ART23
PERSONAL ART SHOWS
Art23 Art23 is a dynamic art house specialising in the development of new art. We create art that is a little different, often quirky, sometimes challenging but always fresh. We are made up of 30 international artists drawn from the UK, France, Poland and China. We are all established artists who have been exhibiting and developing our personal styles for many years. The main drive of the group is to show our art in an enjoyable and accessible way. Over the last 10 years we have developed personal shows to allow people to see our work in their own homes.
Personal Art Shows The Personal Art Shows are an opportunity for you to play with the art in your own home. You can sit back and be entertained for an hour as we show you up to 100 pieces of great art from our eclectic collection. The ethos of the personal show is to create an art experience. It is about introducing you to the collection. If you fall in love with a piece of art we strongly recommend that you take a photograph in situ and deliberate at your leisure.
Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following artists for allowing us to include their works in this publication: Neil Plunket, Neil Davies, Philip Raskin, Gary Long, Stephen Rippington, David Bez, Luke Knight, Patrick Shepard, Phil Lambert and Yang xian.
Paintings Abstraction Seascapes Landscapes City Life Sculpture Glass Still Life The Figure Portraiture The Natural World
Featured Artists Dave Hancock Cai ju zhen Amanda Fisk Colin Clark Damian Kyne TQX Grzegorz Lerka Hanna Davis Peter Cameron Gabriel Kyne Yuan chi luan Fiona Morley Lucienne Lasalle Carl Hahn David Eaton Christine & Tom Liu chang song Nicky Bird
Abstraction
Seascapes
Landscapes
City Life
Sculpture
Glass
Still Life
The Figure
Portraiture
The Natural World
Amanda Fisk
Amanda’s work explores the colour, texture and contrast of the environment. It is an exploration of where the sky meets the land. She has a highly developed and unique way of abstracting the forms of nature and colour. Her inspirations have been her beautiful Cornish home and her many travels in the US and Europe. Amanda sculpts her work developing texture and paint together. The striking colours are built up with a palette knife overlay technique which gives a natural
Cai juz hen
Cai ju zhen’s work combines her traditional Chinese art training with a modern impressionist sensibility, which gives her work a timelessness. She cites Maurice Denis and Li hua sheng as strong influences on the development of her style. Cai ju zhen studied at Xiamen University and is a contemporary of Lui changsong. She is shown in Beijing and Xiamen. She is represented by Art23 in the UK.
Carl Hahn
Carl Hahn describes himself as a furniture maker but to the outside world he is a natural sculptor. His method seeks to introduce the intense harmonies of landscape to indoor environments. It creates a tension between the purely practical world of furniture and that of beautiful sculpture. Carl uses a highly physical process of stripping away wood to simulate the weathering created under extremes of natural conditions. The work starts with the
Christine & Tom
Christine Relton and Tom Marine are among the most successful collaborative artists working in the UK. They create works which investigate the drawn line, form and colour of their beloved Yorkshire home and their many travels. The work is created from each person’s unique input. The paintings depth comes from the multiple glazing and reworks required to bring a piece to harmony. Their work is a perfect balance of Christine’s strong sense of form and Tom’s love and
Colin Clark
Colin’s work is an intriguing exploration of city light and atmosphere. His work explores the architectural strength of bridges and buildings at times when the natural light softens the structure. Colin has a very sophisticated tonal style. His colours when observed closely are rich and often vibrant. Colin studied at Cheltenham Art College. He developed his career in both art jewellery and painting. He exhibits throughout the UK.
Damian Kyne
Damian’s work is about light and form. The movement of people through the built environment is caught in mysterious and striking shapes. His work has been described as a Film Noir exploration of city life. Damian paints with a restricted palette creating silhouetted characters with tonal depth. The use of light and shade in the work makes the work highly unique and arresting. The laying on of paint gives a subtle level of impasto which assists in
Dave Hancock
Dave Hancock’s work is about hidden intimate spaces. Dave finds these spaces in his studies of the ocean and his beloved Gloucestershire orchard. His fish series explores the intimacy and dynamism of the shoal; whilst his tree series is a deeply intimate study of the friends that comprise his orchard.
Gabriel Kyne
Amanda’s work explores the colour, texture and contrast of the environment. It is an exploration of where the sky meets the land. She has a highly developed and unique way of abstracting the forms of nature and colour. Her inspirations have been her beautiful Cornish home and her many travels in the US and Europe. Amanda sculpts her work developing texture and paint together. The striking colours are built up with a palette knife overlay technique which gives a natural
Grzegorz Lerka
Grzegorz simultaneously explores the outward and inward world of the female performer. He is intrigued by the expression of outward confidence built on a deep unconscious world. Grzegorz’s work is a beautifully crafted marriage between figurative work and dreamy expressionism. His characters are all composed in slight juxtapositions creating intriguing compositions. Grzegorz is a master of colour and his subtle brush work creates a mysterious
David Eaton
Dave Hancock’s work is about hidden intimate spaces. Dave finds these spaces in his studies of the ocean and his beloved Gloucestershire orchard. His fish series explores the intimacy and dynamism of the shoal; whilst his tree series is a deeply intimate study of the friends that comprise his orchard.
Hannah Davies
Cai ju zhen’s work combines her traditional Chinese art training with a modern impressionist sensibility, which gives her work a timelessness. She cites Maurice Denis and Li hua sheng as strong influences on the development of her style. Cai ju zhen studied at Xiamen University and is a contemporary of Lui changsong. She is shown in Beijing and Xiamen. She is represented by Art23 in the UK.
Liu chang song
Amanda’s work explores the colour, texture and contrast of the environment. It is an exploration of where the sky meets the land. She has a highly developed and unique way of abstracting the forms of nature and colour. Her inspirations have been her beautiful Cornish home and her many travels in the US and Europe. Amanda sculpts her work developing texture and paint together. The striking colours are built up with a palette knife overlay technique which gives a natural
Lucienne Lasalle
Cai ju zhen’s work combines her traditional Chinese art training with a modern impressionist sensibility, which gives her work a timelessness. She cites Maurice Denis and Li hua sheng as strong influences on the development of her style. Cai ju zhen studied at Xiamen University and is a contemporary of Lui changsong. She is shown in Beijing and Xiamen. She is represented by Art23 in the UK.
Nicky Bird
Carl Hahn describes himself as a furniture maker but to the outside world he is a natural sculptor. His method seeks to introduce the intense harmonies of landscape to indoor environments. It creates a tension between the purely practical world of furniture and that of beautiful sculpture. Carl uses a highly physical process of stripping away wood to simulate the weathering created under extremes of natural conditions. The work starts with the
Peter Cameron
Christine Relton and Tom Marine are among the most successful collaborative artists working in the UK. They create works which investigate the drawn line, form and colour of their beloved Yorkshire home and their many travels. The work is created from each person’s unique input. The paintings depth comes from the multiple glazing and reworks required to bring a piece to harmony. Their work is a perfect balance of Christine’s strong sense of form and Tom’s love and
TQX
Tu qi xian is simply a master of modern impressionist painting. He has strongly influenced a number of the artists in Art23 with his style and colour work. His work focuses on finding the beauty of the moment. The work induces a tranquil and meditative quality both in its creation and observation. He works with a mix of paint brush and palette work to build subtle tonal colours counterpointed by large textural highlights. The overall effect is to create work which has a strong three
Yuan chi luan
Damian’s work is about light and form. The movement of people through the built environment is caught in mysterious and striking shapes. His work has been described as a Film Noir exploration of city life. Damian paints with a restricted palette creating silhouetted characters with tonal depth. The use of light and shade in the work makes the work highly unique and arresting. The laying on of paint gives a subtle level of impasto which assists in
Cheng zhi dun
Amanda’s work explores the colour, texture and contrast of the environment. It is an exploration of where the sky meets the land. She has a highly developed and unique way of abstracting the forms of nature and colour. Her inspirations have been her beautiful Cornish home and her many travels in the US and Europe. Amanda sculpts her work developing texture and paint together. The striking colours are built up with a palette knife overlay technique which gives a natural
Hannah Davies Hannah’s painting catches the transient movement in life. In her collection of window reflections the scenes of urban life are unravelled in a mysterious and haunting way. The tonal works of bird flocks give a feeling of flight and air turbulence; they say something of the essence of birds. Hannah’s work achieves a mysterious atmosphere by using transparent layers of oil paint, built up slowly, so that each layer is still visible on the canvas. Her restricted tonal palette inspires a great sense of tranquillity in her pictures. Hannah Davies studied at Falmouth Fine Art School. She exhibits throughout the UK and US.
Peter Cameron Peter Cameron is an inveterate people watcher. Throughout his colourful life he has acquired a collection of quirky characters and odd happenings. These are all wonderfully captured in his work - from naked joggers to fat bottomed cellists. In this year’s collection he is working with his friend, Gabriel Kyne, to create oil based versions of his work. These are large pieces that bring his characters leaping out of the canvas. Peter started his artistic career behind bars. While taking an art class in prison he discovered he had a talent and was later greatly supported by Judge Tumin. This launched him into a successful career and he is now a well respected artist and trustee of the ‘Prison Art Movement’. He is shown throughout the UK and US.
Gabriel Kyne Gabriel has a deep love of landscape. He spends many hours walking and observing the play of light in nature. His work is about the forms created between the natural world and the built environment - how one informs the other and creates spaces which are both natural and luminous.
His compositions are expressed in strong palette work that displays surprising delicacy. The paintings have a deep richness of colour created by countless overworked layers. Gabriel believes that it is the interplay between colour and texture which enables painting to capture the essence of landscape form. Gabriel studied at University College London and University of West of England. Throughout his career he has always been seeking to combine Science and Art. In the last 10 years he has focused on his first love, painting. His work is grounded in the belief that craft and vision must be married together to create art.
Yuan chi luan Yuan chi luan has a strong modern impressionist brush, tempered with the eye of an illustrator. Her still lifes are fresh and idiosyncratic. She loves how the inanimate can tell the story of our inner lives, combining a daringly large and generous brush with an ability to render the true sense of things. Her use of colour and light creates paintings with an uplifting quality. She studied at Guangzhou School of Fine Art and shows in Guangzhou, Taiwan and Hong Kong. She recently won a Gold Medal at the Guangzhou art fair.
Fiona Morley Fiona’s wire figures are a very personal capture of people’s intimate connection. In her hands wire becomes a drawn material which shines a light on every curve and quirk of the human form. The work is constructed as 3D drawings from fine jewellery wire and set floating a few inches above the canvas. The play of light then casts shadows which create a multidimensional art form. Fiona studied at Edinburgh College of Art and now lives and works in Brighton. Her work is shown in galleries throughout the UK.
Lucianne Lasalle Lucianne works in clay, stone and canvas to express the human form. Her figures are finely observed explorations of form and movement. The figures are always expressive and caught in mid moment. They are built up from real life sketch work, to clay form and then often into stone carving or brass casts. Lucianne studied at Middlesex and Winchester Schools of Fine Art. Her studio is based in South Devon where she works and teaches sculpture. She exhibits widely throughout the UK.
Carl Hahn Carl Hahn describes himself as a furniture maker but to the outside world he is a natural sculptor. His method seeks to introduce the intense harmonies of landscape to indoor environments. It creates a tension between the purely practical world of furniture and that of beautiful sculpture. Carl uses a highly physical process of stripping away wood to simulate the weathering created under extremes of natural conditions. The work starts with the trade of the cabinet maker and is finished by the arts of the sculptor. The furniture is finally dressed with handles found on his walks on beaches and woodlands. Carl exhibits throughout Europe and the US.
David Eaton David’s paintings are carefully crafted studies of people playing. His interest lies in the patterns of intimacy and separation we create in public spaces. The beach is a place where natural patterns of relationships come to the fore.
This exhibition shows David’s skill with the palette knife and impressionist brush. In his small paintings you can see his sophisticated use of colour and texture. The larger paintings are created with a real sense of lightness and joy; this is especially reinforced by his loose brush and brightening palette. David Eaton was born in Taunton Somerset and later studied art at Mississippi Art College, USA. He returned to his home in the South West in 1999 and paints and works in Bristol.
Christine and Tom Christine Relton and Tom Marine are among the most successful collaborative artists working in the UK. They create works which investigate the drawn line, form and colour of their beloved Yorkshire home and their many travels. The work is created from each person’s unique input. The paintings depth comes from the multiple glazing and reworks required to bring a piece to harmony. Their work is a perfect balance of Christine’s strong sense of form and Tom’s love and knowledge of colour. For them the painting is finished ‘when it just feels right’. Christine and Tom have been painting for 25 years. Christine Studied at Jacob Kramer in Leeds and Lancaster University. Tom graduated from Byam Shaw and Chelsea College of Art.
Liu chang song Liu chang song is at home with both abstract and fine art painting. In all his works he uses a fine brush with a precise observation of form and colour. The abstracts are an exploration of the urban and natural world. The colour work is developed by a build up of glazing to create shimmering depth. His realist works are close observations of mundane items which provide an archaeological record of how we live. They cover themes from the contents of handbags to hyper-detailed washing pegs. Lui chang song studied at Xian Fine Art College and Xiamen University. He now works in Xiamen alongside Cai ju zhen and Tu qi xian.
Nicky Bird Nicky Bird has worked in the art world for the last fifteen years developing her painting, trompe l’oeil and mural work. She has an incredible sense of design and colour, creating pieces with a strange and beautiful symmetry. Her understanding of the human figure is also highly developed and personal. This year’s collection of her work delves into the mysterious and iridescent world of insects. Her belief is that insects capture the space in the human psyche of both beauty and revulsion. Nicky studied at Bristol Fine Art College and teaches and works in the South West. She exhibits widely in the UK.
Art 23 Commissions All the artists in Art23 are active in carrying out commissioned work. This can be a great way of getting the piece with the right size and feel for your house. Due to our love of creating pieces of art, Art23 will often carry out commissioned work where there is no obligation to purchase the finished piece.
Art23 Portraits Art23 is interested in developing portraiture which expresses more of the person and the things they love. These can be formal posed portraits, or fleeting ‘caught in the moment’ images which give a sense of the whole.
Art23 Exhibitions Art23 exhibits at local and national shows throughout the UK.
Art23 Charitable Giving Art23 donates 10% of its exhibitions sales to Sponsored Arts for Education (www.sponsoredarts.org). This is a high impact theatre group working in Africa to get the message out about AIDS so that people better understand how to protect themselves and to prevent the spread of AIDS.
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