Marion Wilcocks
artist
Paintings for 2010
String section (detail)
Lunchtime pint in Shepherd Market (detail)
High water above Rialto Bridge (detail)
Scene at Aday (detail)
Blue bottles (detail)
Venice is a magic place with water not
roads, boats not traffic, voices not machines, and architecture
and decoration which is all beauty and interest, whichever way
you look. Obviously the crowds now are of tourists rather than
Venetians, but still in the mornings in the Dorsoduro you can
see local people going about their business, and the canals
carry commercial traffic as well as gondolas.
Morocco is a burst of totally exotic
culture and vitality, a short hop from London by air. This is
North Africa, but Atlantic not Mediterranean: Berber, Arab and
French. The energy and vitality of these people make the place
irresistible, and the landscape is wild.
I loved the colours and patterns, the
mountains and and everything I saw when I was there, and I mean
to go back again.
Music can’t be painted. You have to
listen to it. But players, instruments, the orchestra and the
drama of live performance for me are endlessly paintable and
interesting. The string players are my favourites; the
instruments, so beautiful in themselves, and the intent
concentration of the players are what I aim to capture.
Still life gives a painter the luxury of
controlling objects, arrangement, composition and lighting, and
the time to examine the subject as long as wished. Soft,
hard, shiny, velvety, glitter, shadow – I love to examine
and paint the way light falls on familiar objects.
I have always enjoyed sketching and
painting in London. I like the important and diverse buildings
and the people who live and work in and around them, yes, even
the flow of traffic! London is a jewel box, handsome on the
outside and full of riches inside. The time I spend observing
and drawing on the street pays dividends later, when I need to
add value to notes and photos collected on the spot.
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Copyright Marion Wilcocks 2010