Gareth Parry RCA FIONA McALPINE Here & There Again LIFE IN COLOUR
Life In Colour
12 FEBRUARY - 1 MARCH 2019
“Life in Colour” is a beautiful collection of vibrant paintings. Fiona paints with a gift for pattern, full of energy, integrating jugs and flowers into the natural rhythm of the surrounding landscape. “When I’m painting, I love to dance across the canvas, with intensely colourful brush marks, creating an image of my feelings for the landscape and interiors where I live and work.” Fiona McAlpine, 2019 Flowers and nature being at the forefront of this exhibition, Fiona finds beauty in the spaces around her. Translating her surroundings onto canvases that are full of colour and eye-catching patterns. With a selection of strong, distinctive colours, Fiona’s paintings are harmonious, and impressively expressive. Acclaimed artist Fiona McAlpine creates a striking collection of new & unseen artworks for her upcoming exhibition, Life In Colour, at THACKERAY GALLERY Est.1968, Kensington.
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Cover detail: Scottish Windowsill - oil on board - 30 x 43cm
Herbaceous Jungle oil on canvas - 100 x 162cm
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Autumn Heat oil on board - 19 x 25cm
Dark Stoneware oil on board - 19 x 25cm
Veranda in June oil on board - 38 x 76cm
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Ripening Pears oil on board - 25 x 38cm
Beach Huts oil on board - 38 x 51cm
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Deserted Sheds - oil on board - 30 x 76cm
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Distant Light - oil on board - 38 x 76cm
Do you want to Dance oil on canvas - 61 x 91cm
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In the Heat of the Day oil on board - 19 x 25cm
Late Poppy oil on board - 19 x 25cm
Three Pears and Spring Cuttings oil on canvas - 51 x 76cm
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Spring Fever oil on canvas - 51 x 92cm
Reasons to be Cheerful oil on canvas - 61 x 92cm
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Bursting with Colour oil on board - 51 x 61cm
Midnight Beckons oil on board - 51 x 61cm
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Wish you Were Here oil on board - 51 x 61cm
Pink Table Cloth oil on board - 51 x 61cm
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Goa I oil on board - 19 x 25cm
Blue Checked Cloth oil on board - 19 x 25cm
Pink Jug at Valaurie oil on board - 19 x 25cm
Joseph’s Rock oil on board - 19 x 25cm
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Elsewhere - oil on board - 38 x 76cm
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Botanical - oil on board - 38 x 76cm
Scottish Windowsill oil on board - 30 x 43cm
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I’m Happy oil on canvas - 81 x 121cm
Hot Sunday - oil on board - 30 x 76cm
Favourite Vase - oil on board - 30 x 76cm
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Studio Door oil on board - 38 x 51cm
Three Jugs oil on canvas - 61 x 92cm
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Goa II oil on board - 19 x 25cm
Potted Hyacinths oil on board - 19 x 25cm
BIOGRAPHY Fiona McAlpine was born in 1961 and graduated with a BA Hons in Fine Art, from Goldsmiths College, London. Fiona paints with a gift for pattern, integrating jugs and flowers into the natural rhythm of the Welsh landscape. She has been influenced by 20th century British Artists, and with her instinctive and colourful palette, she paints vibrant and decorative oils depicting flowers from both her garden and her kitchen table. SOLO & MIXED EXHIBITIONS FROM 2004 – PRESENT INCLUDE: Gorstella Gallery, Chester; Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Hampshire; British Art Portfolio, Northamptonshire; Hollywood Road Gallery, London; Maggie’s Spring Art Show, Spring Art Show Shropshire; Five-ways, Sekers Fine Art, Cheshire; St Martin’s Gospel Oak Charity Exhibition, London; Mallett, London; Thackeray Gallery, London.
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