The Artist - UK (2019-12)

http://www.painters-online.co.uk December 2019 13

COMMON

GROUND

ANDREW ROBERTS

& BENJAMIN HOPE

GALLERY DIFFERENT

14 Percy Street, Fitzrovia

London W1T 1DR

☎ 020 7637 3775

http://www.gallerydiferent.co.uk

LEFT

t Benjamin Hope Lombard Street, London,

oil on panel, 20 3 10in (50.8 3 25.4cm)

t Andrew Roberts We-Who-Listen-to-the-

Wind-in-the-Trees, oil on canvas, 11¾ 3 11¾in

(30 3 30cm)

Common Ground at Gallery Diferent

shows the work of two painters – Andrew

Roberts and Benjamin Hope – both of

whom paint en plein air, in all weathers

and locations – from across the UK and

Europe – trying to capture the transient

moment. Describing himself as ‘an artist

who paints the day over the subject,

prioritising mood over detail,’ Andrew’s

textured and spontaneous work would

be diicult to achieve back in a studio as

his application of paint is instinctive and

reactive.

Ben’s work will be well known to The

Artist readers from his articles in the

magazine. He is also motivated by

painting on-the spot, often taking a long

time inding the exact moment. ‘Painting

from life is my modus operandi,’ he says.

‘I love the immediacy, the time pressure

and the liveliness of the result’. Both artists

are motivated by sharing their experience

with the viewer – often abstracting the

detail to achieve mood and atmosphere.

Common Ground will be at Gallery

Diferent from November 8 to 16.

Open daily, from 11am until 6pm;

until 8pm on Thursday November 14.