Harlaxton Commencement

Opus Stratum, New Works

New works by Mike Nichols and Leslie Reuther

The Stratum Series is a group of paintings inspired by our four month residence at Harlaxton College in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. The word stratum refers to layered application of material to create atmospheric works. In Leslie's works, repeated application of paint and graphite alternating between tone and text are used to represent the layers atmosphere and landscape. Mike's works are layered applications of charcoal, fixative and pastel.

These new works are now on display in the Great Hall of Harlaxton College in Lincolnshire, England. On display in conjunction with the "Student Art Exhibit" from Spring 2009.

Pictures from Oxford

Paris!

Nightlights












We climbed the tower of Notre Dame!....TWICE! (Cue the 3 stooges theme song)


Views from the top of Notre Dame











Stain glass from inside Saint-Chapalle





Halo much? (Musee d'Orsey)


The Musee de Louvre


Leslie in front of "The Raft of the Medusa" by Gericault


A view from our hotel window :)

More Art!

Leslie and I went back to London, for a second round of museum hopping. Here are some of the image we saw.

At the National Gallery:

Jan van Eyck "Arnolfini Double Portrait" aka "The marriage of Arnolfini"



Raphael Sanzio "Pope Julius II"



Hans Holbein "The Ambassadors"



At the Courtauld Museum.

Edward Manet "A Bar at the Folies-Bergere"



Paul Cezanne "Still Life with Plaster Cupid"



At the National Portrait Gallery we got to see a fantastic exhibit by Gehard Richter. Oh yeah, James Bond er.. Pierce Brosnan was there too.







We also saw some great art in Edinburgh. Here are some things we saw.

The National Galleries of Scotland

Damien Hirst "Isolated Elements Swimming in the Same Direction for the Purposes of Understanding"



Damien Hirst "Away from the Flock"