THE
GRANTBRADLEYmagazine
ISSUE #26
'City & Intersection' by Patrick Astwood
THE
GRANTBRADLEYgallery
DECEMBEr2014
SHOWING DECEMBER 2014
1 St Peter’s Court Bedminster Parade Bristol BS3 4AQ T. 0117 9637 673 W. grantbradleygallery.co.uk E. info@grantbradleygallery.co.uk
DECEMBER 2014 EXHIBITIONS SHOWING 6TH DECEMBER UNTIL 3RD JANUARY 2014
THE BIG BANG RECOGNITION SUSAN TAYLOR
THE BIG BANG A powerful collection of new paintings by artist Patrick Astwood. Patrick Astwood is a Bath based painter whose journey as a self-taught artist begun 24 years ago when a speculative and na誰ve flirtation with surrealist collages awakened a previously dormant impulse for creative self-expression. Describing this moment as his creative 'big bang' Patrick embarked on a journey that would encompass a number of abstract and figurative styles, as well as photography and film. After a lull of several years, Patrick Astwood has rediscovered his passion for painting with series of powerful acrylic pieces that detail his current obsession with what he calls 'pure colour'. Patrick says; 'Colour is the basis of everything we see, think and even feel and yet we often take it for granted, these new pieces are an attempt to immerse the viewer back into an intense world of colour and form and to ultimately celebrate the place colour has in all our lives'.
CITY & INTERSECTION Acrylic on canvas £500
THE GLASS HOUSE Acrylic on canvas £350
LAGOON Acrylic on canvas £350
NO.4 Acrylic on canvas £500
5TH AVENUE Acrylic on canvas £350
THE VEIL Acrylic on canvas £400
THE BIG BANG Acrylic on canvas £250
RECOGNITION Solo exhibition of figurative works by painter Liane Stevenson. Over the last couple of years I have returned to the figure for my subject matter. This has been an absorbing and, at times, frustrating experience and I feel I have barely scratched the surface. Although I am striving for some kind of likeness I have neither the ability, or interest in achieving photographic realism, but rather some element of the subject that speaks to me. My chosen subjects have so far have been people who are significant to me in some way or those whose features I am intrigued by. I have enjoyed the variety of ways that the human figure can be represented, and hope that the viewer can feel some of the connection that I feel with my subjects.
WILL II Oil on board £300
BENEDICT Oil on canvas £500
HILLARY - PINK Oil on canvas £200
BLUE LADY Oil on canvas £300
JEFF Chalk & wash £280
SUSAN TAYLOR Solo exhibition by Bristol-based illustrator and designer Susan Taylor. Having spent many years in the advertising industry in Brighton and London, Susan moved to Bristol in 2007 and set up her design business creating typographical gifts. Susan fuses screen printing and digital illustration with experimental typefaces to create her designs. Her passion for graphic design is evident typography, iconography, bold swathes of colour and a strong structural layout are consistently the focus of her prints. Susan cites war-time revolutionary posters, vintage book illustrations and the Bauhaus movement as her inspiration, elements of which you can see in her work.
VARIOUS PRINTS AVAILABLE FROM £15
THE
GRANTBRADLEYgallery
GBG DECEMBER 2014 EXHIBITIONS AT THE GRANT BRADLEY GALLERY 1 St Peter’s Court Bedminster Parade Bristol BS3 4AQ T. 0117 9637 673 W. grantbradleygallery.co.uk E. info@grantbradleygallery.co.uk