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So amazing to see @karolina_ptaszkowska at / in he

So amazing to see @karolina_ptaszkowska at / in her work - and all this developing, coming to life this past month in the Garage. A real event of surface and colour and energy in the making. Keep thinking of #helenfrankenthaler ! #wonderfulthingsarehappeningrightnow @at_the_garage #bristolartists #contemporarypainting #pushingboundaries

From a series ‘a stroke or two’ for @artistsup

From a series ‘a stroke or two’ for @artistsupportpledge. 30x30 cms £120 (+p&p) Big thanks to @matthewburrowsstudio for connecting so many people and also to @mentalhealthfoundation for the work they do to connect and support people. #mentalhealthawarenessweek #artistsupportpledge #bristolartists #kindnessmatters #bvstudios #helenacklam #communitymatters

Part of a series for @artistsupportpledge (scroll

Part of a series for @artistsupportpledge (scroll through for full details) called ‘a stroke or 2’ This one - 15 x 20 cms, oils on board - £80 (+ p&p) shout-out to @matthewburrowsstudio for creating this opportunity during this crazy time and also to the @mentalhealthfoundation guys on the penultimate day of #mentalhealthawarenessweek Been in many a dark place for periods of my life and feeling super grateful to feel supported and connected to all the people and artists in my life today. #artistsupportpledge #kindnessmatters #bristolartists #artcommunity #buyartfromlivingartists #bvstudios #helenacklam

Part of a series for @artistsupportpledge (scroll

Part of a series for @artistsupportpledge (scroll through for full details) called ‘a stroke or 2’ This one - 15 x 20 cms, oils on board - £80 (+ p&p) shout-out to @matthewburrowsstudio for creating this opportunity during this crazy time and also to the @mentalhealthfoundation guys on the penultimate day of #mentalhealthawarenessweek Been in many a dark place for periods of my life and feeling super grateful to feel supported and connected to all the people and artists in my life today. #artistsupportpledge #kindnessmatters #bristolartists #artcommunity #buyartfromlivingartists #bvstudios #helenacklam

Part of a series for @artistsupportpledge (scroll

Part of a series for @artistsupportpledge (scroll through for full details) called ‘a stroke or 2’ This one - 15 x 20 cms, oils on board - £80 (+ p&p) thx to @matthewburrowsstudio for creating this opportunity during this crazy time and also to the @mentalhealthfoundation guys on the penultimate day of #mentalhealthawarenessweek Been in many a dark place for periods of my life and feeling super grateful to feel supported and connected to all the people and artists in my life today. #artistsupportpledge #kindnessmatters #bristolartists #artcommunity #buyartfromlivingartists #bvstudios #helenacklam

@artistsupportpledge virgin here ... posting a few

@artistsupportpledge virgin here ... posting a few studies of a ‘stroke or 2’ This one - 25x29 cms, oils on board - £110 Besides wanting to participate in the amazing opportunity @matthewburrowsstudio has created for us all at this crazy time, I also wanted to praise the amazing work of the @mentalhealthfoundation guys on the penultimate day of #mentalhealthawarenessweek Been in many a dark place for periods of my life and feeling super grateful to feel supported and connected to all the people and artists in my life today. So ... embracing the fear.. I mean challenge of #artistsupportpledge #kindnessmatters #bristolartists #bvstudios #helenacklam

More wips... more networks and pathways to nowhere

More wips... more networks and pathways to nowhere. .
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#contemporaryoilpainting #myths #contemporaryart #contemporarybritishpainting #helenacklam #bvstudios #turpscc1920
#paintinginisolation #anybodyoutthere

Wip... paintings are getting as weird as my dreams

Wip... paintings are getting as weird as my dreams ... .
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#contemporaryoilpainting #myths #contemporaryart #contemporarybritishpainting #helenacklam #bvstudios #turpscc1920
#DelphianOpenCall @delphiangallery

Dirty old Cardinal... #wildflowersmaybe . . . . .

Dirty old Cardinal... #wildflowersmaybe .
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#contemporaryoilpainting #myths #contemporaryart #contemporarybritishpainting #helenacklam #bvstudios #turpscc1920

Monday Monday #wip #narcisi #narcissist . . . . .

Monday Monday #wip #narcisi #narcissist .
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#contemporaryoilpainting #myths #contemporaryart #contemporarybritishpainting #helenacklam #bvstudios #turpscc1920
#DelphianOpenCall @delphiangallery

Thank you @benjaminrisk ... 🤗 #beautifulthingsi

Thank you @benjaminrisk ... 🤗 #beautifulthingsinlife #contemporarypainting #treasured

Lost my .... #togetherapart #daretobedifferent . .

Lost my .... #togetherapart #daretobedifferent .
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#contemporaryoilpainting #myths #contemporaryart #thatartgallery #contemporarybritishpainting #helenacklam #bvstudios #turpscc1920
#DelphianOpenCall @delphiangallery

Thx @thatartgallery ... it suits the Polaroid effe

Thx @thatartgallery ... it suits the Polaroid effect. Open Call is open till 7/5... !! #polaroidprint #retropolaroid #opencall #staysafestaysane

Well.... that was fun! This was the last post of m

Well.... that was fun! This was the last post of my take over week. Thx @bvstudiosbristol ! I focussed on the processes and thinking that goes on behind the studio door! .
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#contemporaryoilpainting #myths #contemporaryart #contemporarybritishpainting #helenacklam #bvstudios #turpscc1920
#DelphianOpenCall @delphiangallery

Making a mark... Head over to @bvstudiosbristol t

Making a mark... Head over to @bvstudiosbristol to see my BV Studios take-over.... and to see who’s up next! .
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#bvopen #helenacklam #bvstudios #artistworkingfromhome #contemporarypainting #contemporaryoilpainting #hideandseek #makingamark #turpscc1920

🙏🏽 @helenjonesdrawing ... this has been grea

🙏🏽 @helenjonesdrawing ... this has been great ...I’ve been looking at the process of works over my last (& first) year @bvstudiosbristol - Head over to see the posts.. shared by me and a bunch of talented artists at BV! This should have been our Open Studios weekend - POSTPONED. See you on the other side! .
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#contemporaryoilpainting #myths #contemporaryart #contemporarybritishpainting #helenacklam #bvstudios #turpscc1920

Thx @catknightart and @paintersnetwork_sw !! Poste

Thx @catknightart and @paintersnetwork_sw !! Posted @withregram • @paintersnetwork_sw Hi 👋 @catknightart here with my last post for the @paintersnetwork_sw takeover celebrating the painters of @bvstudiosbristol during our #NOpenstudio weekend. (By the way this is not ALL of the artists at BV by any means, so check out the rest of them when you can.) Our final painter is @h.a.pics who joined us a year ago bringing with her much energy and enthusiasm. And a lovely dog 🐕. Helen Acklam joined BV studios in 2019, just before the last Open. She is concerned with ideas and question that emerge with an exploration of the self and identity and has been exploring the need for myths and stories and the way these are used. That has led to a process of building up and removing layers of paint and gestures until something becomes apparent and a story has been built between the painting and her. “I think, as artists, we're lucky. We’re used to isolation - lost in making and intensely following some thought or other. Weirdly, I haven’t felt like getting the paints out ..yet.. but I have done some drawing and wrapping and looking through a stack of notebooks and visual stuff that I've printed off & photographed over the last few years. It’s been interesting to connect the dots - and really precious to have the time to do this. Wiithout this enforced containment, I really wouldn’t have given all this 'looking and sifting' this sort of attention. Although initially it was great to see all the ways people are connecting and sharing on line, I felt overwhelmed by it all and am grateful to have a couple of small group connections that have become really important to me. I guess where I am, right now anyway, is paying attention to things that are important. Ask me next week and it’ll be different - time is very strange at the moment!” #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #turpscc1920 #helenacklam

Just saw @catknightart at 20... and am copying! S

Just saw @catknightart at 20... and am copying! So a Sunday morning has been spent smiling over a box of pics! First one sums up the 20’s for me 🥳 ... and I had to include me and @robertplantofficial at a beach shack 🤩😎 #meat20challenge #meat20 #thosewerenotthedays #alwayswithmydog #theblurryyears

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS! I’ve taken over the insta

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS! I’ve taken over the insta account @bvstudiosbristol for a week of ‘show and tell’ - and a little about the thoughts and processes that have happened since this picture was taken a year ago! I moved into M4 at BV Studios 3 days before last year’s Open Studios. This weekend should have been our annual Open Studios 🥳🎉.. which also celebrated BVs 10 birthday ! 😰 Head over to @bvstudiosbristol to see/read about some (of the 100 or so) artists based there. .
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#contemporaryoilpainting #myths #contemporaryart #contemporarybritishpainting #helenacklam #bvstudios #turpscc1920
#DelphianOpenCall @delphiangallery

@thatartgallery are asking for photographs taken s

@thatartgallery are asking for photographs taken since lockdown... nice to get included in their first batch! Thx @thatartgallery - get snapping! Art + polaroid = #polaroidart 1. @paul.crocker81 2. @robcarterpainting 3. @h.a.pics (shut the f..up) 4. @suewatt1

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