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An Invitation to Gaze

A virtual exhibition of paintings by Hannah Barnes
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This blog is a visual, on-line record of my art work and my personal research (guided simply by what I like) into art history and contemporary art.

Most of my paintings on display here are for sale. If you are interested in purchasing a work,
please e-mail me at hannahsjb@live.co.uk

Many of my works posted here are Digital Finger Paintings. For this reason the images have been watermarked. Please, no unauthorized reproductions: If you would like to use any of the images of my works that you see here (or elsewhere) please contact me, I am always happy to help if I can.

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Wednesday 3 July 2013

Les in Yellow

























Above : Les in Yellow, 2013
A digital finger painting (Brushes App on iPad)
Watermarked
Every year, my partner and I follow as much of the Tour de France as possible.

Friday 21 June 2013

Sisters


Above: The Girl with Big Eyes (Rachael) 2013

Below: The Daisy Dress (Amy) 2013
Two digital finger paintings (Brushes App, iPad) 
Portraits of my nieces Amy and Rachael. 

Monday 10 June 2013

Rachael and Dude

























Above: Rachael and Dude, 2013
A digital finger painting
This image has been watermarked.

Sunshine Girl

























Above: Sunshine Girl, 2013
A digital finger painting
This image has been watermarked.

Monday 3 June 2013

A Summer Day (After Rachael)

























Above: A Summer Day (After Rachael) 2013
A digital finger painting
This image has been watermarked.

Another painting of my niece, Rachael, who has a particularly dark gaze that is lovely to paint.

Friday 31 May 2013

Rachael

























Above: Rachael, a portrait
2013
A digital finger painting
This image has been watermarked.

When nature mimics art


Les (my partner) and I were in North Devon last weekend for a family celebration, which took place at the Broomhills Art Hotel, near Barnstaple. Owned by Mr and Mrs van de Sande who have a passion for art, the hotel accommodates a beautiful sculpture park-garden and a gallery of wonderful contemporary art. 

To find out more about the Broomhills Art Hotel, click here :


Below: When nature mimics art
Les and I enjoying the sunshine and the sculpture at the Broomhills Art Hotel. 

Monday 20 May 2013

Blue Hat and Red Lipstick


























Above : Blue Hat and Red Lipstick 2013

A digital finger painting

There was a wonderful documentary last night on the BBC about the work of fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld. The documentary coincides with an exhibition now on at the Courtauld Institute in London and another exhibition later this year at the Louvre in Paris.

My painting is clearly a nod in the direction of Blumenfeld and in particular his picture of Babe Paley :

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Blumenfeld himself often did covers of works by other artists:














Above : a take by Blumenfeld of (below) Vermeer's Girl with the Pearl Earring














And below: Venus by Erwin Blumenfeld - an obvious cover of The Birth of Venus by Botticelli.













And the photo below by Blumenfeld has echoes of The Girl in the Red Hat by Kees van Dongen (further below) :














Above : Kees van Dongen The Girl in the Red Hat

I'm a big fan of Kees van Dongen and when I first started painting again in 2010, after a long break of several years, I did my own version of this portrait, which I posted in March 2010. My painting (in mixed media on paper) has since sold.


Monday 13 May 2013

In my Mini

























Above: In My Mini
May 2013
A digital finger painting (this image has been watermarked).

Wednesday 1 May 2013

My Lovely Dress

























Above: My Lovely Dress
May 2013
a digital finger painting
This image has been watermarked.

Les and I got married on Monday and this is the dress I wore.
We had lovely weather: blue skies and spring sunshine.
There's a portrait of Les too further below: looking dapper in his wedding suit and tie.
Les says this painting of me
reminds him of Craigie Aitchison's work.
I'm happy with that as I am a fan of Aitchison's work.

Below:
Cyprus Tree and Dog 
by Craigie Aitchison RA (1926-2009)













I love Roaul Dufy's paintings too and I think that also shows here, maybe.

Below:
Course à Longchamp (1924)
by Roaul Dufy (1877-1953)
Oil on canvas












Friday 26 April 2013

Nobby April 2013
















Above : Nobby, April 2013
Below: Eddie
Two digital finger paintings
Both images have been digitally watermarked.

I have two big tabby cats.
Two brothers: Nobby (above) and Eddie (below).


Sunday 7 April 2013

La femme au collier

























AboveThe Black Necklace, 2013
A digital finger painting (Brushes App on iPad). 
This image is watermarked. 

I've been looking again at the work of Kees van Dongen. 

Below: La jeune femme au collier, 1920
Kees van Dongen














Above: a portrait by Kees van Dongen

Wednesday 3 April 2013

Sisters





















Two portraits of my nieces Rachel and Amy.
Top : A winter day (After Rachel), 2013
Below : Amy, 2013

Monday 25 March 2013
















Above : Nobby on blue, 2013
a digital finger painting
Brushes App on iPad
This image has been watermarked. 
Please, no unauthorized reproductions. 
If you would like to use any of my work in your publications, or you would like to buy a signed print, 
please contact me : hannahsjb@live.co.uk
I am always happy to help if I can. 

This is Nobby, one of my two tabby tom cats, Nobby and Eddie. There's a portrait of Eddie in an earlier post (keep scrolling down). Nobby and Eddie are named after two haulage companies : Norbert Dentressangle and Eddie Stobart... because they are a couple of big juggernauts. One of Nobby's favourite places is the warm blue blanket that serves as a throw on our sofa. Here, the colours of the blanket make me think of the wonderful paintings by Nicolas de Staël. 

Wednesday 20 March 2013

Miro's Girl




















(Above) Miro's Girl 2012
A Digital Finger Painting
(Brushes App on iPad)

I did this painting after seeing Miro's "Jeune fille s'évadant" at the Maeght Foundation in St Paul de Vence.
































The Maeght Foundation is a wonderful collection of modern art. Some of the work is displayed inside but much of the sculpture is displayed outside in the gardens and in Miro's Labyrinth, which Les and I enjoyed exploring.
















(Above) Les in Miro's Labyrinth, Maeght Foundation, St Paul de Vence France. Les is the smiley face on the right.

(Below) Me and a close encounter of the third kind in Miro's Labyrinth. That's me with the long hair.
















(Below) Les sporting an Easter bonnet
"Caresse d'un oiseau" a totem by Joan Miro
Maeght Foundation, St Paul de Vence near Nice in France.




















To find out more about the Maeght Foundation, go to:
http://www.fondation-maeght.com
The site is available in French and English.

Mother and Child




















Above: Mother and Child, 2012
A digital finger painting
This image has been watermarked.
Please, no unauthorized reproductions.
If you would like to use any of my images in your publications, please contact me at hannahsjb@live.co.uk I am always happy to help if I can.

We used this image to make our Christmas cards; it proved very popular.

Monday 18 March 2013

Colours





















Two Digital Finger Paintings produced using the Brushes App on iPad.
The images here have been watermarked.
Please, no unauthorized reproductions.
If you would like to use any of my works in your publications, please contact me at hannahsjb@live.co.uk
I am always happy to help if I can.

Two Dresses




















Above : The Oriental Dress
A Digital Finger Painting (Brushes App
The images here are watermarked.
Please, no unauthorized reproductions.

Just before Christmas I hired a couple of party dresses from Wish Want Wear.

To find out more about this on-line dress hire company, go to www.wishwantwear.com

Below : The Little Black Dress
A Digital Finger Painting (Brushes App / iPad)


Sunday 17 March 2013

Two Portraits

Below :
Portrait of a Young Woman (after Amy) 2013
An original digital finger painting (the image here is watermarked).


Above: Portrait of a Blonde 2013
An original digital finger painting (the image here is watermarked).

Please, no unauthorized reproductions. 
If you would like to use any of the images of my work that you have seen on this blog, or elsewhere, please contact me. I am happy to help if I can. 

Hello again !

It's been quite a while since my last post. Sorry ! I hope that my regular followers will forgive this omission.  I do a lot of work now on my iPad with the Brushes App. I have to watermark these images before I can post them on-line. With a new computer, it's taken me a while to find a watermarking app. A lame excuse. I shall try and get back to the good habit of regular posts with new images. 

In the meantime, here are two of my most recent Brushes paintings: