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Exhibition by Adrian Hemming
 "A Kind of Green" - 10"x13" Oil on paper
 "Golden Pond" - 10"x13" Oil on paper
About the ExhibitionThis work was born out of a small pond on Jersey in the Channel Islands. To become obsessed with any object is to invest it with a myriad of mythical possibilities. Leonardo da Vinci used to tell his pupils that if you wish to paint the most sublime mountainous backgrounds, then you must lay awake at night and stare at the wall that your cot is placed next to and very soon, the rough texture of the wall will transpose itself into the most marvellous of mountain ranges, swooping and ascending before your very eyes. I stared at the pond until the waters danced before my eyes. My brain burst with the colours green. Then when the autumn arrived my senses were assailed by the gold, tinged rays of the sun. The pond became "like Arum Verde the green living gold of the Alchemist" (Paolo Guidi, 2008) About the Artist Adrian Hemming was born in Leicester in 1945. He left school at 15 to become an apprentice engineer. After his apprenticeship he travelled widely in Europe and developed an appreciation of landscape and a love of art. On return to England, Adrian was accepted on the Foundation Course at Lincoln College of Art which he followed with a B.A. (Art) at Brighton Polytechnic (1973) and an MA (Fine Art) at Goldsmiths College, London University (1982). Adrian co-founded Tichbourne Studios in Brighton and later founded the Angel studios in London. He then went on to co-found Southgate Studios (London, N1) where he has been painting full-time since 1990. Adrian has twice been short-listed for the Artist in Residence at the National Gallery. He has lectured and exhibited broadly in England, Scotland, America and South Africa. His work can be found in many private and public collections as well as being on public view in Terminal One, Heathrow Airport due to a major commission by BAA.
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