Michael Sole
Sole: Earth Sea and Sky
Michael Sole “the stronger the colour in the painting is, the more there is enthusiasm for life” Vincent Van Gogh - The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh. GX Gallery presents specially selected paintings by Michael Sole. Born in Dorset in 1985, educated at Wimbledon College of Art graduating with a BA in 2008, Sole has gone on to exhibit in group and solo shows across Britain and France, twice awarded ‘Young Artist of the Year’ by the Royal Society. Now a recognised name within contemporary British art his works continue to appreciate, with a loyal following of collectors. This is the third exhibition of his works in London. Sole’s dedication to research, constant commitment to overload and push the boundaries of paint, and his confidence are evident in this collection of land and seascapes. Michael says he paints for paintings sake. Inspired by Van Gogh and Gauguin, Sole is a great believer in immersion in both subject and process, much evident in his finished works. Michael’s new paintings focus on the creation of intrigue through vast, limitless spacious skies and forests with bold colours, thick paint, simple outlines and fluid brush stroke. He is best known for his large, brave, striking and emotionally charged canvases of rolling, almost splashing, sea paintings. ‘I’m not trying to replicate a place or an image, I’m trying to create a painting. Remembering this is important. I have to paint the seascapes for my own sake. I come to realise that I have to. The end result suddenly happens then I tweak just here and there. With these tree paintings the emphasis is on this ‘tweaking’ rather than the sudden magic....Michael Sole
On the front page: Askers, oil on canvas, 102 x 76 cm, £2400 Red and Blue Roots, oil and acrylic on canvas, 158 x 122 cm, £6800
Red and Blue oil and acrylic on canvas 210 x 140 cm ÂŁ7900
Leaves and Trees No1. oil and acrylic on canvas 38 x 38 cm £750
Leaves and Trees No 2. oil and acrylic on canvas 36 x 35 cm £750
Leaves and Trees No 4. oil and acrylic on canvas 50 x 40 cm ÂŁ600
New Forest oil, acrylic and bitumen on canvas 162 x 157 cm ÂŁ7500
Lexley Cross No 1. oil on canvas 60 x 51 cm £1400
Lexley Cross No 2. oil on canvas 60 x 51 cm £1400
Protected Tree, oil on canvas , 76 x 51 cm, ÂŁ1400
Hill Top Trees No 2. oil and acrylic on canvas 122 x 96 cm ÂŁ3400
Tree Shadows, oil on canvas, 76 x 51 cm, ÂŁ1400
From the Worm No 2. oil and acrylic on canvas 63 x 53 cm ÂŁ2000
From the Worm No 3. oil, acrylic and bitumen on canvas 220 x 120 cm ÂŁ7500
Rocombe No 5., oil on canvas, 76 x 51 cm, ÂŁ1400
Portmull Grave oil on canvas 41 x 30 cm ÂŁ750
South Coast Sketch No 1. oil and acrylic on canvas 50 x 40 cm £1200
South Coast Sketch No 2. oil and acrylic on canvas 50 x 40 cm £1200
Transparent Azur No 2., oil and acrylic on canvas, 202 x 130 cm, ÂŁ8000
From Peril Point oil and acrylic on canvas 102 x 76 cm ÂŁ2400
Hill Top Trees No 1., oil and acrylic on canvas, 220 x 110 cm, ÂŁ7200
Out Over the Sea No 3. oil and acrylic on canvas 102 x 76 cm ÂŁ2800
March Gale No 11., oil and acrylic, 153 x 96 cm, ÂŁ3400
March Gale No 10. oil and acrylic on canvas 102 x 76 cm £3000
March Gale No 12. oil and acrylic on canvas 122 x 96 cm £3200
Burton Bradstock No 6., oil and acrylic on canvas, 120 x 90 cm , ÂŁ6000
Branscombe, oil and acrylic on board, 152 x 102 cm, ÂŁ2800
Burton Bradstock No 8. oil and acrylic on canvas 41 30 cm ÂŁ500
Emerald Cooler Pepples oil and acrylic on canvas 79 x 61 cm ÂŁ2200
Eype No 1. oil and acrylic on canvas 96 x 76 cm £2400
Eype No 2. oil and acrylic on canvas 96 x 76 cm £2400
Sea Study No 41, oil and acrylic on canvas 50 x 40 cm £1200
Seaspray No. 1 oil and acrylic on canvas 41 x 30 cm £750
Seaspray No. 4 oil and acrylic on canvas 40 x 30 cm £750
Seaspray No. 2, oil, acrylic and bitumen on paper, 40 x 30 cm, ÂŁ750
Seaspray No 3., oil and acrylic on paper, 40 x 30 cm, ÂŁ750
Whitby, oil and acrylic on canvas, 71 x 35 cm, ÂŁ1400
Seaspray Rocks No. 11, oil and acrylic on canvas, 170 x 80 cm, ÂŁ3400
Seaspray Rocks No 12., oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 80 cm, ÂŁ3400
Seaspray, Red Rocks No. 2 oil and acrylic on canvas 65 x 55 cm ÂŁ2000
Seaspray Rocks No. 6, oil and acrylic on canvas 142 x 112 cm ÂŁ6200
Out Over the Sea, oil and acrylic on canvas, 48 x 31 cm, ÂŁ800
Branscombe Shine No 2. oil and acrylc on canvas 76 x 50 cm £1800
Seaspray Rocks No 9. oil and acrylic on canvas 76 x 50 cm £3200
Emerald Sketch No 1. oil and acrylic on canvas 76 x 51 cm ÂŁ1800
In Bloom oil, acrylic and bitumen on canvas 41 x 30 cm £700
Three Tree Field oil, acrylic and bitumen on canvas 41 x 30 cm £700
EDUCATION
FAIRS
2005 - 2008 Fine Art: Painting, Wimbledon College of Art 2004 - Foundation in Art and Design, Bournemouth Arts Institute
2012 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London 2011 Windsor Art Fair, Berkshire, England 2009 NEC, Birmingham, England 2009 Blanchard Collective, Wiltshire PRIZES 2010 ‘Young Artist of the Year’, Royal Society of Marine Artists, London 2009 ‘Young Artist of the Year’, Royal Society of Marine Artists, London 1998 ‘Blundell’s School Art Award’
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 ‘Horizons – Home and Abroard’, MST Gallery, Bournemouth, Dorset 2011 ‘Power, Light and Luminosity’, GX Gallery, London 2010 ‘A Celebration of Marine Art’, Sea Pictures Gallery, Suffolk, England ‘La Côte’, Auberge de la Croix du Pape, Eze, France ‘La Côte d’Azur’ Antibes, France ‘Le Mer et Le Ciel’, Les Vieux Murs, Antibes, France 2009 ‘PACA’, Juan Les Pins, France ‘Seascapes’, 23 Haven Rd, Canford Cliffs, Dorset 2008 ‘Sea, Land and Sky’, The Pelly Gallery, Lyme Regis, Dorset 2006 ‘Horizons’, Lyme Regis Boys Club, Dorset 2003 Gap year show, Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Devon Gap year show, Axminster Arts Café, Axminster, Devon GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 Group Exhibition, GX Gallery, London ‘Spirit of the Coast’, Sea Pictures Gallery, Suffolk, England 2010 Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London ‘ArtMonaco’10’, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco 2009 Royal Society of Marine Artists Annuel Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London ‘Dorset Perspective’, Mulberry Tree Gallery, Swanage, Dorset 2008 ‘Coast’, Mulberry Tree Gallery, Swanage, Dorset GX Gallery, London ‘ Wimbledon College of Art Summer Degree Show’, Wimbledon, London 2007 Misguided Souls, Covent Garden, London Juicy Picnic, Great Suffolk ST. Gallery, Southwark, London
Seaspray, Sky No 2., oil and acrylic on canvas, 76 x 51 cm, £1800