Journey into Summer, Christine McArthur

Christine McArthur Journey into Summer

A VERY PRIVATE, PRIVATE VIEW Instead of the traditional Private View, we are delighted to be offering exclusive appointments all day from 10am - 8pm.

The Artist will be joining us by ZOOM Video to share her thoughts on the show & her new work A novel & different style to suit our times, please do get in touch to book your exclusive time with us

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Front Cover: On a Black Table, Amalfi Lemons mixed media on panel - 76 x 76cm

Christine McArthur

8 – 23 September 2020 The entire exhibition can be viewed at www.thackeraygallery.com The exhibition continues until 1pm on 23 September 2020

All work is available to purchase as of now, and to view in the gallery from Tuesday 1st September, 10am

18 THACKERAY STREET

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KENSINGTON

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www.thackeraygallery.com | enquiries@thackeraygallery.com | 020 7937 5883

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Elizabeth David’s Mediterranean Dream mixed media on panel - 76 x 76cm

I started painting for this exhibition in a low mood.

In fact at the beginning I struggled to paint at all, and what I did paint was not good enough...........so lots of work was destroyed.

As time went on I began to feel once again that it is all just a journey.

And they say the journey is more important than the destination.

With that in mind I slowly started to relax and become engrossed in all the painterly puzzles.......

I spent some time in France while making this group of work.

We stayed in the village of Tremolat where I have been a lot over the years.

I love going to French markets and painting the food, then cooking it.

So I would say that is the starting point for this ‘journey into summer’.

There is always an autobiographical core in each painting. They don’t come alive for me until some sort of secret code is cracked and I think- ah! I know what this painting is about.

Howard Hodgkin talked a lot about each of his paintings being a very specific emotional memory.

I couldn’t put it better.

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Red Anemones ink & watercolour on paper on board - 41 x 41cm

Purple Anemones ink & watercolour on paper on board - 41 x 41cm

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In a French Garden I - Summer Fruits watercolour on paper - 15 x 22cm

In a French Garden II - Quails’ Eggs, Cherries watercolour on paper - 15 x 22cm

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Yellow Wildflowers mixed media on board - 35 x 41cm

Farewell, Old Kitchen Chair mixed media on panel - 42 x 59cm

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Sizzling Ouzo on Lesvos acrylic and gouache on board - 23 x 23cm

Bloody Mary’s on a Blustering Shore acrylic and gouache on board - 23 x 23cm

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On a Black Table, Red Poppies mixed media on panel - 76 x 76cm

Fireworks Flowers IX mixed media on panel - 76 x 76cm

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In a French Garden III - Lemons, Kumquats watercolour on paper - 15 x 22cm

In a French Garden IV - Mixed Olives watercolour on paper - 15 x 22cm

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On a Black Table, Amalfi Lemons mixed media on panel - 76 x 76cm

The Orchard Outside mixed media on panel - 42 x 59cm

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My Bayeaux Year embroidery on linen 80 x 135cm

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Moutarde Bocquet mixed media on panel - 42 x 59cm

Kitchen Still Life mixed media on panel - 42 x 59cm

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Night Kitchen Shadows mixed media on panel - 76 x 76cm

Rose Dream mixed media on panel - 76 x 76cm

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Sizzling Ouzo on Lesvos acrylic and gouache on board - 23 x 23cm

Bloody Mary’s on a Blustering Shore acrylic and gouache on board - 23 x 23cm

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Georgian Butterflies mixed media on panel - 42 x 59cm

Dejeuner sur l’herbe mixed media on panel - 42 x 59cm

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Red Tango for John mixed media on panel 84 x 122cm

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Zig Zag Curtain mixed media on panel - 75 x 99cm

Beautiful Beans mixed media on panel - 42 x 59cm

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New York Cosmopolitans acrylic and gouache on board - 23 x 23cm

Teapot Gin acrylic and gouache on board - 23 x 23cm

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The Blue Pear mixed media on panel - 42 x 59cm

Welsh Poppies mixed media on panel - 42 x 59cm

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In a French Garden V - Cherries, Lemons watercolour on paper - 15 x 22cm

In a French Garden VI - Apricots, Kumquats watercolour on paper - 15 x 22cm

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Champagne and a Basket of Bread under French Clouds acrylic and gouache on board - 23 x 23cm

The Blues mixed media on panel - 76 x 76cm

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BIOGRAPHY Christine McArthur was born in Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow in 1953. She studied at The Glasgow School of Art between 1971 & 1976, which included a post-diploma year. After graduating she taught and produced book illustrations until the demand for her work enabled her to paint full-time. Her early work was primarily in oil and she became well known for her large-scale still life paintings on canvas.

In the late 1980s she began to work in oil, pastel and watercolour but more recently she has reverted to oil, as well as acrylic and collage. Christine McArthur was awarded Scottish Education Department travelling scholarships in 1975 and 1976 and was elected a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1990. In 1995 she was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.

In 1997 John Lewis commissioned four large murals – each 6ft x 15ft - for the Glasgow store in 1999. In 2002 she received a commission from John Lewis for murals for the extension to their Peter Jones store, Sloane Square, London.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS FROM 1984 – PRESENT: Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington; Sue Rankin Gallery, London; Fine Art Society, Glasgow; Portland Gallery, London; Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow; Ancrum Gallery, Roxburgh; Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; Courtyard Gallery, Crail; John Martin Gallery, London; Gertsey Gallery, Moscow; Gertsey Gallery, Atlanta, USA; Lemon Street Gallery, Cornwall; Ainscough Gallery, Devon;The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh;Thackeray Gallery, London AWARDS: S.E.D. travelling scholarship 1975, and 1976. Arts Council Award 1979, and 2004. Glasgow Soc. of Women Artist’s Trust Fund Award, Lauder Award; R.G.I., N.S. Macfarlane Award; Alexander Graham Munro prize, RSW PRIVATE & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS INCLUDE: Christine has a number of artworks in collections thoughout the United Kingdom, as well as Internationally.

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Above: Greenhouse mixed media on panel - 42 x 59cm Back Cover: Blue Garden Flowers mixed media on board - 35 x 41cm First Published in 2020 by Thackeray Gallery Ltd, 18 Thackeray Street, Kensington, London.

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18 THACKERAY STREET | KENSINGTON | LONDON W8 5ET www.thackeraygallery.com | enquiries@thackeraygallery.com | 020 7937 5883