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​Gallery 23, 
23, Idmejda Street, Balzan

     An exhibition of nudes painted mainly through Zoom during lockdowns and restrictions  2020 - 2022
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Open days:
Sunday 22nd May: 11am - 1pm
Thursday 26th May:  6pm - 8pm
Sunday 29th May:  11am - 1pm
Thursday 2nd June: 6pm - 8pm

or contact the Gallery for private viewing by appointment
(0356) 99428272
info@gallery23malta.com
wines kindly sponsored by S.Rausi Trading

I have loved figure drawing since my first encounter with a ‘life’ model during my foundation course  at Hull College of Art back in the 1070’s. Since then, I must have drawn thousands of models, besides habitually sketching people around me. It’s a love affair with the human condition I suppose; a fascination with how humans move and breathe and interact. There is a delicate vulnerability involved with drawing the naked figure, a sense of trust and co-operation between the seer and the seen. The model is exposed to the artist’s scrutiny which goes beyond surface appearances of skin and form, deep into the almost mystical connections that are formed when we communicate beyond words. It becomes a conversation that appears through the hand of the artist in response to the engagement of all the senses. It goes beyond the sexual and even the sensual until it touches something visceral and raw.
 
When lockdown started in early 2020 my only concern about staying in was that I could not attend life drawing sessions, which I did at least once a week. Something remarkable happened though. A few art schools in the UK moved their life sessions online through Zoom. At first it was a bit shaky as we all grappled with the concept and the technology, but it rapidly developed into the many sophisticated sessions that are run today. Artists across the globe are drawing together regularly, sharing work and inspiration. Artists are using these platforms to support and promote body awareness, gender fluidity and minority groups with their art.
 
Most of the works in this collection were created over the last two years, from  Zoom sessions streamed into my studio. I have never liked working from photographs as I find them too static and lifeless, but with online sessions there is still the sense of a real person breathing and slightly moving as they hold the pose and feel the pressure on different parts of their bodies. These models are from all over the world, filming themselves from their own private spaces and often inventing imaginative and sophisticated sets. The connection has kept me inspired and able to reach out beyond the physical walls of my studio and the psychological walls of isolation. The last two years have been an incredibly creative time for me, an inspiring and strangely liberating journey which has resulted in many new works that have surprised and thrilled me.
Framed Works 
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44. 44 x 30cm watercolour and conte on canvas
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47. 36 x 24cm watercolour on canvas
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48. 45 x 32cm watercolour and conte
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33. 50 x 35 watercolour and conte
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43. 58 x 76cm watercolour
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30. 50 x 32cm watercolour and conte
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37. 51 x 36cm watercolour and crayon
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45. 38 x 29cm watercolour and conte
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32. 52 x 38cm gouache and conte
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42. 40 x 30cm watercolour and conte on canvas
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38. 72 x 53cm charcoal and chalk
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26. 71 x 50cm gouache
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36. 76 x 28cm gouache
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41. 51 x 24cm watercolour and conte
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16. 48 x 39cm gouache and conte
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3. 32 x 24cm charcoal
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14. 42 x 30cm gouache
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2. 30 x 40cm watercolour
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1. 30 x 40cm watercolour
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34. 50 x 40cm Inktense on canvas
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31. 48 x 36cm gouache and conte
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29. 52 x 36cm watercolour and conte
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12. 42 x 59cm ink
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21. 27 x 23cm ink and crayon
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6. 69 x 49cm gouache
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24. 72 x 52cm gouache
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4. 75 x 53cm gouache
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27. 47 x 38cm "Earth Mother" gouache and pastel
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22. "Toes" Gouache and conte
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39. 51 x 36cm gouache and conte
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28. 52 x 74cm gouache and pastel
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35. 52 x 75cm pastel
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7. 72 x 51 gouache
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17. 75 x 53cm gouache and conte
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10. 42 x 36cm gouache and collage
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40. 72 x 51cm gouache and conte
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46. 52 x 75 gouache and conte
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11. 59 x 40cm Colour Theory mixed media
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9. 69 x 47cm watercolour
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13. 48 x 36cm Lost for Words mixed media
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15. 52 x 38cm gouache and conte
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23. 69 x 47cm watercolour
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25. 71 x 51cm gouache and conte
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5. 51 x 72cm gouache and conte
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8. 54 x 83cm gouache
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18. Flamenco 59 x 42cm charcoal, ink and gouache
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19. Flamenco charcoal, 59 x 42cm ink and gouache
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20. Flamenco 59 x 42 cm, ink and gouache
Unframed Works 
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1. Flamenco charcoal, ink and gouache
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2. Flamenco charcoal, ink and gouache
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3. Flamenco charcoal, ink and gouache
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4. Flamenco charcoal, ink and gouache
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5. Flamenco charcoal, ink and gouache
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Flamenco charcoal, ink and gouache
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. 72 x 50 gouache and conte
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69 x 50 chalk pastel
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46 x 55 walnut ink
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54 x 82 cm gouache and conte
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48 x 36 gouache
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70 x 34 mixed media
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57 x 38 Redhead mixed media
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72 x 51 cm gouache and conte
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72 x 51cm gouache and conte
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70 x 50 gouache and conte
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70 x 50cm gouache and pastel
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Entaglement 52x 73cm mixed media
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50 x 70 goauche and conte
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. 50 x 71 pastel
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72 x 51 cm gouache and conte
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70 x 50 cm mixed media
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72 x 51cm gouache and conte
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75 x 52 gouache
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