Larkspur, Open Exhibition 2011, The London Group

The London Group's biennial Open show in which works by Group members are exhibited alongside works selected from open submissions. 160 works in toal were shown. The selection was made by Bill Feaver (writer, artist and critic) and Jenni Lomax (Director, Camden Arts Centre). Guest exhibitors Gillian Ayres RA, Robyn Denny, John Carter RA and Richard Wilson RA also participated, and a work by the late John Hoyland RA was shown. Mullaniff presented one large painting that explored pattern and ornamental line. This work builds upon the previous group of paintings entitled ‘Traces’, which consisted of three paintings and eight drawings, whose subject and content had been developed from a group of hand-painted motifs derived from printed textiles in the archives of the Victoria and Albert Museum. This ongoing interest in floral ornament and fading brushmarks makes reference to hand printed fabric.