magsramsay: Summer Exhibition at RA : Paintings

113 Terry Setch RA

An expedition up to town yesterday to drop off my quilt entries for the Festival of Quilts to Upper Street Events offices then to the Royal Academy for the Summer Exhibition. I've recently got a new Windows phone and besides taking my usual notes in my sketchbook of what I like and marking the numbers off in the List of Works, I became one of those sad people taking photos with my phone. Only as an aide memoire - this year the RA have a wonderful app with a searchable list (Summer Exhibition Explorer ) of all the works on display ( a by- product of online entries) and the train journey home sped by in an instance ( as did my phone battery....) These are some of the paintings that caught my eye, starting with Academicians. I've given the catalogue numbers so you can search for yourselves.
Looking at what I've chosen, it's clear what influence my recent City Lit course has had - they are mostly very much about the paint itself ; multiple layered, sometimes with glimpses of unexpected base colours showing through; a sense of space. Sometimes it's difficult to work out what's going on , many of them are simplified coastal scenes/landscapes. Most of all, work to aspire to , how I'd like to paint. Enjoy!!