by Kris Mercer | Sep 16, 2026 | Art Inspiration
Looking back through my blog, I realised I’d managed to miss out a couple of bits of art news. Earlier this year, two of my paintings were selected for the Mansfield Museum Open Art Exhibition, where they were shown from March to June. I mentioned it elsewhere at the...
by Kris Mercer | Sep 8, 2026 | Art Inspiration
An aeroplane window is an unusual frame for a landscape. The view is temporary, the angle cannot be chosen, and the wing frequently occupies a large part of it. Yet those restrictions are precisely what make the view interesting. I have usually described these...
by Kris Mercer | Aug 2, 2026 | Art Inspiration
Landscape painting does not have to record every tree, building or field exactly as it appears. My paintings begin with real places, but what usually attracts me is the underlying arrangement: the shapes of the land, the line of a road or coast, and the way one area...
by Kris Mercer | Jul 31, 2026 | Art Inspiration
There May Be More to This Patchwork Thing Than I Thought I have been painting patchwork fields for the last two years. Not because I ever decided that patchwork was a theme. I simply liked the shapes, colours and patterns of the land seen from above. But today...
by Kris Mercer | Jun 14, 2026 | Art Inspiration
A New Medium Over the past few months I have been spending more time working in oils. After many years of painting primarily in acrylics, I wanted to re-explore a medium that allows greater control over colour. One of the frustrations with acrylics is that the colours...
