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Paul
Wadsworth
Painter / Abstract |
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
| 1992-94 1994-97 |
Btec
National Diploma, Art & Design - Ipswich College of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Fine Art - Falmouth College of Arts |
EXHIBITIONS
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2000 |
Badcocks Gallery, Newlyn - Solo show Helston Museum Gallery Lemon St Gallery, Truro Creftow Gallery, Helston Fish Pye Gallery, St Ives Chase Arts Gallery, Wadebridge Wise Owl Gallery, St Just Market St Mews, Penryn Open Studios South West 2000 |
| 1999 | Open
Studios, Falmouth and Penryn Creftow Gallery, Helston Salt House Gallery, St Ives Fish Pye Gallery, St Ives Eclipse Gallery, Penzance Barley Mow Centre, Chiswick Market St Mews, Penryn Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Falmouth show |
| 1998 | Creftow
Gallery, Helston Market St Mews, Penryn Open Studios, Falmouth and Penryn |
| 1997 | Bridport Arts Centre |
| 1994 | "Young Blood" consortium of artists, Suffolk |
CAREER AND COMMISSIONS
| 2000 | Series
of paintings with the theme of Gold Series of paintings from observations of the Cornish coast Series of drawings, paintings and photos based around the Shaker House project |
| 1999 |
Portrait commission - private collection Large Flora Day painting - private collection Taught at Adult life drawing classes Large series of paintings based on Sunflowers for a show in Chiswick Variety of children's workshops Large series of paintings inspired by the landscape on the Lizard peninsular |
| 1998 |
Two large portraits - private collection Series of paintings based on insects Series of paintings based on water Worked for the Talking Heads animation company |
| 1997 |
Mural Designs - Glastonbury Music Festival Worked for the Talking Heads animation company on various mural designs and illustration work |
| 1995 |
Stage set design and creation for Glastonbury music festival Series of paintings and drawings based on the nude figure Large mural design in music shop |
| 1994 | "Wizard of Oz" touring production stage set design Silver Spoon sugar company - mural design |
| 1990 - 1993 |
Visualised and created two children's books |
ARTISTS STATEMENT
| Born in Great Yarmouth in 1964, I moved to Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and studied Art and Design at Ipswich College of Arts. For a number of years my main subject matter was the nude figure. The move to Falmouth to study fine art led to a renewed interest with the sea and it's surroundings. Now based in Porthleven with a studio in nearby Helson at the Creftow Co-Op Gallery, the Lizard Peninsular and it surrounding area have become the subject matter for most of my paintings. The changing mood of the sea, together with it's energy are important elements within the paintings. Mainly working on location, it's about "catching that moment"; the untamed mood of nature that entices us to all of these beautiful coastal locations, be it in winter or summer, in the rain or shine. My paintings are about the emotions and the feelings that the image invokes. The colour, texture and speed of the medium become the underlying factors of interpretation. Some of my works explore these ideas through experimentation with the colour gold and the images of sunflowers. Gold carries with it a heavy sense of suggestion. The containment of history; its virtuous and decorative qualities, its connection to alchemy, make it a difficult but intriguing colour to work with. Sunflowers, especially when they have been uprooted and dried, contain many qualities that allow a continual involvement with the image. In my most recent works I have used various sources of imagery and materials in order to look at these possibilities, as they emerge through landscape, seascape, or through more conceptual work. |
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Built on an Island
Mixed Media 30" x 30" £1100.00 |
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Golden Coastline
Mixed Media 30" x 30" £1150.00 |
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Small Oasis
Mixed Media 40" x 40" £1550.00 |
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Desert Windows
Mixed Media 40" x 40" £1400.00 |