● Double Self-Portrait With Knees
24" x 64" (61 x 163cm) / Acrylic on gessoed panel / RA 2007 D-notice / Private Collection
‘Double Self-Portrait with Knees’ was painted with acrylics on a gessoed panel. The panel is 24" x 64" (61 x 163 cm) - almost life size to a piano keyboard. The idea for the painting was simple. I sit at a piano for a few minutes on most days and have done so for years. Then one day I chanced to see my knees reflected in the woodwork.
Looking closer, my eyes now fully open, I saw my face reflected, not once but twice, and at different sizes. I’d simply never noticed the reflections before. I worked on the painting for nearly a year. The painting now hangs in a company boardroom in Paris.
For more info please contact jim@kelso.co.uk or phone 01491 613003
A First. In 2020, one of my paintings, The Treasure of Britwell Salome - Matins was accepted by the The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) for exhibition at their Annual Show. The RBA is dedicated to promoting the highest standards of skill, concept and draughtsmanship in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing.
https://www.jameskelsoartist.com/the-treasure-of-britwell-salome.html
https://royalsocietyofbritishartists.org.uk/
https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/royal-society-british-artists-303rd-annual-exhibition-2020/treasure-britwell
Looking closer, my eyes now fully open, I saw my face reflected, not once but twice, and at different sizes. I’d simply never noticed the reflections before. I worked on the painting for nearly a year. The painting now hangs in a company boardroom in Paris.
For more info please contact jim@kelso.co.uk or phone 01491 613003
A First. In 2020, one of my paintings, The Treasure of Britwell Salome - Matins was accepted by the The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) for exhibition at their Annual Show. The RBA is dedicated to promoting the highest standards of skill, concept and draughtsmanship in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing.
https://www.jameskelsoartist.com/the-treasure-of-britwell-salome.html
https://royalsocietyofbritishartists.org.uk/
https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/royal-society-british-artists-303rd-annual-exhibition-2020/treasure-britwell