http://www.manorhousegallery.co.uk/macqueen.htm
Lots more paintnigs and information on the web site.
After graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1965, Charles embarked on a highly successful career in art education. While he had painted and exhibited continually throughout these years it wasn't until the 1990s that he retired to devote all his time to painting. He was elected a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute in 1983 and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1984, serving the latter as Vice President for the East of Scotland. Charles has won many awards over a long and distinguished career including the Torrance Award and the Teacher's Whiskey Travel Award, both at the Royal Glasgow Institute. He was recently commissioned by P & O to produce two large murals for their new flagship, the Arcadia.
In
these recent paintings his style continues to develop in a
representational direction; the views of East Coast Scottish harbours
and North African games tables are instantly recognisable as such while
still infused with Charles' evident fascination with abstracted pattern
and design.
By using textured levels of paint and gesso Charles depicts the sensation or experience of a place.Charles wrote recently...."The forms I use are forms remembered or dreamt about.
The stark visual contrasts of moving between strong blinding sunlight and dark bazaars full of rich reds, golds and turquoise inhabit my paintings.
This is like being put down to sleep in a darkened room with strong sumlight streaming through the shutters. This is not representation but an evocation"
philsgal7759 wrote on May 9, '10
Thanks for the introduction. Can't say I love this but perhaps I will in time.
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starfishred wrote on May 9, '10
HMMM THANKS LORETTA :)
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hadenough1 wrote on May 8, '10
Art is always interesting. How artist use light and lines.
Thank you for the Art showing |
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