Experimenting with materials - This week I have been experimenting with natural pigments, different canvas surfaces and single use plastics - all part of a thought process for my next series of large abstract paintings which will be on show in July 2024 at the Dennis Kilgallon Gallery.

Following the successful launch of my Routes Into Nature exhibition at The Old Cinema, it's time to move onto thinking about my next series of paintings!

I have given myself the whole of November for thinking time, with no actual paintings being produced - although, that said, I have a commission to do, and will always be available for commissions if you want one! Get in touch if you do, I'd be delighted to paint something for you.

See here what I am up to - from making my own paints, to boiling up natural primers and creating Islamic eightfold patterns, there is something for everyone this week!

And don't forget to call into the The Old Cinema if you can - exhibition runs through November and December, and is also available to view online through my website 

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This week I have been at The Old Cinema in Chiswick for the preview evening and meet the artist event of my Routes Into Nature exhibition, where 27 of my abstract landscape paintings inspired by rivers are being exhibited.

Join me as I show you the show in The Old Cinema and chat to interested people about my work. The show is on for the whole of November and December, so if you can, please view it instore, or if not, it's available online either on my website at www.helenalicejohnsonartist.com or at www.theoldcinema.co.uk

I have now finished all 27 of my abstract landscape oil paintings inspired by rivers both in the UK and Northern France. Join me here as I wrap and pack them all ready for a major exhibition in London at The Old Cinema in Chiswick.

I have also been experimenting with homemade pigments and show you my method, as I begin to think about a more sustainable option for my next set of paintings.

This week I am so close to finishing my abstract oil paintings of my River series, where I have visited and responded to rivers across the UK and Northern France, with a focus on the river Thames and the river Seine. All original paintings are for sale and are three sizes - small, medium and large. All sizes follow the Golden Ratio, used by artists throughout time, including modern art and abstract art.

If you can - please come to see me on Thursday 2nd November from 5pm to 8pm at The Old Cinema, 160 Chiswick High Road, Chiswick. W4 1PR. My paintings will be shown with antique and vintage furniture so you can really visualise these contemporary artworks in a room.

If you can't make the Thursday evening, I will also be at The Old Cinema on Friday 3rd from 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm, where I will be talking to customers about my work on show.

Less than 3 weeks to go before my exhibition of my abstract landscape river paintings of 2023, at The Old Cinema in Chiswick, London. Please join me as I work through my last three paintings for the exhibition, as well as frame some of the others and recap on the en plein air work I did on the River Medway in Aylesford in Kent.

I would love to see you at my exhibition. The preview evening is on November 2nd 5pm to 8pm - everyone welcome. I will also be there on Friday 3rd November from 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm to talk to you about my work on show.

As I begin the last three paintings of my River Painting series for 2023, I move towards planning and preparing the paintings for my solo exhibition at The Old Cinema in Chiswick from 2nd November to the end of December. All abstract landscapes, and all original oil paintings, I hope you join me on this journey as well as visiting the exhibition if you can.

This week I am packing and wrapping my large abstract landscape paintings as I head from my French studio back to my studio in Cumbria. Transporting original paintings is always stressful, but the transit van is a godsend, and my husband is very good with a bungy strap! I have still found time to do some en plein air work, this time back at an old favourite from last year - Lassay Les Chateaux. My medium sized abstract oil painting of Bagnoles de L'Orne is well on the way, with the fluorescent paints shining through in various places. I willl be heading to The Old Cinema as part of our travels back to Cumbria, to check final arrangements for my exhibition 'Routes Into Nature' in November and December, with the preview evening on Thursday 2nd November from 5pm to 8pm. Please come along if you can - The Old Cinema, 160 Chiswick High Road, W4 1PR

Having set myself such a gruelling schedule of around 27 abstract landscape paintings for my November exhibition at The Old Cinema, Chiswick, I have been working flat out again this week!

Routes Into Nature will feature paintings inspired by rivers across the UK and Northern France, and this one is inspired by the River Vee, in Bagnoles de L'Orne, which is close to my painting studio, just over the border from Pays de la Loire in Normandy. In this video see how I got to this point, as well as the development of the middle sized painting and my en plein air work for this week in the beautiful Saint Ceneri-le-Gerei.

I will be sending out invitations soon, but it would be lovely to see you in November if you can make it.

The preview evening for the exhibition will be on Thursday 2nd November so please save the date and come if you can. There will be refreshments available and I will be available to chat to about the work.

I will also be at The Old Cinema on Friday 3rd November to talk to you about the work and explain in more detail some of the thinking behind my paintings.