TREVOR NEWTON
Just as I like the idea of putting a lot of building onto a relatively small piece of paper, I like the idea of trying to condense a lot of Englishness into one exhibition. Our not-verylarge part of these not-very-extensive islands is jam-packed with things, with objects to see at every turn, not just fine buildings and monuments, but humbler items which nevertheless bear a decidedly English stamp. Carved pew ends and fonts, crumbling barns, gaudily painted fairground horses, wrought iron gates – all of these can be as characteristically English as the grandest of country houses or the most sweeping of landscaped parks – perhaps more so. Trevor Newton
While many of his contemporaries at Cambridge were Footlighting or Rowing, Trevor Newton seemed to spend much of his time drawing and painting. His specialities then were lavish invitations for May Week parties, illustrated menus for Clubs and Society dinners, posters and programmes for plays and concerts, along with a highly individual line in architectural fantasy drawn for its own sake and for the amusement of his friends. He managed to combine the frivolous and the Baroque in a curious and most engaging manner; Osbert Lancaster meets Tiepolo. Trevor is still drawing and painting as passionately as ever and though the content of his work may be more serious, in style and execution it still has all the youthful energy and verve which characterised it almost thirty years ago.
Stephen Fry
REDLEAF GALLERY & NICHOLAS BOWLBY WARMLY INVITE YOU TO A PRIVATE VIEW of recent work by
TREVOR NEWTON on
Friday 13th February 2009 at 6.00pm thereafter normal Gallery opening times
Canapes and Champagne
Exhibition closes on Saturday 28th February 2009
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