Henrietta Dubrey

Notes 2016...

PLUS... Photo archive from my Twitter feed @henriettadubrey

15th November 2016

Art on a Postcard Private View
Maddox Gallery London

14th-16th November 2016

London

9th November 2016

In the studio: 'Cruz'

4th November 2016

A muse and 'Herself'

1st November 2016

In the studio

23rd October 2016

In the studio

9th October 2016

Paintings ready to leave for Edgar Modern in Bath

1st October 2016

In the studio

29th September 2016

In the studio

28th September 2016

In the studio

21st September 2016

In the studio

18th September 2016

In the studio

31st August 2016

Lynne Strover selecting work for the
Cambidge Art Fair

26th August 2016

In the studio

25th August 2016

In the studio

24th August 2016

In the studio

4th August 2016

In the studio

3rd August 2016

In the studio

2nd August 2016

In the studio

1st August 2016

In the studio

28th July 2016

In the studio

7th June 2016

Black Sheep at the Belgrave St Ives

6th June 2016

California Dreamin'

New paintings off to AAF Hampstead
with Edgar Modern

6th June 2016

In the studio

3rd June 2016

In the studio

31st May 2016

In the studio

30th May 2016

In the studio

12th May 2016

In the studio

9th May 2016

In the studio

19th March 2016

Private View of solo exhibition 'ABSTRACT' at Edgar Modern in Bath

14th March 2016

'Rollover'

Studio visit from Josie choosing work for her

20th Anniversary Exhibition at Josie Eastwood Fine Art 23 - 29 April 2016

12th February 2016

'Pose'

Art for Cure 29 April - 2 May

12th February 2016

'Bisous Chaton' #bemyvalentine

henrietta.dubrey now on #instagram for a more sideways view on life

11th February 2016

'Chamois Blue'

Upcoming: Affordable Art Fair New York City Edgar Modern 30 March - 3 April

10th February 2016

'Abstract'

Upcoming: Solo exhibition "Abstract" Edgar Modern 17-31 March

8th February 2016

'Generation' and 'Manon'

Upcoming: Affordable Art Fair Battersea 10-13 March

7th February 2016

'Go See' and 'Exposed'

Upcoming: Écriture Féminine Edgar Modern 20 February - 5 March

6th February 2016

'Gnossienne no.3'

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY Belgrave St Ives 6-29 February

1st February 2016

Love is in the air, and with this in mind some ideas for Valentine's Day

1st February 2016

Advert for the Royal Academy Magazine
Spring 2016

31st January 2016

'Downland' 2015 21 x 14 cms

Spring Collection:

Six paintings chosen by Lynne Strover
for her Cambridge Gallery, following her recent studio visit.

The following is an extract of the 'blog entry on her website.

When Lynne visited me in Cornwall just after Christmas, I was delighted when she spotted a series of small canvases on my studio window sill.

The art dealer Larry Aldrich (1906 to 2001) might have deemed them "suitcase paintings" i.e. those that could fit in his suitcase. This was indeed the title of an exhibition held in Chicago in October 2008 of small-scale Abstract Expressionism.

Abstract Expressionist paintings are often thought of as large scale and holding iconic presence, but as Robert Motherwell quoted, "It's possible to paint a monumental picture that's only ten inches wide, if one has a sense of scale, which is very different from a sense of size."

This small group of four abstract paintings were sitting quietly and yet formed their own focal point, their own dialogue through their physical size, palette and gestural mark making. The viewer has to peer into their interiors, exploring the bold brush strokes made on a minute scale, compared to those in my larger works. The smaller paintings have to be compact, tight and economic in their language.

When one looks at reproductions of paintings in photographs or on a computer screen it is often difficult to tell their size and one often imagines the scale of the work differently. Many a time I find people are surprised when they see my paintings in the flesh, exclaiming, "Oh! I quite thought that painting was tiny," or, "Wouldn't it be amazing if you did that on a larger canvas."

Such is the excitement of working on different scales, the small paintings are glimpses or snapshots of what is going on elsewhere in the studio. Small studies that become objects in their own right, demanding a presence of their own.

The titles come sometime after completion, with these four abstracts suggesting coastal and especially Sussex landscape. The chalky white and grey reminiscent of the English Channel, and 'Skylark' speaking to me of listening to their shrill melodious song whilst walking high on the ridge of the South Downs.

'Reine' and 'Soho Kitten' in contrast have emerged as part of an ongoing series of the imagined figure and the characters one can conjure up in paint.

Henrietta Dubrey

January 2016

29th January 2016