Comments on: James Mackinnon’s Solo Exhibition

By: Steven Burr

Steven Burr — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:23:44 +0000

I love these, I would love to have just one each is amazing!

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:55:34 +0000

What fabulous images – and a great blog so thank you GA.
Buildings ‘talk’ to me too and it’s a joy to spot an especially interesting feature tucked in at the side of a door, window or archway. I love architecture, old and modern. Sadly I don’t have James Mackinnon’s painting skills, but am never without my camera so take a lot of photographs of what I see.
Lucky Hastings to now have James living there. That is also a place that has had its ups and downs, but hopefully, James is capturing that town too, especially the Old Hastings where the drying nets of the fishermen stand tall, towered over by the cliff railway which give such far reaching views from the top.

By: Grace Caruso

Grace Caruso — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:56:15 +0000

Hi: So many wonderful paintings. This may not be possible but I wonder whether any of the art that you show us is available in poster form or in individual prints. It would be great. Are there specific web sites for this sort of thing? Just wondering..

By: Eddie Johnson

Eddie Johnson — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 09:21:14 +0000

The paintings are wonderful, they all are. I loved the one of the Post Office. I recognised it right away, next to the ~Morpeth Castle pub (long gone) in Cadogan Terrace. My Mum & Dad were friendly with the couple who ran it just after & during the war, they used to go to banquets with them, I think he may have been a Mason, I’ve got photos’ somewhere of my Mum & Dad in a group picture with the couple, all dressed up in hired evening clothes, very unusual for our class of people in those days.

Eddie Johnson

By: Carolyn Badcock

Carolyn Badcock — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 00:22:22 +0000

What a major talent are you, James Mackinnon!! Brilliant! Love that person coming into the pub with the dog leading……….

By: pauline taylor

pauline taylor — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 17:25:56 +0000

A true artist, Great, Wonderful, what more can one say.

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 12:41:45 +0000

I especially love “Early Doors”……….not because it reminds me of a familiar/recalled place and time…….but because it TAKES me to a place I have never been, and ignites the experience. In my imagination, I can feel the nap of the worn carpet, I can imagine who is about to emerge behind the partition (dog walker), I can hear the quiet whistles of the barman readying his work station,
I imagine the flashes of people and lighting reflected in all those mirrors, etc. An astute
series of evocative paintings.

Also, I recently received my pre-ordered copy of “East End Vernacular” and it is an amazing
volume. I am so happy to have this in my art library. A keeper!

By: belle

belle — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 09:14:14 +0000

The St Leonard paintings are wonderful, really captured the light and atmosphere of the place. Like many of us ex Londoners, we wash up by this beautiful coastline. Wishing James all the best and thank you GA.

By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 08:25:01 +0000

Early doors is so evocative of London pubs of my youth.
Marvellous work.

By: Jill Wilson

Jill Wilson — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 07:54:11 +0000

Brilliant stuff again. And like James I love walking the streets and turning a corner and having a ‘wow’ moment when an unexpected building suddenly appears. One of the joys of London is the juxtaposition of seemingly random styles of architecture and buildings. So glad he has captured so much of it… Looking forward to seeing the exhibition!