Robert Pitwell, Sarah Thwaites & Vivienne Williams

ROBERT PITWELL, SARAH THWAITES & VIVIENNE WILLIAMS

September 2014

R O B E R T P I T W E L L , S A R A H T H WA I T E S & V I V I E N N E W I L L I A M S 4 - 27 SEPTEMBER 2014

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ROBERT PITWELL Robert Pitwell was born in 1964, and studied Fine Art at Cardiff School of Art in the 1990’s. He has worked as a costume and prop maker for Welsh National Opera and numerous other theatre companies, and also teaches fine art and printmaking.

He says of his work; ‘These pictures speak of more than just objects: they imply greater surroundings things that have happened, moments that have passed, things that might happen. I am trying to explain something of the world through the everyday. Painting is a language and like all languages it allows a spectrum of possibility that begins with prose and ends in poetry. They are pictures of what has been resisted as well as what has been sought, of what has been removed as well as what has been left.’

SARAH THWAITES Born in 1959, Sarah Thwaites trained at Wimbledon School of Art and Goldsmiths, London. She has been living and working in Wales since 1987. Sarah has had numerous solo exhibitions, and has been included in many group shows, including The Discerning Eye, at the Mall Galleries in London.

She says of her work; ‘My work is a personal response to landscapes discovered through time and exploration. A fleeting moment captured from a glimpsed scene or the essence of a place distilled through multiple layers of texture and mark.’

VIVIENNE WILLIAMS Vivienne Williams was born in Swansea in 1955. After completing an MA in ‘The Literary Response to the Visual Arts’ at Reading University, she travelled and taught worldwide. It was whilst in Australia in the early 80’s she took drawing classes, and after returning to Britain to study and work at a Buddhist College until 1990, she became a full time artist. Vivienne’s work is strongly influenced by Tibetan Buddhism in its celebratory use of colour and its quiet contemplative qualities.

She says of her work; ‘Colour is the most important thing in my work: in the bold and rather exuberant flower paintings and the more contemplative still life pictures of pots, bowls, jugs and fruit. The elements within a composition are often rearranged and painted over many times. In this way layers are built up until ordinary paper takes on the appearance and weight of old leather. The surface texture is energetically worked and reworked, scratched, sanded and stained. At any moment during this process there is an opportunity for a painting to emerge.’

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ROBERT PITWELL ‘FIELD’ oil on panel 2014 29 x 35cm

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ROBERT PITWELL ‘Eureka’ oil on panel 2014 30 x 35cm

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ROBERT PITWELL ‘FALL’ oil on panel 2014 31 x 33cm

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ROBERT PITWELL ‘IVY’ oil on panel 2014 27 x 33cm

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ROBERT PITWELL ‘LARKIN’ oil on panel 2014 27 x 30cm

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ROBERT PITWELL ‘MAKING HAY’ oil on panel 2014 33 x 33cm

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ROBERT PITWELL ‘ONE DOWN’ oil on panel 2014 25 x 30cm

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ROBERT PITWELL ‘SNOW IN APRIL’ oil on panel 2014 27 x 30cm

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ROBERT PITWELL ‘SO THE STORY GOES’ oil on panel 2014 25 x 30cm

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ROBERT PITWELL ‘SOUR GRAPES’ oil on panel 2014 30 x 35cm

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SARAH THWAITES ‘ARENIG Y CASTELL’ Acrylic on board 2014 21 x 21cm

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SARAH THWAITES ‘‘ARENIG, STUDY II’ mixed media on paper 2014 9 x 34cm

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SARAH THWAITES ‘ARENIG FAWR, STUDY’ mixed media on paper 2014 17 x 17cm

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SARAH THWAITES ‘ARENIG, ACROSS LLYN CELYN’ mixed media on paper 2014 7 x 27cm

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SARAH THWAITES ‘PEN CERRIG CALCH’ mixed media on board 2014 15 x 61cm

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SARAH THWAITES ‘ARENIG FAWR’ acrylic on canvas 2014 30 x 30cm

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SARAH THWAITES ‘‘ARENIG, STUDY IV’ mixed media on paper 2014 9 x 34cm

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SARAH THWAITES ‘ARENIG, STUDY III’ 2014 mixed media on paper 2014 9 x 34cm

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SARAH THWAITES ‘‘SUGAR LOAF, STUDY I’ mixed media on paper 2014 9 x 34cm

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SARAH THWAITES ‘LOOKING ACROSS TO LLYN ALWEN’ acrylic on board 2014 19 x 32cm

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VIVIENNE WILLIAMS ‘YELLOW PEARS AND BLUE EGGS’ mixed media 2014 51 x 41cm

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VIVIENNE WILLIAMS ‘DARK JAR, JUG AND APPLES’ mixed media 2014 43 x 41cm

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VIVIENNE WILLIAMS ‘EGG, CUP, BOTTLE AND BEANS’ mixed media 2014 41 x 29cm

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VIVIENNE WILLIAMS ‘FOUR TULIPS’ mixed media 2014 41 x 51cm

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VIVIENNE WILLIAMS ‘KITCHEN STILL LIFE WITH EGGS AND BEANS’ mixed media 2014 41 x 51cm

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VIVIENNE WILLIAMS ‘PALE JUG WITH FRUIT PLATES’ mixed media 2014 41 x 51cm

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VIVIENNE WILLIAMS ‘POT, BOWL, BEANS AND EGGS’ mixed media 2014 32 x 41cm

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VIVIENNE WILLIAMS ‘STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT’ mixed media 2014 41 x 51cm

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VIVIENNE WILLIAMS ‘STILL LIFE WITH RED PLATE’ mixed media 2014 51 x 41cm

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VIVIENNE WILLIAMS ‘TULIPS’ mixed media 2014 46 x 61cm

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