LONDON BOUND
I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to return to London and visit family and friends during the summer break from school. Visiting an art gallery whilst there was an absolute must do, I miss the galleries in London! Along with my father, I went to the Royal Academy to see the Michael Armitage and Tracy Emin / Edvard Munch exhibitions. I was particularly intrigued by the materials and techniques used by Armitage - he paints on a canvas of sewn together bark that has been stripped from the Mutuba trees in southen Uganda. This produces a wonderfully organic and imperfect canvas that sometimes seems to dictate the flow of his painting. His colour pallets are vivid and create quite a vibrant and buzzing atmosphere and the way he applies layers and outlines to his paintings create an almost mind-bending depth to his work. I took a few close up images to really capture his brush techniques, I plan to have a play around with this style myself!
