THE WYKEHAM GALLERY Michael Alford | Bryan Hanlon | David Howell 15th - 29th October 2022
Above: Bryan Hanlon · From the Shed (Fishing Floats & Egg) · acrylic on board · 12 x 12 in. Front cover: Michael Alford · Stockbridge, Roman Road · oil on panel · 14 x 24 in.
Michael Alford Bryan Hanlon David Howell
THE WYKEHAM GALLERY
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All work can be viewed on our website under Exhibitions/Forthcoming. All work is for sale immediately. High Street | Stockbridge | Hampshire | SO20 6HE 01264 enquiries@wykehamgallery.co.uk810364 www.wykehamgallery.co.uk
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MICHAEL ALFORD
Returning to the United Kingdom, Michael pursued studies at the Slade School and the Chelsea School of Art before launching a successful painting career. Known for his ability to blend classical technique with a sharp, modern sensibility, his work can be found in public and private collections around the world. He exhibits regularly in the United Kingdom as well as in the United States and continental Europe.
Michael Alford There Was And There Was Not Shahrazad oil on canvas on panel 20 x 16 in.
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Michael has been awarded several prizes including the Green & Stone Oil Painting Prize, the Agnes Reeve Memorial Prize, the Prima Luce Mural prize and the ROIP’s Stanley Grimm prize. His work has been chosen many times for exhibition by the Royal Society of Oil Painters.
Michael Alford lives and works in London.
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Michael Alford was born in Cookham, England and his earliest art training came from his father. As a young man he travelled extensively in South America and the Middle East, keeping detailed sketchbooks to record his experiences. This series of early drawings reveals a talent for the figurative depiction of cities, human figures, and natural scenes, the subjects that form the core of his work to this day.
Michael’s body of work is varied, reflecting his interests in many aspects of life as well as his skill in a variety of media. He is best known for masterful cityscapes of contemporary urban centres such as London, New York and Barcelona. His paintings and drawings of people — men and women, clothed and nude — are highly sought-after for their combination of fine draughtsmanship, acute observation and sense of drama.
In 2011 Michael served as official War Artist to the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, accompanying them on their tour of Afghanistan. In 2013 he was appointed as the Official War Artist to 1 Mechanized Brigade, again in Helmand.
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St Martin’s Lane, Early Spring oil on canvas on panel 24 x 34 in.
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Michael Alford
Bryan’s work at the moment is mainly still life and sculpture, however, as he continues to draw inspiration from the natural world change is ever present.
BRYAN HANLON
Bryan is widely regarded as one of the UK’s most diverse artists in his genre, both in subject matter and medium, from paintings in egg tempera through to oil and sculptures in bronze. Subject matter varies from wildlife to portraits, including landscape and still life. His constant movement from one medium to another is a source of continued Havinginspiration.enjoyed many successful exhibitions, including Nature in Art, Gloucester, the prestigious ‘Birds in Art’ exhibition in Winsconsin, America, the International Animal Art Fair, France, The Rainforest Exhibition, Barbican, London and the Whaletail Exhibition, Nairobi, Kenya, Bryan was commissioned by Jersey Zoo to paint a picture to commemorate their 25th Anniversary, featuring Gerald Durrell along with 25 endangered species. Artistic forays have taken him on journeys throughout Europe and America and into Africa, which was the inspiration for his magnificent book ‘Birds and Beasts Africa’ published by Swann Hill Press.
Bryan Hanlon lives and works in rural Wiltshire, surrounded by the type of environment that has inspired his work.
Bryan Hanlon Snowdrops, Forget Me Nots & Green Finch Eggs · acrylic on board · 12 x 12 in.
In 2010 Bryan was awarded Wiltshire Artist of the year and in the same year was nominated as Marlborough Artist in Residence by the then Mayor of Marlborough, Nick Fogg.
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Bryan Hanlon
Brick, Bucket, Tin Mug & Song Thrush Nest acrylic on board 31 x 31 in.
Born in 1939 and working from his studio in North Yorkshire, David has been a regular exhibitor with the Wykeham Gallery for many years. His paintings are primarily of landscape and marine subjects, but he is also well known for his equestrian racing pictures. He works in watercolour, oils and pastels.
David Howell
David’s approach to painting is very much concerned with capturing atmosphere and a sense of time and place, with an emphasis on producing good paintings rather than topographical accuracy. He works outside as much as possible and travels extensively. He is equally likely to be seen standing with a sketchbook on the North York Moors, as to be found sitting by a canal in Venice or dragging an easel through the Arabian Desert.
David has exhibited widely in galleries nationally and internationally with both one-man and mixed shows, including at the Royal West of England Academy, the Royal College of Art, the RI and the Royal Society of Marine Artists and his work hangs in corporate and private collections worldwide.
David is a past President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and has been a member of the Society of Equestrian Artists. His book ‘Painting with Watercolour’ joined the previously released ‘Painting with Oils’ both have been published by Crowood Press and are best sellers for both students, aspiring painters and enthusiasts. David also writes articles for magazines, appears on APV Film’s DVD ‘Just Watercolour’ and is a popular tutor on a limited number of painting courses both in this country and in Europe.
DAVID HOWELL PPRSMA
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Bright Morning, Montreuil, Pas de Calais oil on canvas 10 x 8 in.
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David Howell x 16
Khasab, Oman · watercolour · 10
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Michael Alford
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Waterloo Bridge (Somerset House) oil on panel
Michael Alford
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Metamorphosis Beach oil on board 14 x 24 in.
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Mweenish Beach, Connemara watercolour 10 x 15 in.
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David Howell
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David Howell
Breakfast Halt – Bedouin in the Omani Desert watercolour 14 x 20 in.
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Going Over (Dandelions & Finch Egg) on board
acrylic
Bryan Hanlon
Bluebells, Celandine & Thrush Egg on board
acrylic
· 16 x 16 in.
Bryan Hanlon
High Street | Stockbridge | Hampshire | SO20 6HE 01264 810364 | enquiries@wykehamgallery.co.uk www.wykehamgallery.co.uk David Howell · Le Portalet, Uzes · oil · 8 x 10 in.
