CRICKET FINE ART LONDON
HUNGERFORD
2 Park Walk, Chelsea London, SW10 0AD Tel: 020 7352 2733 Mobile: 07778 568 367 email: info@cricketfineart.co.uk
Barrs Yard, Unit 4, 1 Bath Road Hungerford, RG17 0HE Tel: 01488 647351 Mobile: 07778 568 367 email: info@cricketfinearthungerford.co.uk
website: www.cricketfineart.co.uk
PA U L WA D S W O R T H
Painting up on Cornwall’s north coast cliffs, Wadsworth is unmistakable. Pitching easel, paints, pots, brushes, paper, canvas; the artist at work in this setting creates arresting theatre. Standing at work his process is physical, mentally intense and rapt. Wadsworth becomes utterly absorbed in the setting and the act of painting. The results speak for themselves, the energy contained is palpable. The exuberant energy Wadsworth experiences in painting is an essential component to his work. If he doesn’t feel it then the work won’t happen. More recently this driving energy has been focused in the studio, The Black Cloth Project and Middle Eastern subject matter taking precedence. Wadsworth is an artist driven by energy and a fundamental emotional response to his subject matter, what results is always expressive, sometimes unpredictable whatever the subject. Other projects over the past year have included a series of live works at The Acorn Theatre. On stage, Wadsworth painted alongside a musician’s set. The Black Cloth Project has also attracted considerable interest. Talking about working in the landscape Wadsworth is passionate about the area that has held him for over twenty years: “I paint for a reason, when I get into the landscape something has to push me. Some days can be incredible. Yesterday I was on the cliffs, dolphins were swimming below me, the light was brilliant, weather rolling in, it can still surprise me, I like that – it was a good day.” Expressive, passionate and bold; Wadsworth’s work is this new collection contains all the elements that make his painting so exciting. With a return to an earthier palette, the energy in the marks and surface is balanced by subdued tones. The sense of his ‘being there’ is evident. Whilst paint and surface may appear king, the expression and importance of place holds its own. Wadsworth is continually exploring, in subject, paint and expression. It is always thrilling to present a new collection by this artist and this series of Cornish Coast paintings is no exception; he is a painter willing to take risks, to be bold and to follow his passion for paint. FRONT COVER
Coloured Sands (detail) Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms
BACK COVER
Distant Cape, Cornwall Oil on canvas 50 x 50 cms
CRICKET FINE ART INVITES YOU TO THE PRIVATE VIEW OF
PA U L WA D S W O R T H ‘Songs of the Sea’
Tuesday 5th June 2018 10.00am – 6.00pm at 2 Park Walk, London, SW10 0AD The exhibition continues until 16th June 2018. Paintings are for sale on receipt of the catalogue. The entire exhibition can be viewed at www.cricketfineart.co.uk
A Paul Wadsworth painting hangs in our living room – a shard of sunlight leaping up from a Cornish moor, a bright streak of yellow bursting from an earthy Celtic landscape. The painting changes during the day; as the light shifts around it the image seems to dance, a bold swathe of dark green coming in and out of focus, the clouds in the sky billowing and rearranging. Sometimes I can see figures moving along the ridgeway at the point where the land meets the sky. At other times, I just see an explosion of colour. The paintings which emerge from Paul’s time in India amplify that sense of colour leaping from the canvas – the rich textures of verdant foliage, the humid warmth of the air, the dripping fullness of the trees. Water is a recurrent element, reflecting and intensifying the life which throngs through the paintings. And just as these images are vibrant with adventure and personal narrative, so they are peopled with figures who emerge from the landscape to tell their own stories; working, walking, worshipping, dancing. At times the paintings burst the confines of their own canvasses, affixed to larger boards which allow them to continue expanding, shrines at the centre of a world which is fruitful and multiplying. There is nothing ‘touristy’ here; this is the work of someone who has immersed himself in these landscapes, succumbed to them, become intoxicated by them. They are overwhelmingly positive and life-affirming. A painting of trees over water shimmers and shifts, the colours constantly rearranging themselves, reflections moving as if still fluid. I think that’s what I love most about Paul’s work – the sense that each painting is still growing, still evolving, still finding its own story. I could look at them for hours, days, years. I am sure you will feel the same. Mark Kermode
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A Walk After The Storm Has Passed Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms
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Warm Sea Winds 4
Oil on canvas 140 x 140 cms
Big Surf Green Sea Oil on canvas 120 x 120 cms
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Together On An Empty Beach 6
Oil on canvas 64 x 78 cms
An Autumns Holiday Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms
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Hidden Cove 8
Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms
Lizard Penninsular In Autumn Acrylic on canvas 60 x 80 cms
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Passing Ocean Squall 10
Oil on canvas 120 x 120 cms
Moorland Late Summers Green Oil on canvas 100 x 100 cms
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Perfect White Wave 12
Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms
St Ives Bay
Gwithian Beach St Ives In Sun
Oil on canvas 50 x 50 cms
Oil on canvas 50 x 50 cms
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Sea Sculptures 14
Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms
Reflections Of A Coloured Sky
Yellow Cliffs
Oil on canvas 50 x 50 cms
Oil on canvas 50 x 50 cms
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Sunshine On A Clear Day 16
Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms
Sennen Cove Yellow Sands Oil on canvas 120 x 120 cms
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The Depth Of Blue 18
Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms
The Patterns Of Low Tide Oil on canvas 140 x 140 cms
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Cold Sea Green 20
Acrylic on canvas 60 x 80 cms
Priest Cove Cape Cornwall Oil on canvas 60 x 60 cms
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Winters Surf On A Blue Day 22
Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms
Yellow Cloud Oil on canvas 120 x 120 cms
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Coloured Sands A Walk After The Storm Has Passed Warm Sea Winds Big Surf Green Sea Together On An Empty Beach An Autumns Holiday Hidden Cove Lizard Penninsular In Autumn Passing Ocean Squall Moorland Late Summers Green Perfect White Wave St Ives Bay Gwithian Beach St Ives In Sun Sea Sculptures Reflections Of A Coloured Sky Yellow Cliffs Sunshine On A Clear Day Sennen Cove Yellow Sands The Depth Of Blue The Patterns Of Low Tide Cold Sea Green Priest Cove Cape Cornwall Winters Surf On A Blue Day Yellow Cloud Distant Cape, Cornwall
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Painting up on Cornwall’s north coast cliffs, Wadsworth is unmistakable. Pitching easel, paints, pots, brushes, paper, canvas; the artist at work in this setting creates arresting theatre. Standing at work his process is physical, mentally intense and rapt. Wadsworth becomes utterly absorbed in the setting and the act of painting. The results speak for themselves, the energy contained is palpable. The exuberant energy Wadsworth experiences in painting is an essential component to his work. If he doesn’t feel it then the work won’t happen. More recently this driving energy has been focused in the studio, The Black Cloth Project and Middle Eastern subject matter taking precedence. Wadsworth is an artist driven by energy and a fundamental emotional response to his subject matter, what results is always expressive, sometimes unpredictable whatever the subject. Other projects over the past year have included a series of live works at The Acorn Theatre. On stage, Wadsworth painted alongside a musician’s set. The Black Cloth Project has also attracted considerable interest. Talking about working in the landscape Wadsworth is passionate about the area that has held him for over twenty years: “I paint for a reason, when I get into the landscape something has to push me. Some days can be incredible. Yesterday I was on the cliffs, dolphins were swimming below me, the light was brilliant, weather rolling in, it can still surprise me, I like that – it was a good day.” Expressive, passionate and bold; Wadsworth’s work is this new collection contains all the elements that make his painting so exciting. With a return to an earthier palette, the energy in the marks and surface is balanced by subdued tones. The sense of his ‘being there’ is evident. Whilst paint and surface may appear king, the expression and importance of place holds its own. Wadsworth is continually exploring, in subject, paint and expression. It is always thrilling to present a new collection by this artist and this series of Cornish Coast paintings is no exception; he is a painter willing to take risks, to be bold and to follow his passion for paint. FRONT COVER
Coloured Sands (detail) Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms
BACK COVER
Distant Cape, Cornwall Oil on canvas 50 x 50 cms
CRICKET FINE ART LONDON
HUNGERFORD
2 Park Walk, Chelsea London, SW10 0AD Tel: 020 7352 2733 Mobile: 07778 568 367 email: info@cricketfineart.co.uk
Barrs Yard, Unit 4, 1 Bath Road Hungerford, RG17 0HE Tel: 01488 647351 Mobile: 07778 568 367 email: info@cricketfinearthungerford.co.uk
website: www.cricketfineart.co.uk
PA U L WA D S W O R T H