News: Eiko Matsuura

A new page of drawings has been added to the site.

01/05/2020

I have added a new page of drawings to my website. This particular drawing is a study of "Head of a woman" by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's, drawn in1885. When I was studying this drawing, I noticed such delicate, beautiful light-catching lines and the slight smile in the model's expression makes me wonder about her thoughts and feelings.

Early closure and postpone due to COVID-19

18/04/2020

Thank you to all those who visited the Dudley Society of Artists Exhibition at Himley Hall and for your kind comments about my work. However, due to Covid-19 we have had to close the exhibition early and postpone the Society's next show at the Waterside Gallery at Dudley Canal and Tunnel Trust. ...more

"Fossil Hunting"

15/07/2019

I am exhibiting my work at Dudley Canal & Tunnel Trust Open Exhibition from 15th July to 16th August 2019.
The place depicted in the painting is Wrens Nest Nature Reserve in Dudley.
Primary school students come here on school trips to learn about history and geography. Young children have open minds and are often more ready to learn than adults. They just love to find and discover the world around them. For this picture I wanted to depict the enjoyment of life that young people can feel in a single moment of discovery.

When people start to advance in years, their lives can become preoccupied with many different things and it becomes easy to forget the moments of youth in which the excitement of life is sparked within the spirit. People often find and discover answers to present problems from history. Fossil-hunting for me is similar to this search for answers to the big questions of life and existence with reference to history.

Can you find the disguised dinosaur in the picture? ...more

Eiko's latest work exhibiting at The Museum of Modern Art Wales

04/07/2019

I will be exhibiting my work at the Tabernacle Art Competition at the Museum of Modern Art in Wales from Saturday 6th July to Thursday 5th September.
The Machynlleth Festival takes place from 18th to 25th August. ...more

Made in The Black Country Festival

19/06/2019

I will be participating in the 'Made in The Black Country Festival' at Dudley Canal Trust on 30th June 2019. My work is a portrait drawing of the Victorian period-born writer Virginia Woolf (1882-1941).