND THE LAND, 1999, acrylic on canvas, 86.5 x 1 BEYOND THE LAND, 1999, acrylic on canvas, 86.5 x 127 cm The subjects of land and sea are recurring throughout more than five decades of painting. Here, they are reduced to one common feature in the form of curved, sinuous lines. The painting is one of many works that could not be included in the monograph or the current retrospective @southamptoncityartgallery . #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #sea #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
TWO INTRUSIONS, 1994, acrylic on textured wooden b TWO INTRUSIONS, 1994, acrylic on textured wooden board, 107 x 74 cm Like the previous post, the picture belongs to the series of Courtyard paintings. This period marked also the beginning of work with textured surfaces. The subject of ‘intrusions’, was pursued later in the studio at Greenleaves. For reasons of space, many pictures from this time could not be included in the monograph or the current retrospective @southamptoncityartgallery . #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #shapes #texture #intrusion #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #reopen #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
Two canvases from the series of Courtyard painting Two canvases from the series of Courtyard paintings, a group of works done in the early 1990s. At this time, I also embarked on taking out the structured design element in favour of the most basic and fundamental ‘design’ form, the circle. (Untitled, P1040807, 1992, natural cotton duck, black gloss paint and spirit pen, 183 x 167 cm) Many pictures from this time could not be included in the monograph or the current retrospective @southamptoncityartgallery for reasons of space. #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #circle #shapes #pattern #design #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
LANDSCAPE OF SUMMER, 1989, gouache on card, 53 x 5 LANDSCAPE OF SUMMER, 1989, gouache on card, 53 x 50 cm One of several pictures that relate to the design at the centre of a stained glass window that was commissioned in the 1970s. This painting stands at the beginning of a long series of pictures produced with flat colours on simplified or complex compositions. For reasons of space, many pictures from this time could not be included in the monograph or the current retrospective @southamptoncityartgallery . The exhibition has now re-opened and it has been extended until October 3rd. Online booking is essential, please check the gallery’s website: www.southamptoncityartgallery.com #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
LAND QUEST, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 127 x 127 cm LAND QUEST, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 127 x 127 cm A photograph of the studio with ‘Land Quest’ just completed in June 2017. The picture can be seen on posters to advertise the current #exhibition ‘Aspects of Landscape’ @southamptoncityartgallery which is #reopening today. It has been extended until October 3rd. Online booking is essential, please check the gallery’s website: www.southamptoncityartgallery.com #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
The shape of the letter C (seen as an open circle) The shape of the letter C (seen as an open circle) and the letter U (its expanded bowl form) inspired a number of paintings and wooden ‘bowl’ forms. This period of exploration began in the Old School courtyard and continued at Greenleaves, where I used both wood and canvas. Slowly the work became richer in content and I returned to using only canvas. For reasons of space, many works from this time could not be included in the monograph or the current retrospective @southamptoncityartgallery . #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
TESSELATED FIELDS, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 8 TESSELATED FIELDS, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 89 cm This is one of the recent works that use a restricted palette of browns, reds, yellows similar to natural dyes. Dots and lines are used to organise the space, they can be reminiscent of the symbols that mark borders, tracks or contours on maps. The painting is part of the monograph ‘Aspects of Landscape’ that accompanies the current retrospective @southamptoncityartgallery . #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #reopening #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
Studio installation with PAINTED STONE, c. 2012, a Studio installation with PAINTED STONE, c. 2012, acrylic on flint, 35 x 25 x 10 cm Many of these found objects are linked to the recurring subjects of paintings, such as the Sussex coast or the fields of the South Downs. Underlying the practice as a whole is the revelation of the connections between disparate things. Similar work is shown in the introduction space to the current exhibition ‘Aspects of Landscape’. The #gallery is #reopening next week, on August 4th. #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #foundobjects #paintedstones #flnt #southdowns #sussex #nature #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
ESTUARY RUSHES, 1967, brush and ink, 19 x 28 cm Th ESTUARY RUSHES, 1967, brush and ink, 19 x 28 cm The landscape of Sussex, the South Downs and the sea provide the subject matter that connects large, abstracted paintings of the past twenty years with seemingly different work from the 1960s. Pictures from that early period are currently exhibited in Gallery 4 of @southamptoncityartgallery as part of the retrospective ‘Aspects of Landscape’. The gallery re-opens next week, on August 4th. #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #sea #drawing #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
RE-POST @southamptoncityartgallery We are delight RE-POST @southamptoncityartgallery We are delighted to announce that many of the exhibitions that were on display when we had to temporarily close our doors have been extended! A full list of the exhibitions that will be on show when we re-open next week are listed below: ♦️ John Hitchens: Aspects of Landscape – Extended until 3 October
DESIGN FOR A TAPESTRY, 1996, gouache, 60 x 38 cm T DESIGN FOR A TAPESTRY, 1996, gouache, 60 x 38 cm The paintings of the late 1980s and early 1990s form a bridge between the early pictures with distinctive brush marks and the recent, more abstract works, using different media, textured surfaces and sometimes irregular shapes. There is a connection between this tapestry design and the large canvas ‘Evolving Boundaries’ (2006) and ‘Emerging’ (2005) that features in Gallery 1 of the current exhibition @southamptoncityartgallery - RE-OPENING on AUG. 4th. #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
THE FOREST GARDEN, 1989, spirit pen and gouache on THE FOREST GARDEN, 1989, spirit pen and gouache on card, 61 x 246 cm The great storm of 1987 changed the Sussex woodland dramatically, many of the trees that were the subjects of earlier paintings had been lost. Forest Garden was one of the last paintings of that period and it marks the transition to painting indoors. Similar works from that time are part of the exhibition ‘Aspects of Landscape’ @southamptoncityartgallery that re-opens to visitors on August 4th. #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #forest #shapes #garden #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
WADDINGTON DIARIES, 1986, pen and watercolour on p WADDINGTON DIARIES, 1986, pen and watercolour on paper, 44 x 22 cm At the time of this drawing the West Sussex wood-landscape was the main subject of a series of paintings done in the Far Wood and Teglease. Several works from that period are currently shown @southamptoncityartgallery . The #EXHIBITION ‘Aspects of Landscape’ is #reopening on AUGUST 4 #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #woodland #studio #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/.
RE-POST @southamptoncityartgallery We are excited RE-POST @southamptoncityartgallery We are excited to announce that we are re-opening on Tuesday 4 August! To make your experience as safe and as comfortable as possible we are introducing pre-booked tickets, although as we have no entry fee these will of course be free of charge. Tickets will be released on our website from 28 July. RE-OPENING: 'Aspects of Landscape', Gallery 2: FOUR FIELDS GATHERING series, 2004 - 08 #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
WADDINGTON DIARIES, 1986, pen and brush on paper, WADDINGTON DIARIES, 1986, pen and brush on paper, 22 x 22 cm Trees and woodland close to the studio provide both the subject matter and the material for works in different media. In the 1980s, the Far Wood had become the main subject of a series of paintings. This drawing from May 8th, 1986 features in the Waddington Diaries from the same period. These personal #diaries were issued by #WaddingtonGalleries @waddingtoncustot as a gift to their clients / artists in 1985 for the following year. #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #sletch #drawing #wood #trees #woodland #diaries #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
WORKS IN WOOD, 2008 /09, oak wood, 176 x 60 cm / 1 WORKS IN WOOD, 2008 /09, oak wood, 176 x 60 cm / 120 x 50 cm Both works are made from the same piece of wood. Painting on textured surfaces coincided for some time with the making of three-dimensional works. The sawdust from my chainsaw work was sieved through various grades of wire mesh to get the required size of particle. The chosen sawdust mixed with PVA, some water and colour is then applied evenly and generously to the canvas. When dry, the priming is lightly sanded. Other examples of works in wood are included in the monograph ‘Aspects of Landscape’ that accompanies the current exhibition @southamptoncityartgallery #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #wood #sculpture #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
MEETING, July 2020, acrylic on canvas, 213.5 x 61 MEETING, July 2020, acrylic on canvas, 213.5 x 61 cm Work on the painting at the centre continued at the end of last week, after my return from @southamptoncityartgallery and the interview at the exhibition 'Aspects of Landscape' (link in bio). #ArtistinConversation #ArtistTalk #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #shore #nature #fields #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
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BEACH FIND, C.2000, 100 X 79 CM Anything that can BEACH FIND, C.2000, 100 X 79 CM Anything that can be cross-referenced is of interest. I collect these objects because they link to something that I have done or that I’m interested in. Often there’s a connection either to some other object or to a painting. Some of these found objects are shown in the monograph that accompanies the current exhibition ‘Aspects of Landscape’ @southamptoncityartgallery #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #foundobjects #shapes #pattern #wood #beachfinds #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
BEYOND THE LAND, 1999, acrylic on canvas, 86.5 x 1 BEYOND THE LAND, 1999, acrylic on canvas, 86.5 x 127 cm The subjects of land and sea are recurring throughout more than five decades of painting. Here, they are reduced to one common feature in the form of curved, sinuous lines. The painting is one of many works that could not be included in the monograph or the current retrospective @southamptoncityartgallery . #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #sea #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
TWO INTRUSIONS, 1994, acrylic on textured wooden b TWO INTRUSIONS, 1994, acrylic on textured wooden board, 107 x 74 cm Like the previous post, the picture belongs to the series of Courtyard paintings. This period marked also the beginning of work with textured surfaces. The subject of ‘intrusions’, was pursued later in the studio at Greenleaves. For reasons of space, many pictures from this time could not be included in the monograph or the current retrospective @southamptoncityartgallery . #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #shapes #texture #intrusion #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #reopen #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
Two canvases from the series of Courtyard painting Two canvases from the series of Courtyard paintings, a group of works done in the early 1990s. At this time, I also embarked on taking out the structured design element in favour of the most basic and fundamental ‘design’ form, the circle. (Untitled, P1040807, 1992, natural cotton duck, black gloss paint and spirit pen, 183 x 167 cm) Many pictures from this time could not be included in the monograph or the current retrospective @southamptoncityartgallery for reasons of space. #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #circle #shapes #pattern #design #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
LANDSCAPE OF SUMMER, 1989, gouache on card, 53 x 5 LANDSCAPE OF SUMMER, 1989, gouache on card, 53 x 50 cm One of several pictures that relate to the design at the centre of a stained glass window that was commissioned in the 1970s. This painting stands at the beginning of a long series of pictures produced with flat colours on simplified or complex compositions. For reasons of space, many pictures from this time could not be included in the monograph or the current retrospective @southamptoncityartgallery . The exhibition has now re-opened and it has been extended until October 3rd. Online booking is essential, please check the gallery’s website: www.southamptoncityartgallery.com #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
LAND QUEST, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 127 x 127 cm LAND QUEST, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 127 x 127 cm A photograph of the studio with ‘Land Quest’ just completed in June 2017. The picture can be seen on posters to advertise the current #exhibition ‘Aspects of Landscape’ @southamptoncityartgallery which is #reopening today. It has been extended until October 3rd. Online booking is essential, please check the gallery’s website: www.southamptoncityartgallery.com #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
The shape of the letter C (seen as an open circle) The shape of the letter C (seen as an open circle) and the letter U (its expanded bowl form) inspired a number of paintings and wooden ‘bowl’ forms. This period of exploration began in the Old School courtyard and continued at Greenleaves, where I used both wood and canvas. Slowly the work became richer in content and I returned to using only canvas. For reasons of space, many works from this time could not be included in the monograph or the current retrospective @southamptoncityartgallery . #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
TESSELATED FIELDS, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 8 TESSELATED FIELDS, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 89 cm This is one of the recent works that use a restricted palette of browns, reds, yellows similar to natural dyes. Dots and lines are used to organise the space, they can be reminiscent of the symbols that mark borders, tracks or contours on maps. The painting is part of the monograph ‘Aspects of Landscape’ that accompanies the current retrospective @southamptoncityartgallery . #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #exhibition #reopening #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
Studio installation with PAINTED STONE, c. 2012, a Studio installation with PAINTED STONE, c. 2012, acrylic on flint, 35 x 25 x 10 cm Many of these found objects are linked to the recurring subjects of paintings, such as the Sussex coast or the fields of the South Downs. Underlying the practice as a whole is the revelation of the connections between disparate things. Similar work is shown in the introduction space to the current exhibition ‘Aspects of Landscape’. The #gallery is #reopening next week, on August 4th. #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #foundobjects #paintedstones #flnt #southdowns #sussex #nature #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
ESTUARY RUSHES, 1967, brush and ink, 19 x 28 cm Th ESTUARY RUSHES, 1967, brush and ink, 19 x 28 cm The landscape of Sussex, the South Downs and the sea provide the subject matter that connects large, abstracted paintings of the past twenty years with seemingly different work from the 1960s. Pictures from that early period are currently exhibited in Gallery 4 of @southamptoncityartgallery as part of the retrospective ‘Aspects of Landscape’. The gallery re-opens next week, on August 4th. #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #sea #drawing #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
RE-POST @southamptoncityartgallery We are delight RE-POST @southamptoncityartgallery We are delighted to announce that many of the exhibitions that were on display when we had to temporarily close our doors have been extended! A full list of the exhibitions that will be on show when we re-open next week are listed below: ♦️ John Hitchens: Aspects of Landscape – Extended until 3 October
DESIGN FOR A TAPESTRY, 1996, gouache, 60 x 38 cm T DESIGN FOR A TAPESTRY, 1996, gouache, 60 x 38 cm The paintings of the late 1980s and early 1990s form a bridge between the early pictures with distinctive brush marks and the recent, more abstract works, using different media, textured surfaces and sometimes irregular shapes. There is a connection between this tapestry design and the large canvas ‘Evolving Boundaries’ (2006) and ‘Emerging’ (2005) that features in Gallery 1 of the current exhibition @southamptoncityartgallery - RE-OPENING on AUG. 4th. #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
THE FOREST GARDEN, 1989, spirit pen and gouache on THE FOREST GARDEN, 1989, spirit pen and gouache on card, 61 x 246 cm The great storm of 1987 changed the Sussex woodland dramatically, many of the trees that were the subjects of earlier paintings had been lost. Forest Garden was one of the last paintings of that period and it marks the transition to painting indoors. Similar works from that time are part of the exhibition ‘Aspects of Landscape’ @southamptoncityartgallery that re-opens to visitors on August 4th. #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #forest #shapes #garden #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
WADDINGTON DIARIES, 1986, pen and watercolour on p WADDINGTON DIARIES, 1986, pen and watercolour on paper, 44 x 22 cm At the time of this drawing the West Sussex wood-landscape was the main subject of a series of paintings done in the Far Wood and Teglease. Several works from that period are currently shown @southamptoncityartgallery . The #EXHIBITION ‘Aspects of Landscape’ is #reopening on AUGUST 4 #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #woodland #studio #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/.
RE-POST @southamptoncityartgallery We are excited RE-POST @southamptoncityartgallery We are excited to announce that we are re-opening on Tuesday 4 August! To make your experience as safe and as comfortable as possible we are introducing pre-booked tickets, although as we have no entry fee these will of course be free of charge. Tickets will be released on our website from 28 July. RE-OPENING: 'Aspects of Landscape', Gallery 2: FOUR FIELDS GATHERING series, 2004 - 08 #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #fields #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
WADDINGTON DIARIES, 1986, pen and brush on paper, WADDINGTON DIARIES, 1986, pen and brush on paper, 22 x 22 cm Trees and woodland close to the studio provide both the subject matter and the material for works in different media. In the 1980s, the Far Wood had become the main subject of a series of paintings. This drawing from May 8th, 1986 features in the Waddington Diaries from the same period. These personal #diaries were issued by #WaddingtonGalleries @waddingtoncustot as a gift to their clients / artists in 1985 for the following year. #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #sletch #drawing #wood #trees #woodland #diaries #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
WORKS IN WOOD, 2008 /09, oak wood, 176 x 60 cm / 1 WORKS IN WOOD, 2008 /09, oak wood, 176 x 60 cm / 120 x 50 cm Both works are made from the same piece of wood. Painting on textured surfaces coincided for some time with the making of three-dimensional works. The sawdust from my chainsaw work was sieved through various grades of wire mesh to get the required size of particle. The chosen sawdust mixed with PVA, some water and colour is then applied evenly and generously to the canvas. When dry, the priming is lightly sanded. Other examples of works in wood are included in the monograph ‘Aspects of Landscape’ that accompanies the current exhibition @southamptoncityartgallery #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #nature #wood #sculpture #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
MEETING, July 2020, acrylic on canvas, 213.5 x 61 MEETING, July 2020, acrylic on canvas, 213.5 x 61 cm Work on the painting at the centre continued at the end of last week, after my return from @southamptoncityartgallery and the interview at the exhibition 'Aspects of Landscape' (link in bio). #ArtistinConversation #ArtistTalk #johnhitchens #painter #britishartist #art #landscape #southdowns #sussex #shore #nature #fields #shapes #pattern #colour #contemporaryart #artgallery #artexhibition #britishart #retrospective #soloshow #Southampton #SouthamptonCityArtGallery #onlineexhibition #book #monograph https://sansomandcompany.co.uk/product/john-hitchens-aspects-of-landscape/
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This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Non-necessary

Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.

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