nicholls http://www.mjnicholls.com latest info for contemporary artist Mark J. Nicholls Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:40:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 A Fine Catch http://www.mjnicholls.com/2012/04/06/a-fine-catch/ http://www.mjnicholls.com/2012/04/06/a-fine-catch/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:12:04 +0000 nichs http://www.mjnicholls.com/?p=719

I have a little drawing  in an Newlyn Society of Artists show. A new gallery in Newlyn

Mona L. coughing up her intestines pt 2 Mona L. | acrylic on mounting board | 16 x 18cm | 2012

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My painting ‘a queens last trampolined somersault’ has been shortlisted for the The Door Painting Prize

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New painting showing at Newlyn Art Gallery until 24th September

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a study for ‘a god’s gateway’

ink and watercolour on cardboard 2011

possible starting point for a new canvas

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horse study for a painting

 

horse study for a painting

charcoal on card

‘gathering’  is going well (after binning version1 that took 5 months, it had better be!)

should be finished in the next couple of weeks.

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f##king owls

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portrait in acrylic and oil on board

acrylic and oil on board, 2011

14.5 x 21 cm approx

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just seconds away from the studio, great view

 

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couldn’t resist posting this. My previous life as a drummer with a Cornish Punk band ‘tribute to dozy’ (formerly contorted vengeance).
(left to right) Chris, Jonno, Phil and myself.

Drym, Cornwall. 1986

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found this while sorting out my new website, a blast from the past. Winning the daler rowney drawing prize at the Royal College of Art in 1995. With Brian Kneale RA, Peter Blake RA, Me and Mr Daler. I’m looking a lot younger!

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