The Art of Staying Home
Supporting people who are battling against COVID-19
Our online art auction has now finished. We raised a fantastic £5,265 for:
Global Giving’s Coronavirus relief fund – helping communities around the world fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meals for the NHS – giving meals to hungry NHS staff as they come off their shifts.
Thank you for all your amazing support so far. If you missed our art auction or were outbid on a piece, you will soon be able to buy pieces from all the artists in our online pop-up store and on every purchase, a donation goes to our much-needed causes.
Best wishes & stay safe, Jules.
Beyondness of Things No. 9, by Clare Grossman
Unique monotype etching. Variable edition of 25, on 300gsm Somerset Paper. 18cm x 18cm.
This unique monotype etching, from a series of individual works on paper combines abstract layers of pastel colours with the new etching technique called photopolymer. Working from the life model, the artwork looks to merge Realism with Abstraction utilising an array of mark making to create a vibrant yet mysterious image of the female form.
Love Birds, La Rousse Illustration
A4 Giclee Print.
Often made with ink, gold, silver or platinum leaf, La Rousse illustrations can depict your favourite things, a beloved pet, the birth of a child, a wedding, birthday, the debut night of a play, or whatever you choose. Today we choose love.
Kiss Metallic Red, by Sara Pope
Signed limited edition print (Unframed) Size: 40cm x 40cm. Last available print from an edition of just 25. Printed by The Private Press’
Sara Pope is well known for her bold, seductive paintings of voluptuous lips. Taking inspiration from Haute Couture fashion and beauty trends, she captures the glamour and power conveyed by the lips and mouth, raising questions of ideals of beauty and femininity.
Vase II, by Laura Wickstead
Acrylic paint, pencil and chalk on 300gsm paper. A4.
Through the exploration of shapes, lines and colour, Laura creates paintings that are often a collection of contrasts. She produces her work using acrylic paint, ink and chalk-pastels to create pieces that revel in expression and imperfection.
Flowers on Purple, by Hepzibah Swinford
32cm x 37cm oil on board with vintage frame.
Hepzibah Swinford is a self-taught painter with a wonderfully idiosyncratic vision. She paints flowers - celebrating the limitless variety of their forms, their textures, their colours, their abundance and their beauty. In her paintings the flowers are gathered together into spectacular arrangements - like floral firework displays; they spring up from elegantly decorated vases, set against richly patterned grounds, and are often framed in reclaimed 'vintage' frames.
Mother and Baby, by Dora Holzhandler
24cm x 28cm gouache on paper.
Dora's painting are often based on childhood memory but at the same time evoke a kind of timeless present. Characters are bold, simple forms that occupy jewel-like interiors, in which checkerboard patterns nestle against stripes; the whole being a miraculous, instinctual orchestration of spangled colour.
Pink Smoke, by Maria Lax
Giclee print on photo rag paper. Edition of 50. 395mm x 270mm.
Maria is a London based photographer from a small town in Northern Finland. She is known for her use of colour and seamlessly blending reality and fantasy in her work. Maria’s background in cinematography shines through in her strong use of lighting and experimental camera techniques.
Temple Servant, Amber Fort, Amer by Karen Knorr
350mm x 280mm on 420mm x 297mm, Archival Inkjet, Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl. Printed and signed with certificate of authenticity.
Karen was born in Frankfurt and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She moved to Britain where she has lived ever since. Karen is Professor of Photography at the University for the Creative Arts.
She travelled to Rajasthan in 2008 and took a large series of photographs, predominantly showing Indian interiors, often with animals from Indian folklore inside. She subsequently became a frequent traveller to India, visiting the country 15 times between 2008 and 2014.
Karen Knorr's work appeared in the Summer Exhibition at The Royal Academy in 2019.
No. 6, by Olly Fathers
Card and wood effect vinyl. 297mm x 410mm.
Olly's work investigates the ways in which man made structures contribute to the way we perceive, judge and negotiate our positions in space. He is interested in the subconscious interaction between people and objects, which results in work that aims to take the viewer on a visual journey.
He wound up too busy to realise he was looking through the telescope (tunnel vision), by James Rogers
Ink on archival paper, 210mm x 297mm.
James Rogers, born in 1993, is a British artist living and working in London, England. His work explores figuration in the realm of post digital, employing and hacking 3D printing methods to work with, iron, copper, bronze, and precious materials. Rogers studied at Camberwell College of Arts. He was awarded the prestigious Mead Scholarship supported by the philanthropist Scott Mead. His work was included in the FBA Futures show held at the Mall Galleries. He has also collaborated with Puma in their recent collections focusing around reinvention and innovation.
Potato Print 1, by Molly Mahon
210mm x 260mm (Framed). Printed on Indian Waste Paper.
The dedicated Molly Mahon has chosen to put in a hand block print that she has created in quarantine using potatoes. She believes that every home should be a colourful reflection of its inhabitants. Molly Mahon designs, creates and offers beautiful and original fabrics, wallpapers and functional art pieces for the home. She is inspired by her surroundings, both at home in Sussex and on her travels in India, where she works with artisan craftspeople. With her love of the English home always in her mind, she creates pieces to enhance our homes and make people smile.
Portraits on the Move, by Athena Anastasiou
Original oil pastel painting, A5 Paper, A4 Frame.
Created during Athena’s three-month journey around South America as part of her Contemporary Indigenous Collection. She interviewed, sketched and painted numerous people on her travels. Her aim was to uncover South America’s global identity and influences and to find out how, and if, native indigenous culture was present in their lives today.
Stik on Silk Street, by Phil Dean
A4 Giclee signed print.
Phil Dean (aka Shoreditch Sketcher) loves drawing on location and the eclectic urban landscape of cities inspires him to get out and about and capture the cityscapes. He sketches live wherever he is recently sketching on the streets of Los Angeles, Malaga, San Francisco, Genoa, Florence and Palma. Live drawing "Stik on Silk Street" as he very nicely puts it, is "Art on Art."
Street Dailies, by Amy Touchette
“Dekalb Avenue, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn”, Signed digital C-Print, 8 x 8 inches, and Deck of Playing Cards.
Amy Touchette is a fine art photographer trained at the International Centre of Photography. She is based in Brooklyn and specialises in street portraiture. Her work has been published in The New York Times and The New York Observer. Amy exhibits internationally and teaches street photography. She is represented by ClampArt in New York City.
New York City Street Dailies is a deck of playing cards comprising of some of Amy's favourite NYC muses: grannies (spades), workers (diamonds), twins & sets (clubs), and quintessential beloved NYC characters (hearts). The 54 playing cards (jokers included) are printed on premium 300gsm card stock and come housed in a cello-wrapped tuck box.
Stickybeak, by Julie Cockburn
Book, signed by the artist.
‘Stickybeak’ is Julie Cockburn’s first comprehensive monograph, published by Chose Commune.
“The works in this book were made over a period of twelve years, some one-off experiments, others part of ongoing series that I add to over time. Each piece began with the search for the perfect image, setting some vaguely rigorous parameters for myself. I selected used postcards, old photographs, foxed bookplates and my own childhood drawings. And each of these foundlings had a different history, an unknown or forgotten story to tell. By submitting to my interventions, they transformed from silent, redundant, orphans into material objects with a regenerated heartbeat.”
The Golden Thread, by Kassia St Clair
Book, signed by the author.
Endlessly fascinating and recounted with passion and eloquence, The Golden Thread weaves a wondrous history of fabric and its interconnections with the grander canvas of the past. From the burial linens of Tutankhamun to the textiles that forged the Industrial Revolution, St Clair’s singular book is a kaleidoscopic, colourful treat.
The Auction
Our online art auction has now finished. All proceeds will go towards the causes shown above, minus the 5% fee charged by the online auction company. Blank White Space is covering all of the other costs, as well as donating its time for free. Winning bidders of each lot will be informed after Friday 17th April. We aim to despatch each item as soon as possible after the auction ends. However, please bear with us as we work with the restrictions placed on us by the pandemic.
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Thank you
I want to give a huge thank you to all the artists who have so generously donated the items for each lot. I also want to thank everyone who has helped me put together this auction at such short notice, including writing, editing, designing and publicising it. Finally, I want to thank all of you fantastic people who bid on the lots. Your bid really can make a difference!
Stay safe and much love,
Jules Doyle
Creative Founder