The Gardens Gallery Cheltenham

Liney Hill and invited artists present Diverse Images & Form, an exhibition of work from 20th - 25th November.   Open 10am-5pm Private view: 6-9pm 20th November

Liney Hill and invited artists present Diverse Images & Form, an exhibition of work from 20th - 25th November.   Open 10am-5pm Private view: 6-9pm 20th November

Spaces and Faces…     brings together two local observational painters with differing approaches – a fascinating collection of 40 oil and acrylic works, which depict striking natural settings and intimate urban scenes. In bringing these paintings together, the curators ask observers themselves to make the connections – between people, between objects and natural elements, and between moments in time.     THE ARTISTS     Michael Paul, a retired architect who has lived in Cheltenham for 30 years, has enjoyed a lifelong passion for art. As a child, he captured the scenes of his Anglo-Italian background in the war- ravaged outskirts of London, and rich life experiences – including an epic 10,000-mile trip across the United States in a Mini in the 1960s – have contributed to Michael’s impressive and diverse portfolio of sketches and watercolours. It was during retirement, though, that Michael discovered his passion for oil painting. Following the success of previous exhibitions in the Cotswolds, Michael now presents 14 new figurative narrative oil paintings focusing on a subject which has always fascinated him. “That fleeting, stolen moment when the essence of a relationship is captured. Whether it’s the unguarded interaction between friends and family, or a chance encounter between strangers, a common theme prevails: body language strikes a chord – it can intrigue, or it can reveal tiny secrets.”     Andrew Dawes has been creating art since he was first able to pick up a pencil but was persuaded to take up engineering. Throughout his successful career as a Project Manager in the power industry, he always maintained his passion and says he was even drawn to live in Cornwall for the inspiring light and scenery. There he became a member of Lizard Art, an artists’ co- operative with its own gallery situated on the historic Trelowarren Estate. Andrew returned to the Cotswolds in 2010, and has always been inspired by the interaction between shape, colour and light. “Landscapes, buildings, boats, people, flowers are all beautiful – but they, alone, are not what I want to capture. It’s the interaction between objects, or people, and their settings which create the dynamic for me. Add to that the incredible effects of light and colour, that’s when things really become interesting. I always try to capture the feeling of that first moment I was drawn to the image.”  

FOUR ABSTRACT ARTISTS

 

ECHOES OF REALITY : DEEPENING THE REALITY

We are a group of artists who share a passion for abstract art, for the process of exploring the power of colour, form and texture.  Our ways of working are often experimental, intuitive and organic and can evoke and are sometimes inspired by the thoughts of landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes.

We all share the joy of discovering meaning through our art whether it is through the echoes of reality or the interplay of the visual dynamics of colour, form and structure.

Each of us work as professional artists in the South West region and have exhibited both regionally and nationally and have a great deal of experience of teaching, giving talks and lectures and demonstrations.

 

JANE BRIGHTON   

Jane studied Fine Art at the Slade and qualified as a teacher at the Institute of Education. She did her MA Fine Art at the University of Gloucestershire  Awareness of the play of the unconscious in art led her to study and qualify as an art therapist at Goldsmiths.   She works in oils intuitively allowing images to come from listening to music and aims to find a visual harmony with abstract and remembered images. She has shown at the RWA, Cork Street and Bankside Open exhibitions.

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JENNY WESTBROOK

Jenny studied graphics at Norwich College of Art and Fine Art at the University of Gloucestershire She works mainly in oils, pastels and mixed media. Her work is abstract and semi abstract with hybridized versions of everyday objects subsumed into the abstraction. She works intuitively-processing emotions and remembered moments in her life while listening to music seeking a poetic harmony. She has shown at the Mall Galleries, the Discerning Eye and the New English Art Club

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SHAUN HUGHES

Shaun has extensive experience of working in the arts from teaching, illustration and academic research in arts based learning. He trained at Worcester and has an MA from the University of London. His work explores the relationship between what is seen and what he discovers when he paints and draws .His subjects are taken from the landscape : hills trees, cityscapes; areal views and  maps, working with abstract qualities while retaining a sense of place.  He exhibits regularly in the region.

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ANDY GOODWIN

While working as an artist Andy has taught in Comprehensive and Adult Education and as an adviser to an art materials company. He works in collage and acrylics and each piece of work develops from particular observation/memory of seascape or landscape. The transience of changing light  and clouds and the permanence of nature can  inspire his  final work.  Andy has shown at the RWA and individual and group shows in the South West and West Midlands. He is a founder member of the Montpellier Group of Artists.