Gareth Edwards RWA After the Rain
Gareth Edwards RWA After the Rain 3 - 27 November 2017 Gareth Edwards’ work has slowly evolved in recent
years from abstraction toward a more specifically landscape based approach. The paintings remain open and free with abstracted elements but are now more spatial, more elemental and evoke emotional weathers and poetic atmospheres as much as topological features. This exhibition debuts Edwards’ work at David Simon Contemporary, following the artist winning the ‘David Simon Contemporary Prize’ at the Royal West of England Academy in 2016. Contemporary land and seascape painter, Gareth Edwards, graduated in 1984 with a BA Hons in Art History from London University Board. Subsequently a graduate of Goldsmiths College and currently a prominent member of the Newlyn Society of Artists, London born Edwards is a resident of St Ives’ historic Porthmeor Studios in West Cornwall, once occupied by such luminaries as Patrick Heron, Ben Nicholson and Francis Bacon. He was elected a full RWA academician in 2004. Invited artist at FIAF Libero Arts Festival, Abruzzo, Italy 2018. This exhibition is presented by David Simon Contemporary, courtesy of Jill George Gallery, London.
Front: Deep Fjord oil on board 30 x 31cm
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Europe After the Rain oil on canvas, poem by the artist attached to verso 150 x 150cm
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Venezia oil on canvas 92 x 122cm
Incoming Tide, Rockpools oil on board 25 x 30cm
Cliff Stacks, Column and Light oil on board 25 x 30cm
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A Feeling for Snow, Searching for Nowhere oil on canvas 100 x 100cm
Soft Ocean Light oil on canvas 100 x 100cm 6
Paradise Bay, Antartica oil on board 55 x 57cm
The Other Side of Silence oil on board 55 x 57cm 7
British Sea Light II oil on canvas 30 x 27.5cm
British Sea Light III oil on canvas 30 x 27.5cm
British Sea Light IV oil on canvas 30 x 27.5cm
British Sea Light VI oil on canvas 30 x 27.5cm
British Sea Light VIII oil on canvas 30 x 27.5cm
British Sea Light V oil on canvas 30 x 27.5cm
Low Tide Delta Creek (Gweek) oil on canvas 90 x 100cm
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The Saltings (Estuary) oil on canvas 100 x 100cm
Oceanic Atlantic Front oil on canvas 90 x 100cm 10
The Boatman oil on board 55 x 57cm
Pluvial Light, Calm Cove oil on board 20 x 22cm
The Storm Watchers oil on board 55 x 57cm
Pushing in from the West oil on board 20 x 22cm
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Cape Cornwall, Winter oil on board 29.5 x 31cm
Cape Cornwall, Autumn oil on board 29.5 x 31cm
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