Exhibition of 66 original paintings by self-taught artist Liz English, marking her 66th birthday, with each work priced at £66.
Liz English is showing at Colonnade House from 3 November to 8 November, and the whole thing is built around a single number. The exhibition is called Liz English 66 because it marks her 66th birthday: there are 66 original paintings on the walls, and every single one is priced at £66. It's a proper birthday celebration in paint, and since everything is the same price, it's as much about the number as it is about the work.
English is a self-taught artist who's been based in West Sussex since 2020, but she's lived all over. Born in South Africa and brought up in Essex, she spent time in Italy, Switzerland and Kuwait, and it was in Kuwait that she actually started painting back in 2019. Her own account is that she took it up as a response to her very beige surroundings, so the colour you'll see in the room comes from a real desire to push back against a lack of it.
Her work draws on nature, gardens and bouquets, and she mixes reality and imagination with childhood memories and a strong affinity for Chinoiserie vases. She describes her own approach as joyful, abundant and uplifting, rather than 'The Kitchen Sink' style, so it's more about the bright and the blooming than the gritty and the domestic. It's a way of looking at the world that's more interested in the garden than the sink.
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She shows regularly at the Atherton Green Gallery in Hampshire as well as here at Colonnade House, and she takes part in the Worthing, Adur and Brighton Artists Open Houses. The exhibition runs from 3 November to 8 November, with 66 original paintings, each one £66.
