Continuing the Art of Play
June 20, 2024

Artist: Gillian Ayres


10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Gillian Ayres (3 February 1930 – 11 April 2018) was an English painter. She is best known for abstract painting and printmaking using vibrant colours, which earned her a Turner Prize nomination.

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Warm-up + Project:

Please bring oil pastels, paint sticks, or paint to class, as well as a couple of pieces of drawing paper for the warm-up. Our project will be done on Bristol board — any size.




Early works

  • Dance of the Ludi Magni , oil painting, 1984

  • Summer Region. oil on canvas 60 x 60 in.

  • Zephyrus did Softly Play, oil painting, 1989

  • Summer Region, oil on canvas, 1988

Later Pieces

  • Lightning Bright Flashes

  • Tivoli, 2011, Woodcut on Unryu-shi Japanese paper

  • Dendera