Mali Morris

texts by Mali Morris
	Mali Morris on the paintings of Robert Welch, 2010 " I found your pessimism so exhilarating..." (i) read more...
Dark Canopy 2010 30 x 40 cm acrylic on canvas Private Collection

Mali Morris: Notes on some titles, 2008 - 2010 Titles are given after the paintings are finished, to identify each one. They are not meant to explain or describe, but could act as invitations to enter the world of the painting. Although colour, and how it can construct light and space, is one of the main concerns in these paintings, quite a few of their titles refer to poems, and some to music... read more...
As Like As 2004 20 x 25 cm acrylic on canvas


	Banner-backdrop for Burgage Hall, Ledbury Poetry Festival, July 2009 I usually make paintings in acrylic on canvas, all sizes, some quite large. This silk backdrop, at 5.5 meters high by 6.5 meters wide, is the largest work I’ve produced so far, and it’s the first time I have designed for a stage. I was given a very open brief. Because of the fortnightly duration of the annual festival, it was important to think about storage and scale... read more...
Ledbury Poetry Festival 2009 Banner-Backdrop in silk 5.5 x 6.5 metres by Mali Morris Photo: Harry Rook


Mali Morris interviewed by the poet Tamar Yoseloff, an edited version appearing in the magazine Art World, August 2008 Your work has gone through many different phases. Can you say something about your early development? I studied at Newcastle in the sixties, Richard Hamilton ran the Basic Course in the First Year, - it was very lively, a lot going on... read more...
As Like As (Pink) 2006 30 x 40 cm acrylic on canvas

	Angel and People - Purchased 2009 by Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff, with the assistance of the Derek Williams Trust I painted Angel and People thirty years ago. Along with most of my paintings from that time, it was made flat on the floor, on unprimed canvas stretched across a solid board, and only later put onto a stretcher... read more...
Angel and People 1979 180 x 171cm acrylic on canvas

texts by Mali Morris