Wildlife Art by Christopher Green

This talented artist, based in Nottingham, demonstrates his love and understanding of his medium in his ethereal, colour rich paintings of a Tiger. Inspired by purist, Christopher Green brings a lavish quality to the animals that he depicts on board. Brush strokes, scratches and the sheer exuberance of the laying on of paint make his exciting representations of noble beasts a pleasure to behold.

Here Christopher Green depicts the Tiger in his prime, fully alert and looking frankly magnificent. Christopher Greens hyper realistic tiger appears almost ghost like as though he has been captured pictorially in situ. But how realistic is that version of ‘in situ’? I would argue that both settings are alien to the majority of the public, most not having personally experienced a close encounter with a large cat. This absence, this permission for the audience to view the tiger as they will, lends a more contemporary tone surely more fitting in a 21st century environment. That aside, no one can deny the skill of reconstruction. Every strand of hair, reflection in the eye and almost wet nose is painted to perfection. The skill of Christopher Green in visually reproducing the animal and giving it its own space to be admired is a stunning tribute of skill as a wildlife artist.

Christopher Green famous for portraits of a more graphic ‘Pop Art’ style has changed direction within this composition. The results outline just how talented he can be with a brush and paint palette. The work is on display within our gallery together with a multitude of further works.

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Antony Gormley’s “Standing Matter” (2010)

Antony Gormley’s ‘Standing Matter’ (2010) is a piece of human appreciation of the weight of mans’ imperfection faced with those perfect symmetrical blocks of his own creation. A human without angles and anonymous against colourless outlines speaks to the hopelessness of the human condition – relentless progress of the Lego block constructions of our weak and featureless imaginations against the molecular structure less shape of our existence. Exquisite.

‘Standing Matter’ is on display in the Gallery and available to purchase. Framed and certified with Gormley’s signature on the reverse.

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George Thornton Art

12A Flying Horse Walk ~ Nottingham ~ NG1 2HN

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Katy Jade Dobson. A touch of Monochrome?

What is it about monochrome? It never seems to go out of fashion, it never ages and it never fails to capture the imagination.

One of the best exhibitions I ever had the pleasure of visiting was the ‘Picasso Black and White’ held at the Guggenheim in New York back in November 2012.  The work was displayed beautifully and with the building itself a gleaming white edifice, contrasting elegantly alongside Picasso’s creations.

It is perhaps this simplicity and clarity that draws the viewer in, offering an element of creativity to the viewer that may not other wise exist. There is an untapped excitement in the ability to add colours and fill spaces with the mind creating your own subjective meaning to each piece that would otherwise be coloured in for you.

It would not be unfair to say that as a result black and white pieces tend to have a timeless appeal that allow them to adapt to a changing world around them. Fitting into new moulds whilst still resonating with a notion of the moment in which they were created to capture.

It is with this idea in mind we take a look at new work by the talented artist Katy Jade Dobson. A usual trait of this artist is to brush her canvas with colour however on this occasion she has purged her recognizable uses of reds, greens and purples from the art in order to highlight the formal structure and autonomy of form. An extremely difficult task as she works with a few base paints to create movement and life on to a static canvas or board. Although predominately black and white Dobson cannot resist a hue of colour to enhance the monochrome structure. Her ability to allow shadows to flow free is incandescent of her talent as an artist.

 

New works include ‘Harmony’, ‘Composure’ and ‘Dignity’.

For more information please do not hesitate to contact us  by phone 01159243555
or view works online – Katy Jade Dobson

George Thornton Art

12A Flying Horse Walk, Nottingham, NG1 2HN