Una sessantina di opere di Peter Blegvad e di Chloe Fremantle, sua moglie, presentate da Jenny Blyth alla Royal Watercolour Society Gallery a Londra, da oggi al 12 novembre: Light Seeking Light.
There is an innate sense of joy in Chloe Fremantle’s painting, the effect of colour and patterning in her work for us as viewers. Her subjects range from her immediate surroundings to reflections on life, the environment and politics. Seeds, pods and petals of flora inform her mark-making, from the micro of cellular structures to the macro of curves and contours in the landscape. Over forty years Chloe has created an alphabet and language of painting that is instantly recognizable and distinctly her own in both palette and form. Memories and emotions through association pervade her compositions so that the delight one enjoys on first inspection is challenged and enriched as we explore the complexities. The overall effect is a fusion of balance on the canvas, the product of a lifetime of painting.
As teacher and broadcaster of many years, illustrator, musician, songwriter and author, it follows that Peter Blegvad creates a kaleidoscope of Art that reflects a lifetime of extraordinary creativity. His work is imbued with humour and intellect in equal measure. Preoccupations and narrative are woven into Blegvad's 'Flightless Kites' like dreams. Whether figurative or abstract each of these 3D 'construct paintings' is suspended in a state of 'meditative' stasis. Blegvad is also showing a portfolio of work on paper including black and white portraits in ink, and a trio of mysteriously charged landscapes in muted acrylics.