Autumn Show 2010

The Sunday (17th Oct) after my Private View Autumn Show and recovering, a success with over a 100 folk turning out to see the show. Show runs until mid November with my reduced Bush Classics, some new paintings, Trevor Burrows and Highton Ridley Photography and some new ceramics by Mansour Eskandary. Comments so far is that it is the best show yet and we sold 7 pieces already.

Martin Bush Guestbook Wordle

Thought I would introduce you to my Wordle which is word art that is made up from my Guestbook in my gallery.
The most used words appear the largest down to trhe smallest word being used the least. Thought it made for a nice graphic of comments made by my visitors to the gallery.

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Here is my first YouTube video of my gallery done my my good friend and photorapher Rod of Optimo.
I shall be using this to promote my gallery space, shows it in all its glory

Art of England Magazine

It's been a busy month with people wanting me to do what I do and more.
Art of England Magazine who are one of Britons leading mags asked to do an article on me which is brill take a look on line here
Chris Penberthy who is working with me to get me out there wrote the piece which was not even editied as he is a star at this sort of thing and he got me in a nut shell, "My Journey to Abstraction".
Do have a read, you can buy the magazine from W H Smiths right now.

TAG Show Martin Bush Gallery New Cooperage, Royal William Yard, Plymouth. I have put on show in my gallery a selection of paintings dating back over the past 7 years and “TAGGED” them at a reduced price so you can afford a “Bush Classic”. Why? I hear you ask - so I can clear the decks for new paintings - a fresh clean mind without clutter! Over 70 canvases are in the show and prices range from £50 - £1000 The TAG show is on until the end of July so pay a visit soon!

Here is my press release for my Spring Exhibition

Vibrant art celebrates New Beginning at Plymouth’s Royal William Yard

Martin Bush presents New Beginning, his spring show of new paintings charting a year in his life as artist in residence at the Royal William Yard. Displaying both exuberance and restraint, the works follow a journey through seasons and emotions; dark and moody pieces are counterbalanced by vibrant colourful canvases; small and intimate jewels cohabit with large jaw-dropping visions.

Colour, movement and energy remain at the core of this new beginning; as well as opening up fresh avenues of expression, reinterpretation brings added depth and perspective to both his more figurative and pure abstract painting. The journey has animated an enthusiasm which has freed Martin to breakthrough to a higher level; vibrancy transcends feeling and reality to go beyond the present to imagine a dreamt world.

It is interesting to be able to look back over a year and reflect on an artist’s mood changes as the seasons pull and twist his palette and attitude to what is created. The influences of the Royal William Yard’s past, estuarine position and rebirth can be sensed as the art delves in and out of pure abstract through striking, vibrant colours and sumptuous marks contrasting with darker more subtle tones.

The exhibition in the New Cooperage, Royal William Yard, Plymouth, PL1 3RP is open Tuesdays to Sundays from 21^st May to 30^th June.

New Beginning

And finally the air is warm and the world seems a better place to digest my indulgence to paint with new vibrent paintings. It seems so much more like this is worth doing when one can simply think about marks and colour with movement and depth all interacting on the canvas, rather than can I stop shivering.

Hay it's March and still kicking around 3 degrees in my gallery, not good for punters all though yesterday was warmer and it made the difference with a client or 2.
Here is a new painting that some how made it out of the cold onto canvas and feeling this spell of cold is not going to dampen my spirits and I WILL PAINT.

Finding my way in this new year has finally begun and the feeling of the new work seems to be influenced from previous free flow work. Indulging mind and soul with what has been a "S A D" few months with the mind effecting weather making the most of my soul. From somewhere positive emotion laid it self in front of me or is it doing the painting that drives me out of this negative turmoil of cold dark empty February.
Well it seems I am starting to blossom in my work once again and this new work is engaging my thoughts with electric emotion, I am wowing it, does it wow you?

Commission Dec 2009

Commissioned by private client in July 2009 this painting was to fit a very large wall along side another painting that I delivered in July called Journey into Nature. Flooding the canvas with free flow marks and almost falling into the painting the marks come together in a crescendo of mood and colour. A very happy client on delivery in November.

Me at work and my latest commission is done July 2009

Starting a new Blog as I cant switch from my other account and had to keep signing out of Google Mail, how frustrating and rubbish this siber world can be

Jazz Series 2009

Here are a selection of my Jazz Series for the 2009 Jazz fest here in Plymouth, now on show in my Gallery Royal William Yard, Plymouth

Where it all began in Plymouth

Well it all began December 2004 in what is known as the Brewhouse in The Royal William Yard, Plymouth when I was offered to use one of the yards cavernous spaces to paint and display my work. Likened to a gold fish bowl as the sales suite to the posh apartments was the other side of a glass wall people would see the development of the Bush world and so I began to paint in what I call my professional mind.