The 258
th ever popular ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION opens to the public on the 16
th of June and runs till August 23
rd. I shall be showing 6 new works. The 2 paintings both come from my visit to India back at Christmas time. Being a great fan of Dishoom. I visited the inspiration Britannia and Company the restaurant in Mumbai and made a drawing on the spot. My 46 X 63 cm work even includes a food stain! The other Indian work celebrates Phillipkutty’s Farm in Kerala. A little bit of paradise!
There’s a hospitality theme in my work this year as I am showing “The Best Hotels”, inspired by the film
Easter Parade starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire with the quintessential song “A Couple of Swells”. For the romantics I am showing “Sur les rooftops de Paris avec you”. The subject is the skyline from Sacre Coeur to the Eiffel Tower.
On an English theme I am showing “Somewhere – William Morris and Co. arriving at Kelmscott” a lyrical imagining of Kelmscott Manor in Oxfordshire.
Lastly, there is my stone lithograph “Lyme Regis – Mary Anning - Dog and Bone”. The first in an imaginative series about the 19
th century palaeontologist.
My new book “Chris Orr, Seeing Ways” was launched in March last year and has been widely applauded. You can get a copy directly from me, The Royal Academy Shop,
www.royalacademy.org.uk, and good bookshops. Or if you must, Amazon..
