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At the end of 2010, Huxley was lucky enough to be invited to give a Purchase Prize at The Discerning Eye exhibition in London. 

The Discerning Eye is an educational charity, established in the UK in 1990, to encourage a wider understanding and appreciation of the visual arts and to stimulate debate about the place and purpose of art in our society, and the contribution each one of us can make to its development. Check them out here - it is a great charity and a great Exhibition.

Here you can see Huxley’s founder, Benjamin Benton, talking about why Huxley gives a prize at the exhibition and why he chose the painting he chose. 


 


The painting (below) is called Lighter Sequence 1 and is by the young artist Rosemary Lewis. As you can see the painting not only channels a colour palette close to Huxley’s heart, but also uses the classic plastic lighter which somehow seems to resonate with both Huxley and with our target audience. At least we hope it does.


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My Brother was recently in the Tate modern and stumbled accross the most striking work of art. There is no guessing what intially drew him to the picture. Matisse's 'The Snail' is first of all huge (3m x 3m), secondly it is hung on its own on a wall at the far end of the room in the Tate, finally there is of course the bold striking use of colour smacking you in the face before pulling you the length of the gallery to take a closer look. In the flesh the colours are actually not disimilar to Huxley's first range of colours. Great minds and all that! I thought I would post it here for two reasons, one - my brother told me to as he said as soon as he saw it he was reminded of Huxley and all we are trying to achieve, and two - the story behind how Matisse created this painting from a state of incapactation in his bed is pretty cool. Read more about that and the painting here.

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