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Late Summer: East Head, West Wittering (2026)
There was a time when a massive canvas intimidated me. All that white space, all that surface to hold together. Now I look at a big canvas and think: I cannot wait. After thirty years of experimenting with paint, I finally feel ready to bring everything I know to a scale that matches the landscapes I love.
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Artist Shazia Mahmood revisits a rare 2000 chromatography painting, exploring process-based technique and the MFA training that shaped her visual language.
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There's a particular kind of satisfaction in looking back at the first three months of the year and seeing the work has found its homes.
Ten original paintings and two framed prints of The Witterings have gone out into the world since January.
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Throughout my thirty-year career as a painter, certain artists have acted as guiding lights—not because I want to paint like them, but because they've shown me what's possible when you're brave enough to push boundaries, to trust your materials, and to believe that painting still has something vital to say. Here are my 8 artist influences.
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Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell was a big influence on me as an art student. Why? Because she was the first to do crazy things with paint—to really do things with it, to make it move and sing and shout.
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Jenny Saville
You could sit with a Jenny Saville for the rest of your life and still be surprised by what she has done with the paint. She's constantly pushing boundaries, challenging our perceptions of what painting is today and its relevance in our image-saturated world.
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