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Correspondence - Chapter 2 - Escape

The final painting for Chapter 1 was made on 29 April which brought a conclusion to the chapter of 20 paintings made on the theme of New Beginnings.

May 17 • David Bell

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April 2026

Correspondence - Chapter 1 - hosta shoots, cats and butterflies

With two weeks in the bag - week 3 continues ...

Apr 20 • David Bell

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March 2026

A New Project - your invitation to join me

A participatory project where your observations become paintings

Mar 17 • David Bell

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December 2025

My Solo Exhibition : Double Witness

My solo exhibition exploring the fragile space between feeling, evidence, and the traces that survive.

Dec 7, 2025 • David Bell

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August 2025

The Howl and the Whisper

Painting The Terror in Two Voices

Aug 6, 2025 • David Bell

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July 2025

A Life in Miniature

An autobiographical fragment framed in postcard, letter, and abstraction

Jul 10, 2025 • David Bell

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March 2025

The Terror

A visual exploration of a lost voyage and the fragility of human survival

Mar 2, 2025 • David Bell

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December 2024

Surveillance Fish

How the war in Ukraine settles a strange question

Dec 26, 2024 • David Bell

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September 2023

Self Obsession (12 + n + 1i)

A hybrid painting with embedded video and AI-generated narratives

Sep 26, 2023 • David Bell

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June 2023

Trapped in my painting

Colliding the visual narrative - embedding a video in my painting

Jun 27, 2023 • David Bell

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Why is Botticelli's most famous painting so disappointing?

My visit to see The Birth of Venus at the Uffizi provokes some unexpected art making

Jun 13, 2023 • David Bell

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May 2023

Studio work: experimenting with a 4½-foot pencil (after Jenny Saville)

Making work in the studio with my large canvases, mark-making with a long pencil, and a look at Jenny Saville's art practice

May 30, 2023 • David Bell

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