Linda Ting Wareham

Covid 19

A montage of portraits created during the live sessions of SKY Portrait Artist of the week, on Sundays April – June 2020.

Due to the numbers of people infected and dying by Coronavirus increasing at a rapid rate, the government put the UK into lockdown on 23 March. It has been a very difficult time for everyone. During this lockdown I focused on drawings, paintings, photography and creating videos. I like to draw on my Iphone, as it is instant and the colours can be as vibrant as you want or as subtle as you like. I have created a few digital paintings and they are posted under the DIGITAL ARTWORK page.

In April I learnt from a friend that SKY TV was holding weekly live portrait sessions during the lockdown. I began to paint every Sunday and have created several portraits in oil. Click to see all portraits from the COVID-19 page.

Digital Works

I’m busy!

David Hockney states that “you can make a drawing of the sunrise at 6AM and send it out to people by 7AM” when working in the digital medium, and his daily iPad drawings have had a significant influence on my own artistic output over the past few years. It is because of this immediacy, and for the instant responses and critiques from those who received them, that I began to use a free drawing programme on my iPhone in 2011. The resulting works are generally produced just using my fingers, and I like the freedom and the abstract forms created with this method. The pared down equipment allows me to spontaneously capture scenes away from the studio, for example when on public transport, in cafes, in urban areas and parks, and when travelling abroad. I have no expectations of how each work will turn out; they are just a glimpse of life and everyday scenes, designed to record a fleeting moment.

This was a scene on the New York Subway where a young woman busy listening to her music,  appeared to have every right to be upbeat and optimistic about her life at the present time.

See more Digital Works  click on “Digital Artworks”

The Long March

The Long March 2012                    Oil on canvas 120 x 90cm

Inspired by Chairman Mao’s zealous young army pushing forward through the long cold march north, shedding blood and wounded, with Mao spurring them on from the shadows.

Click to see more paintings from the “Tree” Series