Month: Apr 2022
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Open exhibitions, on The Road
At the beginning of my painting journey, it seemed to me that to get accepted into open exhibitions was a real measure of success. I entered quite a few calls for entries and, in 2016-2017, I was in exhibitions at the Royal Society of British Artists (Mall Galleries), the National Open Art competition, the Royal…
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Green eyes
Donated to Art on a Postcard and sold in aid of the Hepatitis C Trust, October 2016: ‘Art on a Postcard work with the world’s leading artists to raise money for the Hepatitis C Trust. In 2014 Art on a Postcard was intended to be a one off secret postcard auction, but it went so…
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Portrait of Lucy
Portrait commissions are daunting, for obvious reasons. How can you depict the whole of a person in one painting? Obviously, you can’t, but there has to be an essence of the subject captured for the painting to be in some way successful. It can’t just be about likeness — I’m not a fan of the…
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Two children
This painting was inspired by a photograph belonging to my friend, the artist and writer Albina von Klix, of herself and her sister Luda when they were young. I hoped to capture some of the intensity of expression that children have. They don’t guard their feelings and their faces, as a result, are often tidal…
Fionn Wilson 