Artist in Residence at Sam’s Café Drop into Sam’s Café to see the vibrant paintings which have recently been hung on the wall. Ed Sumner is exhibiting there as Artist in Residence until the end of March. His Big Skies […]
An initiative which began in lockdown due to art galleries being closed, now looks set to becoming an annual fixture in Primrose Hill. The Art Trail was established in 2020 to bring art to our streets as we were unable […]
Did you follow the Art Trail last year? Did you exhibit your artworks? Come and join in on Sunday 13 June 2‒6 pm Let’s make this year’s art trail an even bigger and better celebration of all local creativity and […]
By Angelina Pietrafesa. With summer comes a wave of fairs, parades, picnics and dog shows to Primose Hill and, new to this year, illustrator Kate Guy. As an artist with strong ties to the area, Kate has recently returned to […]
By The Mole on the Hill. The old granddad was talking. “One day I saw Queen go into that house down there at the bottom of the hill.” “What was she doing there?” “Not the Queen. Queen. ‘We are the […]
David Holmes’ book, A Brush with the Music of Time, about his life as an art student, advertising junior, art director, creative director, designer, ad agency proprietor, painter and illustrator is bursting with luscious images. And if you want to […]
In October, Primrose Hill artists Adrian Hemming and Andrew Marr held a joint exhibition at Art Bermondsey Project Space. Included in the catalogue was an account of their artistic friendship which is reproduced here. Marr . . . on Hemming […]
One hundred and fifty years ago this month, the well-known illustrator Arthur Rackham was born in London. Throughout his life he illustrated more than 65 books, including Shakespeare, the Brothers Grimm and Charles Dickens. Many of his most celebrated illustrations […]
In 2015 Andrew Marr sat for a portrait by Sophie Levi. The verdict came back: he called her a proper artist! Equally impressive is that Prince Charles has one of her works in his collection. To join the list of […]
