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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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Thursday, 10 February 2011

The Girl in the Blue T-Shirt























(Above) The Girl in the Blue T-Shirt
15.5cm x 18cm
Mixed media on paper.
February 2011
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Tuesday, 8 February 2011

The Madagascan Bride























(Above) The Madagascan Bride
15.5cm x 18cm
Mixed media (Faber Castel Albrecht Durer watercolour crayons, Daler Rowney Callli indian ink, Daler Rowney FW acrylic ink, Caran d'ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons) on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper (200g).
February 2011
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Thursday, 3 February 2011

Omar's Sister























(Above) Omar's Sister
15.5cm x 18cm
Mixed media (Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour crayons, Windsor & Newton indian ink, Daler Rowney Calli calligraphic ink, Daler Rowney FW acrylic inks, Caran d'ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons) on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper (200g).
February 2011
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Friday, 28 January 2011

The Girl in the Hat























(Above) The Girl in the Hat
16cm x 18cm
Mixed media on paper.
January 2011
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Monday, 24 January 2011

Femme nue, femme noire























(Above) Femme nue, femme noire
15cm x 18cm
January 2011
Mixed media (Faber Castel Albrecht Durer watercolour crayons, Daler Rowney FW acrylic inks, Caran d'ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons) on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper (200g).

The title of this poem refers to a poem by the Senegalese poet Sedah Senghor.
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Sunday, 23 January 2011

The Beautiful Woman























(Above) The Beautiful Woman
16cm x 18cm
January 2011
Mixed media on paper.

I've reworked a painting that I thought I had finished months ago and had put to one side.
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Friday, 21 January 2011

Eve























(Above) Eve
15cm x 18cm
Mixed media (Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour crayons, Daler Rowney FW acrylic artists' ink, Caran d'ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons) on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper (200g).
January 2011
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Wednesday, 19 January 2011

The Dutch Prostitute























(Above) The Dutch Prostitute
15.5 cm x 18cm
Mixed media on paper.
January 2011
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Friday, 14 January 2011

Picasso's Girl and Naked in Red

 
(Above) Picasso's Girl
Mixed media on paper
15.5cm x 18cm

(Above) Naked in Red
Mixed media on paper
15.5cm x 18cm
This is obviously a reworking of the life drawing / painting that I posted earlier this week: "The French Model" (see below).
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Tuesday, 4 January 2011

Blue Geisha























(Above) Blue Geisha
15.5cm x 18cm
Mixed media on paper.
January 2011
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Saturday, 18 December 2010

The Woman from La Martinique























(Above) The Woman from La Martinique
15.5cm x 18cm
December 2010
Mixed media on paper
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The Arab Boy I met through Kees van Dongen























(Above) The Arab Boy I met through Kees van Dongen
14cm x 18cm
Mixed media on paper
December 2010

The title of this painting refers to "The Arab Boy" by Kees van Dongen, which I've only seen in books and on the Internet.
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Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Pierre (the boy in the picture)























(Above) Pierre (the boy in the picture)
16cm x 18cm
Mixed media on paper
December 2010

This painting began as a study of a portrait by Matisse of his young son, Pierre.

If you like the colours in this painting, you may like Jon Duplock's work. Click here to go to his website: http://www.jonduplock.com/ (it's nice stuff). In the meantime, here is an example of Jon Duplock's work:











(Above) Vang Vieng, 2005 Laos, by Jon Duplock
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Sunday, 5 December 2010

Portrait of a Woman called Lydia























(Above) Portrait of a Woman Called Lydia
15.5cm x 18cm
December 2010
Mixed media on paper
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Wednesday, 1 December 2010

The African in the British Museum























(Above) The African in the British Museum
15.5cm x 18cm
December 2010
Mixed media on paper
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Tuesday, 30 November 2010

La Marguerite de Monsieur Matisse























(Above) La Marguerite de Monsieur Matisse
15.5cm x 18cm
Mixed media on paper
November 2010

As the title of this painting and post suggest, I've been looking at a famous painting by Matisse: a portrait of the artist's daughter Marguerite Duthuit, painted over 100 years ago in 1906.
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Monday, 29 November 2010

La Martiniquaise
























(Above) La Martiniquaise
15cm x 18cm
November 2010
Mixed media on paper

I've been looking (as often I do) at some lithographs by Matisse, including a series of portraits of a woman from Martinique. Inspirational !












(Above) A lithograph by Matisse "La Martiniquaise"

Also, some encouraging news: the Enid Lawson Gallery (New Cavendish Street, London) has sold another of my paintings (below):













(Above) Mr Parkinson's Hat
Sold!
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Wednesday, 24 November 2010

The Black Girl with Blue Eyeshadow
























(Above) The Black Girl with Blue Eyeshadow
15.5cm x 18cm
November 2010
Mixed media on paper.

This painting came in response to my seeing some work by Chris Ofili, in particular, No Woman, No Cry, (1998).
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Tuesday, 23 November 2010

La Martiniquaise
























(Above) La Martiniquaise
15cm x 18cm
November 2010
Mixed media on paper
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Monday, 22 November 2010

The Woman from Australia























(Above) The Woman from Australia
15cm x 18cm
November 2010
Mixed media on paper (see earlier posts for materials typically used).

This portrait started as a study of a thumbnail photograph of sculpture of a head of a woman by the Australian artist Sarah Parker, whose work I stumbled across by chance when doing an Internet image search under "society portrait". Her work is discussed by Steve Gray in his blog at http://stevegray.com.au/blog/sarah-parker-artist/ . Here's the image that caught my eye:



















(Above) A sculpture by the Australian artist Sarah Parker
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