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Painting of the Year 2014 – New Horizons: A Ceiling Painting
After what has been a progressively uncomfortable year, I have both pleasure and relief in revealing a painting which has been the product of much thought, deliberation and soul-searching in the quest for a meaningful direction for my future: I … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, art, Art history, Ceiling, Ceiling Painting, Exhibitions, Great Art, Huge Watercolour, Infinite Sky, Lectures, Manhattan, New Works, New York, Patronage, Patrons, Press, Studio, Watercolour, Without horizon
Tagged A new trend, alexander creswell, Andrea Pozzo, architecture, art, artist, ceiling fresco, ceiling painting, contemporary art, exhibition, Exhibitions, fashion, Frescos, Infinite Horizons, national gallery, Painting of the Year, press, Rome, San Ignazio, Tradition, Traditional painting, watercolour, works of art
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Paintings & Patrons
Redentore Fireworks: 60″ x 120″, 152cm x 305cm Just a few days ago we completed the installation of a major commissioned watercolour in its destination, in a private collection in Britain. The ‘Redentore Fireworks over Venice’ had been the result … Continue reading
A Hidden Great: Painting of the Month January 2013
Patio de los Leones, Alhambra Watercolour on paper 60″ x 137″ (152cm x 348cm) A true painting of the month this one, now exactly one month since I first confronted the huge piece of unmarked watercolour paper stretched out on … Continue reading
Posted in Alhambra, Architecture, art
Tagged alexander creswell, Alhambra, Arabian architecture, architecture, art, artist, Court of the Lions, exhibition, gallery, Granada, Islamic architecture, kufic, marine, Middle East, moorish, painting, Painting of the Month, Patio des los Leones, press, sketching, Spain, watercolour, works of art
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New York Calling: September 2012 Painting of the Month
Washington Arch, New York, 2012, watercolour on paper 40 x 30 inches After the dullest British summer in living memory, I begin to understand why landscape painters often used titles to describe the weather or to make excuses for light … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, art, Art history, Exhibitions, Fire & Light, Jubilee, New Works, New York, Royal, Venice, Washington, Watercolour
Tagged alexander creswell, architecture, art, artist, Dunstanburgh Castle, exhibition, Exhibitions, extreme sketching, Hirschl & Adler, New York, Northumberland, painting, royal wedding, sketching, watercolour
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Diamond Jubilee Pageant: June 2012 Painting of the Month
The Procession of the Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant, 2012 24 x 40 inches / 60 x 102 cm Not being a person who likes to miss out on a spectacle, I was thrilled to be able to witness at first … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, art, Art history, Diamond Jubilee, Extreme Sketching, Jubilee, Marine, Mariquita, New Works, Royal, Watercolour, Yachts
Tagged alexander creswell, art, extreme sketching, marine, painting, Painting of the Month, Plein Air, sailing, sketching, watercolour, yacht
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The Royal Wedding – Westminster Abbey
(Half-scale Maquette) Westminster Abbey – The Wedding of the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, 2011 22 x 30 inches / 36 x 56 cm At exactly this time last year I was working in the studio on this maquette, building … Continue reading
Chaos in The Studio: ‘The Silent Piano’
The Silent Piano, watercolour on paper 22 x 30 inches This forlorn and chaotic image gives a fairly accurately impression of how life in the Creswell household has been over recent months. Not the sadness and the silence, but the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, art, Silent House, Studio, Watercolour
Tagged alexander creswell, Artist Studio, Christopher Turnor, derelict castle, derelict house, Edwardian architecture, Hall of Fame, Loch Rannoch, Painting of the Month, pandemonium, Redentore Fireworks, Silent House, watercolour, Watts Gallery
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Painting of the Month – J. M. W. Turner’s “The Falls of the Reichenbach”
J. M. W. Turner “The Falls of the Riechenbach” Over the holiday we took our children to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie “A Game of Shadows” . The thrilling denouement of this film takes place at the brink of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, art, Art history, Exhibitions, Lectures, Watercolour
Tagged alexander creswell, art, artist, Exhibitions, Game of Shadows, Reichenbach, Royal Academy, Sherlock Holmes, Turner, watercolour
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December Painting of the Month
‘A Mountain Farm, Slovenia’ Watercolour on paper 11 x 15 inches, 1998 In the collection of HRH The Prince of Wales A few weeks ago the Dean of Guildford and I gave a joint talk – a colloquium – which … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander creswell, art, artist, painting, Painting of the Month, watercolour, works of art
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