I was obsessed by comic books and graffiti in my early teens, so my fondness for the gentile English countryside paintings of Alwyn Crawshaw may seem a bit weird. However, Alwyn started my obsession with the landscape. He was a prolific writer of instructional painting books, and even made television appearances, so it was hard not to set sight on his work. It was his ability to capture the mood of the countryside and his innate way of simplification (yet still managing to convey complexity) which resonated with me. In this session, I will demonstrate, and talk about, how Alwyn’s work has influenced my landscape process.
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Since he was a child, Paul Bailey has been fascinated by the varied wild, remote, and areas of Britain, be it moorland, mountain or coastal low-land. Inspired by this deep passion for the British landscape, Bailey fuses his memories, helped by sketches and photos, with vivid colors and dynamic brushstrokes, to produce sometimes ethereal interpretations of the diverse, subtle, and dramatic scenery within these great isles.
Almost completely self-taught, Paul learned through books, by visiting galleries and by viewing work by other artists. He enjoys a wide variety of art genres, from Turner to Rothko.
In Paul’s own approach to his art, he looks for the abstract forms in nature, breaking the complex down to more basic elements.
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