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Thank you for the introduction Andy , your choice of paintings and illustrations to open up with is excellent.
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Jackie Morris (born 1961 in Birmingham) is a British writer and illustrator. As a child she lived and went to school in Evesham.
She attended the Prince Henry's High School in Evesham, and later the Bath Academy of Art.
She worked as an illustrator on various magazines including the New Statesman and Country Living. She's written and illustrated over 20 of her own works and illustrated an equally large number of books by other authors. She was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2016, and won it in 2019 for her illustration of the book 'The Lost Words' - voted the most beautiful book of 2019 by UK booksellers.
For many years I've stumbled across Jackie's work in bookshops and giftshops in West Wales where she now lives, and have always been captivated by her paintings, whether as book illustrations or as prints. It is only in the last week that I have seen some of her originals which are now on show at the
St David's Visitor Centre and Gallery (Oriel Y Parc in Pembrokeshire) as part of the 'Lost Words' exhibition .
A more detailed biography can be found here: Jackie Morris Biography
and her own web page at: Jackie Morris Homepage
You will find multiple examples of her work by conducting a wider search on the internet. Enjoy!
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Welcome to this week’s thread week 115 and another two excellent artist are featured this week , the featuring artists are : Jackie Morris and Cavandish Morton . Andrew will open the week and introduce us to the work of Jackie Morris , I know he is ready and waiting to share his intro and choices if her work. Robert will introduce us to the work of Cavandish Morton on Wednesday and I’m sure he will have some excellent artwork artwork from his chosen artist for our entertainment.
Have a good week and enjoy the artwork it’s more fun when you join in .
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I agree with everyone Sylvia, keep as is. It is full of summer.
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Like the one of his sister. As ever, simpler the better for me.
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That first sketch you posted above Lew is so full of life , you can see the love and passion in her and the way it’s done .
I agree regarding his landscapes I’ve had a look and they unfortunately don’t do a thing for me , it’s as if he wasn’t trying to be good at them . Don’t get me wrong they are not awful rubbish , I think it’s more me disappointed in then as I subconsciously expected them to be better.
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On reading through this thread again, I'd like to correct an impression that I might have given regarding this artist. I'm not 'lukewarm' about Augustus John, he's a favourite artist of mine. I greatly admire his portraits and drawings, however, some of his landscapes appeal slightly less to me. He's a great artist.
In 2021, a recently discovered drawing of his sold for £16,000 at auction. It's of Dorelia McNeil, his lover and muse, the drawing was made in 1903. I wish I'd had the money to buy it.
Here's another drawing of Dorelia...
Below, a drawing of his sister Gwen...by Augustus...
Below...the Blue Pool...
Below, 'Lyric Fantasy' painted in 1914.
Here's another drawing of Dorelia...
Below, a drawing of his sister Gwen...by Augustus...
Below...the Blue Pool...
Below, 'Lyric Fantasy' painted in 1914.
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Dmitry I’m pleased that you enjoying the current thread , I try to keep as much variety as I possibly can and to that end move suggestions around so that each week is different and features different styles etc of possible .
I also try to offer different artist from different countries, cultures and of course the different styles and medium used .
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Paul - wicked old Jones meant the elder Cox ... I am very confused myself about whom we've covered and whom we haven't..... my problem there is that I think of the paintings first and the artist second; so if we didn't feature the particular paintings I most admired and liked, I'm not likely to remember the artist just by name. Anyway it's the 1783 - 1859 one - and now I think of it, I'm not aware of any other David Cox..... = you've confused ME now....
PS - Found him, 1809 - 1885: more a teacher than anything else, it says; and I'd forgotten about him; David Cox Jr, not a major name poor chap: we certainly haven't covered him, and I don't think we've covered Sr either, because if we had, Google would uncover it; but, like me, Google can be wrong. (There's a self-contradiction in my previous paragraph, but you are to ignore it, charitably, as it is an indicator of increasing age.)
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Where indeed (is that great tradition now)? First, art colleges shifted away from teaching the core subjects (so I'm told: I didn't attend one) and then - to telescope time and trends - we ended up with AI, and the claim that the human hand was redundant, or anyway all of that had already been done, and we could move on...... A look at where we moved TO is discouraging.
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Thank you Paul for posting Augustus John's drawings. I can't get enough of him.
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Joining the throng - no of course you shouldn't paint over it, and I know what you mean about having no one to advise, prompt, deter or encourage you at home: but - you have us! And we're all saying - this is a fine and lively painting, very much your style, and we respect the struggles you're going through and wish we could help - well, to the extent we're saying no, don't paint over this, we are helping: but we're also telling you the truth not just being "nice"; it's good; be proud of it.
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Augustus John's graphics is on a par with some of the Old Masters, I would even say on a par with the likes of Rubens and Rembrandt, or van Dyke, closer to Britain (he spent 10 years in this country).
I think John was teaching in the 50 ies. But where is this great tradition of which he was part, now? What happened?
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Some more of his sketch of gypsy .
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It's vibrant, lively and good. Keep it, Sylvia.