Ashley Cecil

Painting with a Cause

12″x16″oil on canvas, $480 (plus shipping outside of the UK)
10% of art sales now through August 31 donated to Ocean Conservancy.

12\"x16\"oil on canvas, $480 (plus shipping outside of the UK) 10% of art sales now through August 31 donated to Ocean Conservancy.

Orangery at Kew Gardens
7.5″x11″ ink on paper, $50 (plus shipping via standard mail outside of the UK)
10% of art sales now through April 30 donated to Ocean Conservancy.

Orangery at Kew Gardens 7.5″x11″ ink on paper, $50 (plus shipping via standard mail outside of the UK) 10% of art sales now through April 30 donated to Ocean Conservancy.

Painting with a Cause

8″x10″ oil on canvas, $250 (plus shipping via standard mail outside of the UK)
10% of art sales now through August 31 donated to Ocean Conservancy.

8″x10″ oil on canvas, $250 (plus shipping via standard mail outside of the UK) 10% of art sales now through August 31 donated to Ocean Conservancy.

Painting with a Cause

Painting with a Cause

Most of this week I am painting at the Kenwood House at a New English Art Club workshop taught by Tom Coates and Julie Jackson.  It’s amazing how far a little one-on-one instruction gets me.  I’m already seeing a difference in my use of color and how I’m drawing preliminary sketches of the compositions.

Most of this week I am painting at the Kenwood House at a New English Art Club workshop taught by Tom Coates and Julie Jackson.  It\'s amazing how far a little one-on-one instruction gets me.  I\'m already seeing a difference in my use of color and how I\'m drawing preliminary sketches of the compositions. ...

I recently heard artist Grayson Perry speak at the Holloway Arts Festival in London.  At the talk I picked up his biography, Grayson Perry: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl. It’s a fascinating narrative of a turbulent childhood and innate attraction to the art world.  Having now read the book detailing the abuse he endured as a child and young man, his following statement sticks out in my mind even more (paraphrased from my poor memory):

Being angry at someone is like taking poison and expecting your enemy to die.

I recently heard artist Grayson Perry speak at the Holloway Arts Festival in London.  At the talk I picked up his biography, Grayson Perry: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl. It\'s a fascinating narrative of a turbulent childhood and innate attraction to the art world.  Having now read the book detailing the ...