Michael Gage

I'm exhibiting with the Society of Graphic Fine Art at Denbies Vineyard, near Dorking in Surrey. The exhibition is open 9.30 - 5 every day (Sunday 10 - 5) until 23 December.

Ideas of landscape for the next project...

Thank you to everyone who supported the Willow Foundation auction, especially those who bought my painting, raising a stagggering £155 for the charity!

I'm not yet sure what the total amount raised is. But a few hours before the auction finished, the top twenty-five canvases alone had already raised nearly £20,000.

UPDATE 9 December: Just heard that the total amount raised is £58,000!

Largo di Torre Argentina, a square in the centre of Rome. The sunken area of the right, in the centre of the square, contains the remains of four Roman temples and the Pompey Theatre, on the steps of which Julius Caesar was assassinated.

Now, it's a cat sanctuary.



Ink and watercolour on paper, 28 x 9 cm. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Painting in public usually attracts spectators. The good thing about Rome is that there are plenty of other things to distract them. When there's the Arch of Constantine in front, the Trajan Market behind, the Forum to the right, and the Colosseum to the left, I don't get much attention.




Ink and watercolour on paper, 28 x 9 cm. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome. In the portico of the church is the "Bocca della Verita", an ancient stone face: if you tell a lie with your hand in the mouth of the sculpture, it will be bitten off.

We didn't test it.


Ink and watercolour on paper, 16 x 9 cm. 

I'm exhibiting at the Sussex Arts Collective "Noel" show, at the Hop Gallery in Lewes.



Friday 26 November to Wednesday 22 December.

Monday to Saturday 10.30 - 5, Sundays 11 - 5. Lewes late night shopping event: Thursday 2 December 6 - 8 pm.

Hop Gallery, Star Brewery, Castle Ditch Lane (off Fisher Street), Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1YJ.

View across Rome: Looking east from the Piazzale Giuseppe Garibaldi on the Janiculum Hill.


Ink and watercolour, 15 x 9 cm.

This is a fascinating view to draw. What strikes me is that there are no skyscrapers breaking up the view. The highest buildings are still the domes of the Baroque churches (of which there are many), and the large white building to the right: "Il Vittoriano" (National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II), which is 81m high.

However, everyone else likes this view as well. I could have stayed drawing for much longer, but I was getting too many spectators to feel comfortable.

Stars on Canvas 2010 auction: Hundreds of canvas each created by a different artist or celebrity - from Tracey Emin to Jude Law, raising money for the Willow Foundation to provide special days for seriously ill 16 to 40 year olds throughout the UK. The auction is live now on ebay, and continues until 5 December. An exhibition of the canvases runs from 2 to 5 December at the Catto Gallery, Hampstead.



And it's probably the only time that one of my paintings will be exhibited next to Tracey Emin.

My "St Mary Axe/Leadenhall" linocut will be in the New English Art Club open exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London. The exhibition runs from Friday 26 November - Sunday 5 December 2010.


More information
New English Art Club
Mall Galleries