My first memory of those who have an interest in art was to the age of 10 when he entered a school Easter card competition and won first prize. That inspired me to make the picture, particularly the incorporation of my main concerns at that time of aircraft and automobiles.
Things changed when she was 12 years old, for Christmas I got a set of oil paints and easel (the pedestal I still use today 40 years later!) . Oil Painting opened a whole new world of color and texture, as well as filling the house with the wonderful aroma of turpentine and linseed.
Then I enrolled in classes in painting on a Saturday morning in the 'Harrogate School of Art ", which I attended for about two years. Then took my interest even more art and attended a course of the evening part-time , which introduced the concept of painting and pop art. My highest point at that time was a 'pop art' self-portrait, which is displayed as part of an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Harrogate.
Because of the need to earn a living, painting, unfortunately, had to take a back seat for the coming years. I got married and had three beautiful daughters, while running my own small business for 25 years. For my own pleasure however, did management to continue to paint in my spare time.
Therefore, it was not until mid-1990 that really goes back to art more seriously and began to exhibit in local galleries. Now I have a number of galleries in the area asking for my work and I have had several exhibitions. Painting now occupies most of my time, I go to bed thinking about my last painting and awake with ideas for the next one.
Finding an object or an idea for a painting competition can be a daunting task, and can often come from the most unlikely source. I remember once going to an exhibition of Hockney, where striking painting at the opposite end of the gallery caught my eye. I have seen the painting as it represents a flight of stairs and monitoring of some marble arches, through which I saw the sun sitting in a bright blue sky. As I got closer to the painting became apparent that it was really nothing like that at all. It is in fact a wooden table on a veranda overlooking the sea. This later inspired me to paint the picture for the first time I thought I had seen.
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