Alex Brown
Alex is a modern colourist. He studied at Camberwell School of Art in London from 1984 to 1987, attaining a degree in Fine Art Painting. His influences are Cezanne, Van Gogh and Matisse. Using brush and palette knife he has developed his style, which is a play between representation and abstraction.
He uses colour to create a form of vibrant reality rather than using detail. His mark making works against forms to question space.
"A painting can be like a poem, the essence of knowledge and feeling. For me, colour is a subject in itself, rather than a specific of a place and time"
Alex will also be running a workshop on Saturday 19th August and a demo on Sunday 20th August.