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Inspiration From Artists Wk 217, Featuring Artists Paul Bailey and John Gully
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Welcome to this weeks thread the featuring artists this week are :
Paul Bailey and John Gully .
Jenny will start the week with her introduction to Paul Bailey on Wednesday Sandra will introduce use to the work of John Gully.
Have a good week and enjoy your art bd it your own of viewing other people work
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PAUL BAILEY is a British artist, originally from Essex and now based in mid-Wales. He specialises in semi-abstract landscapes and seascapes characterised by vibrant colours and textured layered surfaces, combining acrylic paints with mixed media, including watercolour, masking, collage, acrylic inks, pens and spray paints.
He originally took an apprenticeship in commercial illustration which led to a career in the design and print industry before changing direction to focus on fine art. His landscapes are based on a recollection of memories inspired by the time-worn landscapes of Wales, England and Scotland. His sometimes unconventional influences - graffiti, commercial print, illustration and graphic design - provide his direction. He has had a recent shift in subject matter and is now also working on figurative paintings, portraying emotions suggested by the human form. His work ranges in size from small studies to large dramatic landscapes, typically 10 x 12” up to 60 x 90”.
He regularly gives lectures and demonstrations to art societies and has recently published his first book Experimental Nature in Acrylics.
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by Jenny Harris
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As always a professional introduction, Jenny. My preference with your selection are the, first, second and fifth. I find the shift to portraying an interest in the emotions of the human form would be quite stimulating for artist and viewer. I read quite a bit about social history, a comparison of then, and now, would indeed be thought -provoking to view, depending on the historical subjects the artist portrays. Even yesterday is history. The world is changing, fast, so much going on. Interesting times for the artist to capture human emotions.
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I prefer his landscapes to his figures, possibly because I just like coastal scenes!
I had a look at his instagram and there are little clips of him painting which are interesting he uses masking tape for some of his straight lines and quite large brushes.
Thank you Jenny.
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by Tessa Gwynne
What I noticed about this photo was the house painters size brush in his hand , Tessa mentioned that he used big brushes.
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An interesting contrast with Paul Bailey, modern and old-fashioned.
John Gully was an NZ landscape painter. Born in England 1819, died in NZ 1888. Largely self taught although he did have some private lessons. Emigrated to NZ with his wife and three children in 1852. Gully originally settled on a small block of land in Omata, Taranaki, working in various jobs, during this time he advertised as a painter of ‘views’ of properties to send back to England.
Eventually in 1863 Gully got a full-time job, as a draughtsman at the Department of Lands and Survey. In the same year he successfully applied to illustrate a paper that was to be presented to the Royal Geographical Society by the famous explorer and geologist Julius von Haast. The paper and Gully’s twelve illustrations of lakes, mountains and glaciers in the South Island were a great success and established his reputation.
Gully was an assiduous sketcher, often using colour washes or writing down the colours to be used in the finished painting. He also painted from sketches by others, and from photographs. He painted very few oils, but has left some 900 watercolours on smooth paper, often mounted on linen. He was happiest depicting landscapes and seascapes, although many of his pictures include figures, animals, or buildings, to add interest and give a sense of scale.
During his lifetime, and for many years after, his paintings were highly regarded for their technical excellence and faithful portrayal of New Zealand scenery. A later reassessment said he produced a distorted representation of the southern hemisphere through the limited vision of his English background and training. The return to New Zealand in 1974 of the 12 paintings done for Haast's 1864 London lecture provided an opportunity for re-evaluation. These paintings, together with the best of his other work, place Gully as a leading watercolourist, who was inspired by the scenery of the country of his choice. Gully painted what appealed to him, and to his audience. His work retains its popular appeal.
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