Two painters of modern ship pictures that have previously featured in On Watch have moved to a new gallery in London after Stephanie Hoppen sold her space in Chelsea.
Paintings by Anne Penman Sweet and Tilemachos Kyriazatis — depicting tankers, bulkers and boxships — will now feature in a show at the Charlotte Street venue of Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery.
Travelling souls
The show, titled Travelling Souls, will run from 19 to 30 November, coinciding with this year's Tanker Shipping & Trade Conference. The title references the artists’ philosophical understanding of the world of shipping, which imbues their paintings.
Kyriazatis sees ships as representative of “the endless human quest” mediating across boundaries and between people while for Penman Sweet they are “vessels or carriers of spirit and myth”, carrying secret stories as well as cargoes.
