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"It was a pleasure for my wife and I to attend the preview of Hideyuki Sobue's 'Conversation with Ruskin' exhibition, at Brantwood. Seeing the exhibits touch on Ruskin's love of nature and attention to deep inquiry we were greatly struck by Hideyuki's large central portrait - a double, even triple portrait in one. It not only conveyed to us, Ruskin's deeply complex nature, his analytical mind and attention to detail but also the visionary and seer. The Patriarch. Plus, the inner spiritual aspect was revealed too - saddened by the world's indifference to his high ideals.... In this portrait we feel that Hideyuki has taken his own artistic practice to new heights and achieved a striking and monumental image of a national icon..." --- Kevin Chester (Artist/ President of the Lake Artists Society)
"I thoroughly enjoyed Hideyuki's workshop at Brantwood. I attended as I was intrigued how Hideyuki creates such finely detailed and beautiful work and really wanted to learn about his line hatching technique. During the workshop Hideyuki initially talked us through the technique and showed us an animation of how he created his beautiful Ruskin portrait, it was very interesting to have the opportunity to see the process. He then took us through it step by step as we attempted the same approach to create our own pictures of leaves gathered from the grounds of Brantwood. Working in such a detailed way was quite a change from my usual approach, but I really enjoyed it and feel that I learnt a skill that I can develop in my own artwork. The workshop was informative, inspiring as well as great fun and I would be keen to attend further workshops run by Hideyuki if the opportunity arose." --- Ally Keogh (Artist) "The gentle, gentleman that Hideyuki Sobue is, meant that his talk at Brantwood about his “Conversation with Ruskin” indicated his genuine absorption with his subject. His presentation was thoughtful, spiritual and sensitive showing his great respect for the character of Ruskin. Hideyuki combined his admiration & skills in his brilliantly unique and beautiful por trait of Ruskin. He fur ther demonstrated his individual style and depth of observation with a few of his own paintings including some of The Lakes that Ruskin so loved. It was a joy & privilege to meet Hideyuki." --- DEE Diana Cosford (Artist)
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"Your portraits of Ruskin are superb. I really feel that you have come to know the man and that you can explain him to us. And wonderful to see the actual work not just the illustrations in your book, excellent though they are. The exhibition as a whole looked and felt terrific and I hope you are justly proud of yourself." --- Annabel Hunt (Friend)
"Hideyuki demonstrates a deep insight in art history by incorporating references to the great masters in his work such as Da Vinci's Mona Lisa as well as a well thought through application of the Fibonnaci principle. His work combines these references in a fine balance with contemporary references such as the launch of the Apollo 11 last year. Given that I was part of this artist's demonstration of the technique of cross-hatching, I was able to experience for myself how only gentle hands can master the technique as Hideyuki does. It only made my appreciation for his art grow deeper. I will stay on the look out for future works of art Hideyuki will create!" --- Kelsey Lindsey Pinna (Student, Lancaster University)
The Blue Gallery, Brantwood 8 August - 17 Novermber 2019 The Brantwood Trust Coniston Cumbria LA21 8AD United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)15394 41396 Email: enquiries@brantwood.org.uk Website: http://www.brantwood.org.uk The Ruskin: Museum, Library and Research Centre Lancaster University 23 January - 28 February 2020 Lancaster LA1 4YH United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1524 593587 Email: the-ruskin@lancaster.ac.uk Website: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/the-ruskin
