Lewis Noble 2018

LEWIS NOBLE

WHITE PEAK, DARK PEAK

THACKERAY GALLERY Est 1968

Gratton Dale acrylic & gouache on paper - 30 x 30cm

frontispiece: Wolfscote Dale - oil & mixed media on canvas - 46 x 51cm

WHITE PEAK, DARK PEAK I have lived and worked in Derbyshire for over twenty years, and it is now very much home to me & my family. For this exhibition, I have painted and sketched from the diverse landscape of Derbyshire’s peak District, its southern limestone area known as White Peak, to its northern gritstone, Dark Peak.

The White Peak is the more gentle landscape around Dovedale and Wolfscote Dale. The river flowing over the weirs at Milldale and Bradford Dale are particular favourites of mine. The northern peak is wilder, around Kinder, Edale, and Mam Tor. A climb up Jacob’s Ladder (a steep footpath on Kinder Scout) is rewarded with panoramic views.

Working outside is a key part of my work. Painting from the landscape allows a freedom to experiment in a painterly way while retaining a solid foundation in observation. Combining the individual properties of different materials (watercolour, gouache, acrylic) provides a lot of scope for experimentation.

I try to make paintings that stand in for the landscape itself. The process of building many layers of paint over time, eroding, scratching and repainting, has echoes in the way the landscape is made. In the studio, working mostly with oil, I constantly refer to the many small paintings, sketches and collages made while outside. These are not photographic frozen moments, but paintings that contain the time it took to make them.

Although they are very much images of the real, earthy landscape, I attempt to walk a tightrope between representational and expressive painting to convey a landscape that is still happening.

LEWIS NOBLE 2018

Alsop Moor I watercolour & gouache on paper - 17 x 17cm

Alsop Moor II watercolour & gouache on paper - 17 x 17cm

Foot Paths, Curbar Edge oil, collage & mixed media on canvas - 87 x 87cm

Hawthorn Hillside, Edale watercolour & mixed media on paper - 45 x 45cm

Jacob’s Ladder II watercolour, gouache & mixed media on paper - 41 x 41cm

Jacob’s Ladder III watercolour, gouache & mixed media on paper - 41 x 41cm

Kinder Low, Hawthorns oil & mixed media on canvas - 87 x 87cm

Kinder Scout I oil & mixed media on canvas - 87 x 87cm

Kinder Scout II oil & mixed media on canvas - 87 x 87cm

Kinder Scout from Mam Tor oil, collage & mixed media on board - 51 x 56cm

Kinder Sunset oil, collage & mixed media on canvas - 26 x 26cm

Kinder Trespass acrylic & mixed media on paper - 41 x 41cm

Kinder, Jacob’s Ladder oil, collage & mixed media on canvas - 87 x 87cm

Milldale Path & River acrylic & gouache on paper - 41 x 41cm

Milldale, River Reflection watercolour, gouache & m/m on paper - 20 x 26cm

Milldale, Thistles oil, collage & mixed media on canvas - 87 x 87cm

Milldale, Weir oil, collage & mixed media on canvas - 87 x 87cm

Millldale looking down to the Weir watercolour & gouache on paper - 19 x 19cm

Moorland Path acrylic on card - 13 x 14cm

Moorland Pool oil & mixed media on canvas - 110 x 110cm

On Mam Tor oil & mixed media on canvas - 51 x 56cm

Owler Tor I oil & mixed media on canvas - 26 x 26cm

Owler Tor II oil & mixed media on canvas - 46 x 46cm

Raven’s Tor I oil & mixed media on canvas - 46 x 46cm

Raven’s Tor II oil, mixed media & collage on canvas - 26 x 26cm

Raven’s Tor III oil, mixed media & collage on canvas - 26 x 26cm

Sparkling River oil & mixed media on canvas - 87 x 87cm

Sparkling Sky, Mam Tor oil & mixed media on canvas - 87 x 87cm

Tree Shadows by the River, Bradford Dale oil & mixed media on canvas - 51 x 56cm

Unexpected Hailstorm, Black Tor Ridge oil & mixed media on canvas - 87 x 87cm

Wolfscote Dale oil & mixed media on canvas - 46 x 51cm

BIOGRAPHY Born 1967, London SOLO EXHIBITIONS FROM 1997 – PRESENT INCLUDE: Ainscough Contemporary Art, London;The Ashbourne Gallery, Derbyshire; Northcote Gallery, London; Chatsworth House:Artist in Residence Studio Show; Derby Museum & Art Gallery; St. John Street Gallery, Derbyshire; The Merriscourt Gallery, Oxfordshire; Wirksworth Art Festival; Firbob & Peacock, Cheshire; The Hart Gallery, London;Tregoning Gallery, Derby; Byard Art, Cambridge;The Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden;Bath Contemporary,Bath;Ainscough ContemporaryArt,Dartmouth;Thackeray Gallery,London.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS FROM 2001 – PRESENT INCLUDE: West of England Art Fair; Affordable Art Fair, London; Gallery 108, London;The Merriscourt Gallery, Oxfordshire; Dublin Art Fair; Chelsea Art Fair;Affordable Art Fair, Bath; Battersea Art Fair; John Martin, London; Ainscough Contemporary Art, London; Glasgow Art Fair; Hart Gallery, London;Tregoning Gallery, Derby; Byard Art, Cambridge; Wirksworth Arts Festival; Walker Galleries, Harrogate;Thackeray Gallery, London.

AWARDS: Winner Vickers Art Award, 2001.

PRIVATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS INCLUDE: Works in UK, Europe, North America, Australia, Asia.

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