I was delighted to have my work selected again for this prestigious Exhibition held annually at the Mall Galleries in London this summer. My PopArt work is female centric, so to be chosen by the wonderful SWA was a double blessing for me. Unfortunately the Private View was held on one of the hottest days of the year, and coming up from Bristol for the day, I had to bow to the news from GWR trains that railway lines were buckling in the heat and we were advised not to make any train journeys that day. I was gutted to miss the PV as I remembered what huge fun last year’s PV was. I had met so many amazing people there, networked, saw fabulous art by such talented female artists and of course enjoyed a glass of fizz. Sadly not to be this year, but maybe next year. With my art I am drawn to sparseness and isolation, but also to bright and vivid colours, after my years in sunny South Africa ; I think the two themes can live in tension alongside each other. I usually paint women with no facial details, or in shadow/backview as I want the…
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ING Discerning Eye Exhibition November 2025 – A WOW Event!
What an event this was. I travelled up to London from Bristol where I live, to view this latest Exhibition, showing my two pieces entitled ‘Networking’ alongside fabulous artworks in all forms of media by truly talented artists. Apparently around 7000 artworks were entered and 650 were then selected, including my two paintings so I was delighted, excited and in truth a little overwhelmed. The Mall Galleries on the Mall is a wonderful central gallery space to show art, and the Private View on Thursday 13 November, was packed. My work was selected by Nicholas Scott, an art collector and fan of PopArt, which was lucky for me, as I know PopArt is not for everyone. Art, as they say, is always subjective. I had the honour to meet him, completely by chance at the Exhibition, which made my day. It was an evening of fun, chatting, networking and viewing all the amazing art on show. I have been following a year long (for me) mentoring scheme called the Art Ladder, part of Parker Harris, a visual arts consultancy. Emma Parker and Penny Harris (and the great Marine Costello) have been key in helping me forward on my art journey.…
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ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London Autumn 2025
I am absolutely delighted to have had both of my two artworks selected for this prestigious Exhibition in London this coming November. Both pieces are of red stilettos and the legs are facing each other. I called the works ‘Networking’ as they reflect two people chatting together and hopefully networking, adding to their contact lists and talking about their careers, their hopes and dreams. I suppose they could just be talking about what they had for lunch that day, but I like to think it was about a bit more than that. Both artworks are framed and ready for sale, but if you would like to obtain a print of either painting, head over to my Pages and order a print there, email me at michetoots@gmail.com. The Exhibition at the Mall Galleries is on from the 14 -23 in London so please do drop by and have a look if you are near Trafalgar Square/The Mall. It’s going to be a fabulous Exhibition with so much wonderful art on show. I can’t wait to see it myself.
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