Join us for an exclusive private viewing of Khemin’s art, where he’ll be leading an exciting Q and A. His work includes a variety of sizes ranging from large scale oils through to smaller work in watercolours and in oils, and there will be cards and prints of some works available to purchase too. Khemin shares some details of his art practise here:
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I started to meditate around 1983, and although I was sketching long before this time, my interest in the arts came out of my meditation. For a year or two, I scratched about on my own, painting outside with a pochard box I had made.ㅤMy real move forward came after being in contact with a professional artist called Geoffrey Chatten. I spent hours and hours at his home, and over many years he taught me to paint. I loved his free and spontaneous brushwork, he was very generous in his teachings and held nothing back. He was a good friend, and a very accomplished artist, painting big paintings in oils. His approach (that I also adopted) was to go out and sketch what attracted him. He had hundreds and hundreds of filled sketch books.ㅤI then decided to go to art school in Great Yarmouth and was taught how to draw with many life drawing classes.I spent two summer seasons on the Great Yarmouth sea front doing quick spontaneous portraits, and selling my paintings. It was a very different place in those days and there was a positive energy around the town.ㅤMy preferred subject is portraits & landscapes, but I like to paint anything that attracts me. My style is impressionistic. My favourite artists apart from Geoffrey Chatten are Alfred Munnings, Van Gogh, Joan Eardley, Arnesby Browne and Rowland Fisher.
ㅤThe ‘Song of Summer’ exhibition is part of the NBC’s year of Buddhism and the Imagination and the Sangharakshita 100 Celebration. The exhibition will run until 27 June.
Level Of Experience Needed: All
Date/Time: May 16, 2025 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm