Painting Without Beginning or End

Painting Without Beginning or End

An exhibition of paintings by Julie Caves - darkness, light, colour and texture. Part of the 9-day long East London arts festival- the Leytonstone Arts Trail (2-10 July 2016)

In the Function Room of the lovely, re-opened Heathcote Arms - 344 Grove Green Rd, London E11 4EA. (You will pass through this room if you are heading to their very nice garden.) A 5-minute walk from Leytonstone station. 

The pub is open: 12-Midnight Mon-Thu; 12-1am Fri & Sat; 12-Midnight Sun.

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Discovery: Reimagining Darwin’s World

Discovery: Reimagining Darwin’s World

180 years ago Charles Darwin returned from a five year voyage around the world and published ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’. For this exhibition 12 artists have made work with ideas related to science, discovery, imaginative thought and the Victorian world.

In 1831 22-year old geology graduate Charles Darwin was invited to be the resident naturalist on an expedition aboard HMS Beagle. The main purpose of the voyage was to carry out detailed hydrographic surveys (of the geology of the seabed to obtain information for maritime navigation and marine construction) around the coasts of the southern part of South America. In 1836, after five years at sea instead of the originally planned two years, the ship returned by way of Tahiti and Australia after having circumnavigated the Earth. Darwin spent most of his time on land studying nature and interacting with the locals and kept a detailed journal of the expedition that became a popular travel book of the time: ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’. The book is a mixture of a travel memoir and a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology, and anthropology and you can see some of Darwin’s early thinking on the subject of natural selection that he would later become best-known for.

On the 180th anniversary of the return of the Beagle to the UK, twelve contemporary artists have created an exhibition celebrating the voyage, the man, his journal and his ideas. The exhibition is taking place at the beautiful Espacio Gallery in East London, with two floors of light-filled space, 3rd – 15th May 2016.

Artists:
Graham Asker, Julie Caves, Alice Cazenave, Esperanza Gomez-Carrera, Nick Hazzard, Peter Lang, Ruth Jones, Natalie McIntyre, Jenny Price, Liz Whiteman Smith, Matt Smith, Sara Wickenden

 Lichen Twig drawing - Julie Caves 

English Oak - Julie Caves 

Oak Leaf Cluster - Julie Caves 

For many years I have been visiting a 185-acre patch of woodland and grassland with a number of ponds near my home in East London that most people call Hollow Ponds. For this project I have changed from my casual approach and instead observed like a naturalist in an attempt to understand this interesting area better. Throughout the seasons I have been seen in every part of the area with camera, easel, sketchbook, video camera, collecting boxes, or lichen charts and always with my notebook. I researched old maps and photos and talked to people about the area. I have carried out an intensive observation in a methodical manner of discovery similar to that which Darwin employed on his journey. I have created paintings and drawings that reflect the discoveries I have made during my immersion in the forest.

-Julie Caves

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Read about the other artists in the exhibition on the Jackson's Art blog.

Misbehaviour Exhibition Travels to London

Misbehaviour Exhibition

“Misbehaviour”, a group art exhibition curated by Katja Rosenberg, showed at CMR Gallery in Redruth, Cornwall from 8 - 29 October, 2014.  It was a large group of artists from the UK and beyond. The full catalogue is available as PDF download here.

The exhibition will now travel to London.  So if you missed it you have another chance.

The group of artists will be even larger and the exhibition will be at the gorgeous Art Pavilion in Mile End (Victoria Park, East London) for ten days - Friday 13 to Sunday 22 February, 2015.

I will be showing 6 small oil paintings on panel.

Julie Caves
Oil painting on panel, 20x25cm
'Misbehaviour: Meringue'

Abstract oil paintings

I have been painting a series of small abstract oils. 

Today:

detail of oil on canvas
by Julie Caves

Today in the studio - acrylic paintings

Julie Caves
Acrylic on cotton paper
11x15 inches

Espacio Gallery website

I like the exhibition snapshots that form the slideshow on the Espacio Gallery website.

Here is one of the slides showing my painting 'Planting the Seed' on the left-

'Temptation' exhibition at Espacio Gallery Nov 2012

Painting today

The left side of small oil on panel I finished yesterday.

detail of oil painting
by Julie Caves

An Interview with Artist Julie Caves

Read Lisa Takahashi's interview with me about my practice and the Curiosity exhibition.
On Show and Full of Curiosity: An Interview with Artist Julie Caves 

Curiosity Exhibition Press

Curiosity exhibition Press

Review of Curiosity exhibition on Let's Make Lots Of Monet blog.

a-n Interface - What's On.

The Curiosity exhibition is listed in Axis members news!

Very pleased to have been chosen by Time Out Art for a listing of my Curiosity exhibition! Where it is also getting some good reviews from the public.

Just in time for Frieze Week in London!