Sunday 21 June 2015

New Paintings

Here are various views of some completed paintings that I have been working on this year. As my studio comes up short in terms of ceiling height, photos had to be taken with the works flat on the floor although this is also less than ideal as in most cases I couldn't achieve the necessary elevation to photograph them square on. Never mind.


As points of reference, I have included additional images which may go some way to explaining where the idea for each painting has come from...


Nic Pehkonen, Double Opening, 40cm x 180cm 

Nic Pehkonen, Double Opening  (other way up!)

Nic Pehkonen, Double Opening (detail).


Inside one of the test laboratories on the AWRE site at Orfordness 

Nic Pehkonen, Beam, 30cm x 227cm

Nic Pehkonen, Beam (other way up)

Nic Pehkonen, Beam (detail)

Supporting steelwork for duct pipes at Orfordness

Nic Pehkonen, Orange and Turquoise, 49cm x 230cm (max dimensions)

Nic Pehkonen, Orange and Turquoise (other way up)

Nic Pehkonen, Orange and Turquoise (detail)

Nic Pehkonen, Red and White, 49cm x 230cm (max dimensions)
Nic Pehkonen, Red and White, (Other way up)
Nic Pehkonen, Red and White (detail)

Orfordness, an endless source of inspiration...

Nic Pehkonen, Yellow and Turquoise, 25cm x 230cm

Nic Pehkonen, Yellow and Turquoise (other way up)

Nic Pehkonen, Yellow and Turquoise (detail)

Not a building but a close-up of a bulldozer radiator grill

Nic Pehkonen, Grey Panel, 86cm x 90cm
Sizewell A Power Station, main reactor building exterior

Nic Pehkonen, Grey Panel (detail)

Nic Pehkonen, Grey Panel (detail)




Monday 27 April 2015

Jazzarte

The Cheltenham Group of Artists spring exhibition coincides this year with the Jazz Festival - hence the "Jazzarte" theme…

Nic Pehkonen, Piano Keys

The exhibition runs from 29 April until 05 May at the Gardens Gallery.

Saturday 10 January 2015

New Work


Here is something I have been working on for a while. Its a bit of an experiment really that combines two ideas, the first of which came about in the summer when I was photographing some of my paintings and had a pile of them laid out on the floor. The top one happened to be full of holes which meant the colours of the painting underneath were revealed through the openings. It looked great so I thought why not make a painting deliberately this way?

The other idea is something I have had in the back of my mind for ages which is to make a work painted on both sides, designed to be hung facing either way.

Combining both these ideas has resulted in a piece that can actually be displayed in four different ways - here are all the permutations;

Yellow over Green

white(ish) over green

Yellow over turquoise

White(ish) over turquoise

Four paintings for the price of one!!!