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John Blenkin

Born

1928, London, England

Type of Artwork

Watercolour painting

Art Education

1944 - 1947 & 1950 - 1951 Hammersmith West London College of Building and Art - RIBA

Solo Exhibitions

Dec., 1988 Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
May, 1990 Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Sept., 1990 Athienon Municipality, Cyprus
June, 1990 Kyklos, Paphos, Cyprus
June, 1991 Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Sept., 1991 Athienon Municipality, Cyprus
Oct., 1991 Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Sept., 1992 Capo Bay Hotel, Protoras, Cyprus
March, 1995 Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
August, 1998 Capo Bay hotel, Protoras, Cyprus

Mixed Exhibitions

May, 1988 Apocalypse, Nicosia, Cyprus
March, 1991 Bishop of Larnaka Show, Nicosia, Cyprus
June, 1991 Capo Bay Hotel, Protoras, Cyprus
1996 - 1998 Various mixed Exhibitions, Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Jan., 1998 Capo Bay Hotel, Protoras, Cyprus

Artist's Statement - Watercolour Technique

I am interested in paintings of the moment, i.e., without subject preconceptions.

At the same time, and in some ways contradictory to this, painting requires many kinds of knowledge.

And with watercolours, there are a separate collection of instinctive skills developed by long practice; to make perfect or to make of second nature.
Watercolours react instantly to changes in temperature, humidity, light or movement of air. These variables are added to an already unstable medium as the colours in water are moving. To these variables, are added those of season and of guna; they dry lighter and deader than when wet. All has to be done without thought.

Artist's Work

Design

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