Lady with Fishes

At the moment I am working on a new painting based on a sculpture which is in the grounds of Delapre Abbey in Northampton. I am using text to make the sculpture but this time I will be using paint to apply colour. In addition to this texture will be layered into the work using tissue paper, cloth and wallpapers.

I hope to have this ready for an exhibtion at the Abbey this May with the Town and County Art Group.

Close up of sculpture in text!

The Painting in development March 24

Original Photograph

Royal Academy London Entered!

I had a really great response to the 'Warhorse' painting I made and completed recently so I decided to enter the Royal Academy Summer exhibition. Its the oldest open exhibition in the world and can have up to 13,000 works entered for selection each year! I 'm sure this year it will be really really popular with artists entering as it the Olympics this Summer in London!

I got my framing done in Wellingborough at a really good framers called Arti Farty or Sports Frames which sounds funny but they do a really good job.

Entering work for the Royal Academy involves ordering a form online. You can enter 2 works for £25 each - so I entered  'Warhorse'. I then had to arrange a courier to take my work to the venue in London as my work is large. Picture Post picked it up and took it down for me. Then I needed to have Royal Academy labels and a barcoded sticker on too. So, all in all quite alot of work and no garantee or getting in. But, I am proud I have done it and now I will have to wait until the 24th May to find out the result.

Wish me Luck!

Warhorse - the text painting is now completed!!!

Finally the painting I have been working on since August 2011 is completed! Last week the last text rows were added to the top of the image and the edges of the board covered. Since this time I have varnished the painting with UV protective gloss to help preserve and protect it for the future.

I hope my painting will initiailly have a strong impact on the people that view it but then after this draw them closer to study the way it has been made. The bottom half of the image is made from World War One poems and the top half from poems written during very recent wars or crisis.

This week I will be arranging to have the work framed (unglazed) before entering it this year to a number of national exhibitions. My ultimate goal would be to show this artwork at the Imperial War Museum in London or a show which gets lots of exposure. This way I could get the vital feedback that all artists relish but also it would perhaps get a message across. This message may be interpreted in many ways according to the person viewing the painting but by using poems from different eras one idea might be that the suffering endured during war is the same regardless of when or where it happens to take place.



Warhorse. By Jamie Poole 2012



Riders

This painting was inspired by the relationship between man and horse, which is a subject which I have found intriguing  for along time. Also when I made this painting I was very much inspired by the painter Daniel Richter whose style I have explored. His painting is called Travelfast



Riders. 2009. Painted using wax resist, acrylic paint, pencil



Warhorse Article Download

Work on the painting is progressing very well - I now only have 3 rows on poetry to add until the painting is complete! Then I will be adding a special UV varnish over the surface to protect the artwork and help preserve it. It is removable varnish from Windsor and Newton that comes in matt or gloss. After experimenting I found gloss adds depth and creates a much more satisfying finish. I now expect to completely finish work in February. Hooray!

A photograph of the painting 'Warhorse'.

I have now written a short article about the painting which can be downloaded from my new website.

Please following the link below:

http://jamiepoole.paspartout.com/pages/about

The Blue Cross Archive



Goodbye Old Man by Fortunino Mantania was commisioned in 1916 by the Blue Cross to raise money

 

BBC Artical: The Blue Cross Opens it Archive



Me working in the studio on 'Warhorse'