| GHISLAINE HOWARD Studies:
Towards The Empty Tomb
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 Towards The Empty Tomb is an exhibition of paintings and drawings shown at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, September 18 - November 30, 2008. The exhibition charts the development of Ghislaine Howard's major painting The Empty Tomb which was created specifically for Liverpool Cathedral's European Capital of Culture celebrations. The painting is the culmination of Ghislaine's Stations of the Cross series which was made for the cathedral in 2000 and has been touring British cathedrals since, returning to Liverpool every two years. The inspiration for the composition is derived partly from drawings made of Ghislaine's late father's time in hospital, memories of Holbein's Dead Christ and observations of city doorways where the blankets used by rough sleepers lie discarded. The figures that rested there are gone, their brief sojourn marked only by the fall of the blankets. The works (below) show how various elements have combined to produce the final painting: the city doorways, elements of her own life and images of the Pietà, one of the greatest of which, by Ercole di Roberti, hangs in Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery. |
Ghislaine Howard Studio Gallery
