Artist David Phillips holds a pop-up residency at the Usher Gallery, where visitors can meet him as he works on sketches from a mirror for the Lincolnshire Artists Society show.
David Phillips will be in residence at the Usher Gallery on Saturday 28 November, as part of the Lincolnshire Artists Society's annual show. It's a pop-up residency, so rather than just hanging work on the wall, he'll be there in person on the day. You can meet him while he's working, and he'll be spending the session sketching from a mirror, so you'll see the process as it happens.
Phillips' work is mainly figurative, though it lets in elements of abstraction. Right now he's focused on portraiture, and you can hear the influences he's drawing on: German expressionism, and the work of Grant Wood, Edward Hopper and the British painter Stanley Spencer. If you're familiar with those names, you'll get the sense of where he's coming from — the bold, often stark figures of expressionism alongside the quiet, isolated moods of Hopper and the distinct, slightly off-kilter character of Spencer. Seeing him work from a mirror gives you a direct look at how he's translating those references into his own portraits.
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The residency sits within the Lincolnshire Artists Society's annual show at the Usher Gallery, so there's more to see around the room than just this one session. It's a good way to spend a Saturday morning or afternoon in the city — you can wander through the rest of the exhibition and then stop in to watch Phillips work. The residency is on Saturday 28 November at the Usher Gallery in Lincoln.
