THE WYKEHAM GALLERY
Harry Brioche | Soraya French | Paul Treasure
20th May - 3rd June 2023
Above: Paul Treasure · Russet · oil on canvas · 24 x 48 in.
Front cover: Soraya French · Going Fishing · mixed media · 18 x 27 in.
Harry Brioche | Soraya French | Paul Treasure
20th May - 3rd June 2023
THE WYKEHAM GALLERY
Harry Brioche | Soraya French | Paul Treasure
OPENING DRINKS | Saturday 20th May | 12 – 2pm
Monday – Sunday, 10am – 5pm
All work can be viewed on our website under Exhibitions/Forthcoming.
All work is for sale immediately.
High Street | Stockbridge | Hampshire | SO20 6HE 01264 810364
enquiries@wykehamgallery.co.uk
www.wykehamgallery.co.uk
WYKEHAM GA LLE RY
HARRY BRIOCHE
Born in the Seychelles in 1965, Harry Brioche is of Creole and American parentage. He had a wonderful childhood growing up on the island of Mahe, until his family was forced to flee in 1977 following a coup d’état.
Harry Brioche attended Art College, but after being given an ultimatum to conform with the college’s style and painting methods or leave, he decided to strike out on a career in illustration and graphic design. He went on to have great commercial success setting up his own company and working with global brands, such as Coca Cola, BAE Systems and Doc Martens. In terms of his painting Harry is largely self-taught.
Harry is fascinated by the beauty of the English landscape with its ever-changing weather patterns and atmospheric conditions, which are in sharp contrast to the tropical idyll of his youth. It is this atmosphere and mood created by the light which is his inspiration and which he portrays so well in his pictures, showing the spirit of a landscape or scene. Harry exhibits widely and his work can be found in collections around the world.
Harry Brioche Lovers Light
· oil on board · 12 x 12 in.
in.
Harry Brioche Nature’s Aura · oil on board · 18 x 24
SORAYA FRENCH, PPSWA
International artist, tutor and author Soraya French works from her Hampshire based studio. She combines a successful exhibiting career with writing articles for the UK’s leading art publication “The Artist” and carries out experimental workshops both at home and abroad. The success of her art books, commissioned by Harper Collins, have brought her international acclaim and following.
Soraya works in all painting media but is particularly known for her vibrant mixed media paintings of flowers and people in everyday life situations. The use of vibrant colours, light and expressive textures are prominent features of her work. She takes inspiration from her travels, as well as the beautiful landscape around her. The ambiguity and evocative quality in her painting leaves something for the viewer’s imagination. She has been the recipient of a number of prestigious art awards in the last few years and her work is held in many private and public collections both at home and abroad.
Soraya is a director and former president of The Society of Women Artists and curates their annual exhibition at The Mall Galleries in London.
Soraya French Seashore Wildflowers · mixed media · 39 x 47 in.
Soraya French Mother’s Meeting · mixed media · 17 x 24 in.
PAUL TREASURE
Paul Treasure was born in 1961 in Gloucestershire and studied at Cheltenham College of Art. He then moved to London where he worked from his studio in Holborn as an established and highly regarded artist, taking on commissions for public works of art worldwide, as well as for private clients.
In 1991 Paul took a year’s sabbatical to paint whilst travelling the world, this journey took him through Africa, India, Southeast Asia and Central America. On his return he moved to Hampshire where he had several solo sell-out shows exhibiting these works. Following this, in 1993, he was commissioned to be expedition artist on the first ever crossing of the Taklamakan Desert in North West China for three months, after which he exhibited these works at various shows, including the Royal Geographical Society in London.
Paul’s style is expressive, energetic and full of colour. His paintings capture the feeling and emotion of a place, whilst depicting the interplay between light, land, water and sky. His dramatic interpretations of the English landscape show his response to the ever-changing seasons, weather and light; and his bold use of palette knife, brush strokes and mixed media, result in distinctive mark-making, culminating in vigorous, textured landscapes.
Paul continues to exhibit around the country, whilst still travelling abroad regularly to find inspiration for his paintings. His most recent work is inspired by the landscapes and coastal areas of England, including his recent works which are around the chalk streams of the Test Valley.
Paul Treasure
Chalk · oil on canvas · 20 x 20 in.
Paul Treasure
Blue Larch
oil on canvas · 48 x 48 in.
Harry Brioche
Higher Lands Ahead oil on board · 24 x 24 in.
Harry Brioche
Gleaming Bright
oil on board
· 24 x 24 in.
Soraya French Sharing the Load mixed media 18 x 21 in.
Poppies
mixed media
21 x 21 in.
Soraya French Red and Pink
Paul Treasure Warble
oil on canvas · 40 x 40 in.
Paul Treasure Rush
oil on canvas · 40 x 40 in.
High Street | Stockbridge | Hampshire | SO20 6HE 01264 810364 | enquiries@wykehamgallery.co.uk www.wykehamgallery.co.uk Harry Brioche · Radiant Rays · oil on board · 12 x 12 in.