Monthly Archives: June 2019

Le Chêne Vert

Posted on June 24, 2019 by hamer the framer

This little painting hung on the wall of our house in Calvi. It looked like the campanile of one of the churches we visited yesterday, perhaps in Calenzana or maybe Montemaggiore. The Genoese… besides tending their gardens, they built churches, … Read more…

La Balagne

Posted on June 17, 2019 by hamer the framer

For one week in May this was our bedroom window, with its view of the Golfe de Calvi and the mountains beyond, with Monte Grosso 1,938 metres and Monte Padro 2,393 metres, two of the highest in Corsica. Every morning … Read more…

Which Way Up

Posted on June 16, 2019 by hamer the framer

For John McLean, 1939-2019. Sadly I’m not allowed to post this video on our blog, but please watch it here. John McLean is a Scottish abstract painter with work in some of the world’s great public art collections. In 2013 … Read more…

Jonathan Christie: Paintings & Drawings

Posted on June 8, 2019 by hamer the framer

This is a rare opportunity to see several pictures by Jonathan Christie gathered together in one place; it’s his first solo exhibition anywhere and we’re honoured to host it in our window throughout June. Paintings and drawings inspired by favourite … Read more…

Hepworth | Nicholson

Posted on June 1, 2019 by hamer the framer

Another beautiful Ben Nicholson exhibition, this one shared with Barbara Hepworth and framed within the elegant rooms of Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert in Bury Street, St James’s, until 12th July. ‘Barbara Hepworth | Ben Nicholson: Sculpture and Painting in the 1930s’ brings … Read more…