The Shepherd Market (London W1) Exhibition started with two riotous openings followed by a poetry reading. While a little short of Roman decadence, a good time was had by all. A lot of lovely people milling about, buying the odd picture. And NOW on to Feetham's in the Fall. This quite unrelated to declining or falling or Rome, more of the onward and upward: Roll on the Opening on Monday 16th October, but pictures will be there from Sunday 15th through the week.

Back from London

What a blast. Shepherd market the hang out of tarts is also art savvy.The gallery popping wiith people. Thanks to everyone who came and drank the white wine and the red

8.16.06

My paintings can be seen in at least three exhibitions in the near and not so near future. All of these are in London. I’m working on the USA...

VERY NEAR:

21 - 26 August 2006

Ada Dawnay’s Summer Exhibition

54 Shepherd’s Market, London W1

(nearest underground station Green Park)

Private Views on the 21st and 22nd 6.30 - 8

A poetry reading and book signing on the 24th

Gallery hours 10am - 5pm

Six of my small paintings of houses from South India will be here, along with four ‘icons,’(these are small narrow glimpses of the seen and the half-seen on the principle that one sees and knows so little)

This exhibition in general looks as though it will be a good thing.

PRETTY SOON:

16 - 21 October 2006

WORKS ON BROWN PAPER

Piers Feetham Gallery

475 Fulham Road London SW6 1HL

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7381 3031

Private View (but consider this an invitation):

Monday, October 16th 6.30 - 9pm

The exhibition is of two series of my brown paper paintings.

The first, based on natural and architectural themes are black and gold (with silver here and there). The second, of houses from the South of India, is in expansive Indian colours. Complementing each other, the paintings are all small.

Most importantly:

Tuesday, October 17th

Susan Alexander-Max will give a clavichord concert

Arrive at 6pm and be prepared for a remarkable performance

(we are busy finding the non-squeaking chairs

for this Very Quiet, Very Beautiful Instrument. For those unfamiliar with a clavichord it was first produced in the 15th Century, had a heyday with C. P. E. Bach and a little Sturm und Drang, and relates to the piano in that ‘the loudness … is under the direct control of the player’(Grove). In our case the quietness is under very good hands.)

and please stay, look at the paintings and have something to eat and drink

MOST DISTANT OCCASION:

In November 2007

An exhibition at the Nehru Centre

8 South Audley Street, London

A mother/daughter show!

This will be of my South Indian Paintings, both large and small to benefit

Sudar Foundation, my daughter's Indian NGO, which promotes the further education of young women. It’s first house is in Madurai, Tamil Nadu in South India and is the location round which most of the paintings were made.

More about all of this later...