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Michael Kidd
Michael's work shows a strong imaginative streak, quirky at times, surreal at others. He tends to work on themes - gardens, coastal, cities, whatever subject holds his interest. His paintings are highly distinctive and possess an unworldly, surreal quality with a playful sense of mystery, occasionally bordering on the abstract.
Whilst, of course, Michael's work is defiantly uniquely his own, perhaps it is the artist's fascination with Alfred Hitchcock that has laid the foundation for his work. Michael says "I love the odd and quirky feeling you get in his films, something sinister or mysterious which helps move the plot along. I quite like playing with different perspectives - it's not about perspectives, it's more about perception, which is the way you see it rather than the way it should be".
Born 1937 in London, Michael studied at Wimbledon School of Art and the Royal College of Art, after which he spent many years directing commercials and corporate films. He resumed painting in 1991.
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Featured Artist
Miles Cole
We would like to introduce a new artist to the gallery, Miles Cole. In 2010 Miles returned to painting after a fifteen year hiatus during which time he carved out a successful career as an illustrator. His work is rooted in the tradition of British and European post-war Modernism particularly abstract painting, drawing inspiration from various sources such as coastal landscape, the city and its architecture and geometric design. The interconnecting lines found in these are a catylist for what then becomes a sensual engagement with the materials - deconstructing and reconstructing shapes into various compositions until a point of departure from the subject matter has been reached.
Miles, born 1965, studied Fine Art at Gloucestershire College of Art & Technology and gained a BA(Hons) in Fine Art. In the late 80s he studied at the Chelsea School of Art in London where he gained his MA in Fine Art. During the mid 90s to date, Miles has had many solo and group exhbiitions throughout the South of England, Cotswolds and London.
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Exhibition
Peter White 13 - 27 October 2018
Ordinary objects made huge - or very small. There is no middle ground with Peter White. Images of bowls, boxes, boats, books and flowers force us to look at ordinary objects in an entirely different way. Using a mix of oil, wax and acrylic he gives a unique, almost spiritual rendering to these paintings. In one way they appear to be simple images but look closely and the eye reveals a complex structure of deep furrows and rivulets on the paint surface which evokes a sense of mystery that is sometimes quite disturbing. This is particularly evident in his very large works, such as 'Boat' where the ghostly image of the boat seems to propel itself forward from another world, and ''Book I’ whose rugged surface reveals an infinite variety of marks that can be interpreted in a host of different ways.
These are immensely powerful, challenging paintings from an artist with a unique vision.
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