Assembly Show in Rye, May 2024

My painting Pansy (Self Portrait as a Child) will be part of this show.

There is also an online sales page for this work here

Black Sun, Braided Time, solo show @ Jenn Singer Gallery

Very happy about this new solo show, my first with Jenn Singer Gallery. I have been working with the gallery now for over a year and it has been a creative pleasure. I really appreciate the cooperation.
Jenn has made most of the choices for this exhibition of paintings and drawings, and I’ve been facing the rewarding challenge to reflect on her choices and review some of the developments I’ve gone through as a painter and person.
Jenn wrote a wonderful press release, summing up some of my and her own thoughts and impressions.

Explore the show and writing here

Marius von Brasch, Black Sun. Oil on linen, 120 x 120cm. 2023

Being a member of Contemporary British Painting ...

… has put me into a larger artist-run organisation I have been following for years. CBP invited me to become a member in March this year and I have gladly accepted. It’s an honour to be part of this organisation (CBP got a lot of exposure through the annual Contemporary British Painting Prize), colleague of brilliant and inspiring painters.
In the organisation’s 10 year celebration exhibition X - Contemporary British Painting I’ll be participating the first time as a member. Last year, I exhibited as a guest in Paradoxes - 52 Painters at Quay Arts here on the Isle of Wight.

I’m looking forward to meet some of the artists of CBP, known or unknown to me, art the opening night for the show. Take a look at the details here

Painting and Alchemy - a course at Hawkwood College May 2023

I’m very much looking forward to running a workshop/retreat on the subject of alchemy and alchemical creative painting at the beautiful venue of Hawkwood College in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

This course introduces you to both the intriguing symbolism of Renaissance alchemical imagery and to making paintings or drawings in response to what the pictures, motifs and colours trigger in us as individuals. It invites the participants to actively engage with these ancient pictures and develop their own contemporary visuals

The course aims to explore new ways of visualising what alchemy has to offer in our contemporary world, and to allow the art historical and symbolic aspects to provide unexpected springboards for the new.

Symbolic alchemy, also known as the ‘Great Work’ of transformation, presents enigmatic and fearless visions of symbolic deaths and resurrections. The surreal procedures and balancing acts lead ultimately to an integration of the complementary forces of light and dark, female and male.

The transformative ‘Work’ culminates in the emergence of vital healing and redemption for an individual, but also for humanity on a greater scale. It rehabilitates the individual and the world as ‘divine matter’ and rejuvenated ’gold’ of the sun. Strikingly contemporary, and contrary to most Western religious models, alchemy maintains an equality of spirit and matter, woman and man, body and soul; and demands, in a political sense, the fusion of power and service.

I will introduce you to Renaissance illuminations and prints from Splendor Solis, Aurora Consurgens and Atalanta Fugiens, followed by time for painting, meditation and discussion.
Participants are invited to work alchemically by merging the materiality of paint with the transformative input of thinking, feeling and unconscious elements.

Painting and Alchemy is for artists of all levels of experience who feel a call to explore and work with alchemical ideas and visuals.

The course closely relates to my own practice as a painter, and I am passionate about supporting individual (not pre-conceived) approaches to painting.

INFO

Mon, May 8, 20234:00 PM Thu, May 11, 20232:00 PM

  • Hawkwood College

Prices
Residential (single): £695.00 (£240.00 deposit)

Residential (shared): £635.00 (£240.00 deposit)

Non-residential: £545.00 (£240.00 deposit)

Bookings only via Hawkwood College here


At A Glance
• A visual and creative introduction to symbolic alchemy.

• Painting inspired by alchemical illuminations and prints.

• Touching on personal inner alchemy with painting.

• The potential of symbolic alchemy for navigating turbulent times.

Participants Will Gain

• A better understanding of symbolic and alchemical transformations.

• New ways to access or rekindle their creativity.

• An idea of where they are right now in terms of their own inner alchemy.

• An idea of how to contribute with their work to the current times.

Practical Info

Because of the course’s short duration and emphasis on experimentation, we will work with acrylics, wax pastel and crayons on paper. All quality materials are included (also brushes; however, if you wish to bring your favourite acrylic brushes, please do so).


The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. (Marcel Proust)

Paradoxes: 52 Painters

I am happy to be part of Paradoxes: 52 Painters, an exhibition showcasing the breadth of contemporary painting practice which is very much alive and thriving in the UK today. This exhibition of 52 painters includes 48 artists from the CBP membership who are based throughout the British Isles, and four guest artists from the Isle of Wight. The group returns to Quay Arts following its successful Summer exhibition in 2016.

The exhibition has been organised by Freya Purdue alongside co-curators Natalie Dowse and Phil Illingworth. The exhibition is accompanied by a full-colour 116 page catalogue with an essay by Paul Carey-Kent. The catalogue will be available from Quay Arts and from our website.

CBP artists:

Susan Absolon, David Ainley, Iain Andrews, Amanda Ansell, Karl Bielik, Claudia Boese, Day Bowman, Julian Brown, Simon Burton, Ruth Calland, Simon Carter, Jules Clarke, Deb Covell, Andrew Crane, Gordon Dalton, Pen Dalton, Lisa Denyer, Natalie Dowse, Nathan Eastwood, Geraint Evans, Susie Hamilton, Alex Hanna, Suzanne Holtom, Marguerite Horner, Barbara Howey, Phil Illingworth, Linda Ingham, Rachel Lancaster, Bryan Lavelle, Paula MacArthur, David Manley, Enzo Marra, Nicholas Middleton, Paul Newman, Stephen Newton, Kirsty O’Leary Leeson, Joe Packer, Stephen Palmer, Ruth Philo, Alison Pilkington, Narbi Price, Freya Purdue, Katherine Russell, Molly Thomson, Judith Tucker, Casper White, Joanna Whittle and Sean Williams.

Guest artists:

Jo Hummel, Charles Inge, Lisa Traxler and Marius von Brasch.


Exhibition dates: 12th March to 7th May 2022

Opening times 9am – 4pm daily

Launch event: Saturday 12th March 2022, 2pm – 4pm

The West Gallery, Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight

Gallery representation

I am really delighted to say that I'm from now on represented exclusively by Jenn Singer Gallery, link here
This is a very exciting development, and I want to thank all of you who have supported me in different ways to this point.
Those who have bought works from me in person, please contact from now on the gallery directly as sales and enquiries are handled only by the gallery.
You might have noticed that the print sales section on my website has vanished - prints will now be produced by Jenn Singer Gallery, available in larger sizes than before.