Shaun Morris, 'Just A Little Bit Back From The Main Road' At Evesham Arts Centre

I haven't been to too many exhibitions so far, this year, but here's one I'll definitely be attending at some stage over the coming weeks.

My friend Shaun Morris has just opened his latest solo exhibition at Evesham Arts Centre, Worcestershire, under the title 'Just A Little Bit Back From The Main Road'.  It's essentially a showcase for his most recent paintings - and thus, something I'm definitely looking forward to seeing.  Shaun's work has featured on here repeatedly over recent years, but he's a pretty tireless and prolific producer of painted images, as his website testifies.  It will be interesting to witness that progression 'for real', as it were.  He remains staunchly committed to the honest pursuit of painting and, as we should never forget - there really is nothing else that can adequately replicate the presence of oil paint on canvas, when viewed directly.

Shaun Morris, 'The Street (Empty Boxes)', Oil on Canvas, 50 cm X 100 cm, 2017-18

Shaun Morris, 'The Street (The Cooker)', Oil on Canvas, 80 cm X 60 cm, 2018

I'll admit to another vested interest, in that it looks like I'll be exhibiting my own work alongside Shaun's (and with another regular collaborator, Andrew Smith), later in the year.  It's early days in the planning of that venture, but at least this show should give me some insight into exactly where Shaun's work is right now, and hopefully trigger, in advance, a few of those conversations between individual bodies of work which have inevitably emerged from our previous joint ventures.

Anyway, this new show of Shaun's will be open for quite a while - although, as the publicity material below indicates, times when the gallery can actually be accessed are a bit limited.  I'd definitely encourage anyone interested in Shaun's work (or just good contemporary painting in general), to take a look - but be aware that a little forward planning is possibly required.

Shaun Morris, 'Just A Little Bit Back From The Main Road', can be seen at Evesham Arts Centre, Prince Henry's School Site, Victoria Avenue, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 4QH, until 30 June 2018.