From 7 September to 20 October, to coincide with Frieze London, the recently-opened Pictorum Gallery, located in Marylebone at 2 Portman Square (close to Selfridges) and focusing on Women and POC artists, will present an exhibition of new works by emerging British artist Lydia Hamblet.

A fantastic colourist, Hamblet’s oeuvre ranges from installation, painting, print and drawing. Ongoing research draws upon her personal stories reflected in the dynamic gestural brushstrokes on canvas. She’s a promising artist exploring encounters of colours and textures.

The exhibition title – Noises in the Florid Sky – is inspired by Richard Mabey’s 2013 book Turned Out Nice Again: Living With The Weather. In this book, Mabey weaves together science, art and memoirs (including his own) to show the weather’s impact on our culture and national psyche. The reference to ‘Florid Sky’ is also taken from the poem Electromagnetic by Emily Rothko, where she writes “Disruptions in the Florid Sky… An inner weather grows out of the atmosphere”. This quote is something that Hamblet refers back to often when painting, directly inspiring her fully enveloping works.

Noises in the Florid Sky will feature many new works, showcasing eighteen new paintings inspired by themes of weather, memory and space. Hamblet’s large-scale energetic and vibrant pieces are reminiscent of other great artists such as Helen Frankenthaler and Cecily Brown and she will go far. The show promises to be one of the best of the season.

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