MATTHEW SNOWDEN 18 January – 4 February 2022
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Matthew Snowden Edge to Edge 18 January – 4 February 2022 PREVIEW DAYS Thursday 13 January: 12-6 Friday 14 January: 12-6 Saturday 15 January: 11-4 The entire exhibition can be viewed at www.thackeraygallery.com The exhibition continues until 1pm on 4 February 2022 All work is available to view and purchase as of now
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Edge to Edge This will be my 4th solo exhibition with Thackeray Gallery, and represents a continuation of my fascination with the land and sea at our remote edges of the UK and also now New Zealand. Getting caught up in lockdown in New Zealand visiting my sister for Christmas 2019 was a blessing in disguise, and being granted an extension to my visa allowed me to spend my time wisely travelling, and painting in my make shift studio, courtesy of my Sister’s garage. I had with me my collection of painting knives, and by buying equipment and materials in New Zealand, I was able to create a large body of work. Some of these I left in New Zealand, and the smaller paintings, I brought back in a suitcase, packed like Russian dolls. Returning to UK in September 2020, I have since been concentrating during the winter months painting from source material and memory, the larger and medium size paintings in this show are the result of this period of reflection. In contrast in 2021, with the arrival of spring in the UK, I was once again able to venture out and spent time absorbing and painting the wild landscapes of the far north of Scotland, Orkney and beyond. An exciting and I hope uplifting collection, to blow away the cobwebs and bring in some much needed joy and light for this coming January.
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Spring Ascending acrylic on canvas – 80 x 80cm
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Winter Lake Tekapo, NZ acrylic on canvas – 36 x 46cm
Canterbury Mountains, NZ acrylic on canvas – 50 x 70cm
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Golden Tide acrylic on canvas – 30 x 30cm
Afterglow, Solway Coast acrylic on canvas – 50 x 60cm
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Calm Reflections Ashburton Lake, NZ acrylic on canvas – 90 x 110cm
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Late Autumn, Llanberis Pass acrylic on canvas – 60 x 80cm
Mt Cook South Island, NZ acrylic on canvas – 60 x 80cm
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Sparkling Light, Woodland Bells acrylic on canvas – 70 x 70cm
Gorse Bloom, Rogie Falls acrylic on canvas – 90 x 110cm
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Lake Clearwater, South Island, NZ acrylic on canvas – 50 x 60cm
Winters Reflection, Canterbury, NZ acrylic on canvas – 50 x 60cm
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Ebb Tide, Sunset acrylic on canvas – 60 x 60cm
High Water, Setting Sun acrylic on canvas – 50 x 70cm
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Island Bay, Wellington, NZ acrylic on canvas – 90 x 110cm
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Traigh Bhan, Iona acrylic on canvas – 40 x 40cm
High Summer, Ardwell Bay acrylic on canvas – 50 x 60cm
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Misty Eve, Orkney acrylic on canvas – 50 x 100cm
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Lake Ohau, South Island, NZ acrylic on canvas – 50 x 60cm
November Light, Islay acrylic on canvas – 50 x 50cm
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Big Sky, Balnakeil Bay acrylic on canvas – 70 x 100cm
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Rugged Coast, North Island, NZ acrylic on canvas – 50 x 70cm
Perfect Day, Port Swingo acrylic on canvas – 60 x 80cm
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Blustery Day, Outer Hebrides acrylic on canvas – 40 x 40cm
Hooker Valley, Mt Cook acrylic on canvas – 30 x 30cm
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Hebridean Twilight acrylic on canvas – 50 x 50cm
Ribbon Sunset, Saligo Bay acrylic on canvas – 50 x 70cm
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Porth Dafach, Anglesey acrylic on canvas – 40 x 50cm
Oldshoremore Beach, Kinlochbervie acrylic on canvas – 40 x 80cm
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Whitecliffs Bay, North Island, NZ acrylic on canvas – 36 x 46cm
Evening Coast, North Island, NZ acrylic on canvas – 30 x 30cm
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White Sands, Iona acrylic on canvas – 70 x 100cm
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Trearddur Bay, Anglesey acrylic on canvas – 40 x 60cm
Spring Atlantic acrylic on canvas – 50 x 70cm
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BIOGRAPHY Matthew Snowden was born in Heswall, Merseyside in 1969. He studied at Withens Lane Art College, 1989 followed by Industrial Design (BA Hons) at Teesside University, 1990-93. Matthew has had over 30 Solo Gallery exhibitions. SOLO EXHIBITIONS SINCE 1999 - present Include: Clwyd Theatre, Wales; Dee Fine Arts, Wirral; Galeri Betwsycoed, Wales; Kooywood Gallery, Wales; Gorstella Gallery, Chester; Exhibitions Gallery Wellington, New Zealand; Art Select Gallery, Auckland; Thackeray Gallery, London. GROUP EXHIBITIONS SINCE 2002 - present Include: Mall Galleries, London, with RI & RSMA; Bankside Gallery, London, with RWS; Royal Cambrian Academy, Wales; Galerie Archange, Paris; Summer Show, Thackeray Gallery, London. PRIVATE AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Include: Works in Europe, USA, China, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, National Library of Wales, Williamson Art Gallery and Museum.
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Above: Evening Coast, North Island, NZ – acrylic on canvas – 30 x 30cm Front Cover: High Water Setting Sun – acrylic on canvas – 50 x 70cm
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Martinborough Coast, North Island, NZ acrylic on canvas – 38 x 76cm
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