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  • programme 2021/22
  • MEETINGS
  • Membership
    • contact us
  • Our Team
  • Brushstrokes
  • exhibitions
    • 2021 exhibition
    • 2019 exhibition
    • 2018 exhibition
    • 2017 exhibition
    • 2016 exhibition
    • Framing for exhibitions
  • members galleries
    • Eileen Bainbridge
    • John Bamford
    • Sally Bassett
    • Roy Bentley
    • Bel Bluemel
    • Peter Brown
    • Harry Dobkin
    • Michael Edwards
    • Deniz Erensoy
    • Fiona Gaskell
    • Sabbi Gavrailov
    • Tracey Gent
    • Mitzie Green
    • Michele Head
    • Keith Higham
    • Anne Hignell
    • Pat Jacques
    • David Jennings
    • Andrew Keenleyside
    • Ernest Leahy
    • Terry Mower
    • Teresa Newham
    • Meggie Nikolic
    • Michal Parr
    • Sarah Poppleton
    • Liz Sergeant
  • RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS
    • Source photos for artists
    • Zoom for HAC beginners
    • Tips on perspective
    • Tips for painting still water in landscapes
    • DAVID JAMES WATERCOLOUR LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP
    • William Newton demo
  • data protection
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FIONA GASKELL
The stimulus for my still life paintings comes from colour. I might see some flowers or a pot that catches my eye and sets me thinking about colour combinations. I then set up a still life and experiment with colours. My inspiration comes from the work of Matisse and the artists who followed in his footsteps. I admire the still life work of the Scottish colourist Samuel Peploe as well as Mary Fedden, and I enjoy the exuberant paintings of Philip Sutton, who regularly exhibits at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition.

I started oil painting in classes led by the artist Linda Smith. I hadn’t drawn or painted for many years despite having enjoyed occasional classes after work before I had children. Now my children are grown up and I no longer work although I volunteer locally which takes up quite a bit of time. So I need to discipline myself to make enough time to paint and to develop my painting. In the future I would like to push the boundaries and move beyond still life perhaps to landscape and abstract work.

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