TIMOTHY SUTTONGeneral news and chit-chat of what I have been up to in the studio and on the road.
This new portrait features Olive, a charming French Bulldog photographed in Bushy Park in September. With her compact build, wide-set eyes and distinctive bat-like ears, Olive is a perfect example of a breed that has captured hearts for more than a century.
Originally developed in the 1800’s as companion dogs for lace workers in Nottingham and later refined in France, French Bulldogs were bred not for sport or work, but for company. Their role was to sit beside their owners, provide warmth, comfort, and no small amount of amusement. That history helps explain their affectionate nature, expressive faces, and that unmistakable desire to be close to people.
Olive’s poised yet playful character reflects this heritage perfectly. Curious, alert and quietly confident during her September outing in Bushy Park, she carried the hallmarks of a breed designed to be both loyal friend and delightful presence. Her portrait celebrates that enduring companionship in a single, unforgettable pose.
As usual, I’ll be taking part in the annual Lambeth Open here in my home borough of South London this weekend 4th and 5th October, 10am to 6pm both days. This year’s event features 20 venues across Lambeth, from Oval to Streatham and Clapham to Herne Hill (where you’ll find me!) with 34 artists and makers showing their work. Expect painting, mixed media, printmaking and ceramics, so there will be plenty to explore.
I’ll be exhibiting at 17 Regent Road, SE24 0EL, alongside fellow artists Kate and Gabrielle. It promises to be a wonderful weekend of art, creativity and community. I hope you can join us.
KATE BOWE works mainly within the medium of printmaking. Observing textures and the boundaries between objects she produces series of works that experiment with the assemblage of mixed media images in a planar form. Kate studied at Sir John Cass School of Art London Metropolitan University.
GABRIELLE BRADSHAW trained at Camberwell School of Art leaving with a First Class Honours degree in Fine Art Sculpture. She continued her studies at the Rural Development Centre in Salisbury completing several courses in Blacksmithing, and worked for two years as a welder in the metalshop of the National Theatre. Gabrielle has exhibited her drawings, paintings and sculpures in galleries across the UK and in Berlin and Paris.
I’m delighted to be exhibiting at Urban Art 2025 in Brixton SW2 on the weekend of the 5th and 6th July. You’ll find me at Pitch 1H, right next to the information desk on Josephine Avenue, a perfect spot to pause, take in some art, and say hello. The event is open from 10 am to 6pm both days, and with over 120 artists taking part it makes for a great day out in South London.
I’m probably best known for my dog portraits; characterful, painterly studies that try to capture more than just a likeness. Whether it’s a beloved black cockerpoo or a scruffy terrier with attitude, I enjoy finding the personality behind the pose. But I’m just as proud of my human portraits too, a series of thoughtful, often intimate images that explore expression, stillness, and presence. Whether I’m painting flesh or fur, my aim is always the same: to convey something genuine, something felt.
I work mainly in oil paint, which allows for rich colour, subtle tones and a bit of improvisation along the way. I also create lino cuts, a more graphic, hands-on medium that forces a different way of thinking about shape and form. Between the two, I enjoy the push and pull of control and chance, detail and boldness.
Urban Art is a brilliant event, relaxed, friendly, and full of talent. There’s a great energy to showing work in the open air, and it’s a pleasure to meet people who are just as curious about the process as they are about the finished picture. You can see more of my work on this web site, but I’d love you to come and see it in person. Whether you’re a dog lover, art enthusiast, or just passing by, please stop for a chat.
Jennie Ing and Timothy Sutton are getting together again for their annual show at the Fountain Gallery, showing their distinctive trade mark work: Jennie with her linocut prints of much loved local and London scenes; Timothy with portraits in oils of pets and people.
Working from her garage studio in southwest London Jennie prints her many layered colourful linocuts on an 1847 albion press. She is a member of the Printmakers Council and Greenwich Printmakers, and has work in the V&A collection and the Scarborough Art Gallery archive, as well as in private collections in the UK and abroad.
Painting in his South London studio,Timothy continues to grow an impressive porfolio of commissioned portrait work. Better known for his photo realistic oil paintings of animals, his work also includes many human subjects as well as prints, both linocut and hand coloured etchings.
Both of us will be there every Sunday (the Gallery will be closed Monday 228th October).
On the first weekend of October artists and crafts people across the borough of Lambeth will be opening their studio and work spaces to the public. Doors will be open from 10am to 6pm, 7th and 8th October and admission will be free.
As usual I shall be exhibiting with Kate Bowe and Gabrielle Bradshaw at 17 Regent Road, Herne Hill SE24 0EL.
Please pop along and say hello. Lovely to see you.
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