expressive oil paintings of shropshire and the south of ... - Rob Pointon

This exhibition at Millard and Lancaster is thanks to
previous successes working with the gallery co-owner
Gareth Lancaster Williams who is also the curator at Weston
Park. I won the Regional Artist Award for Staffordshire and
Shropshire in the Halls Fine Art Open Competition at the
Granary Gallery at Weston, and took part in a joint exhibition
celebrating 25 years of the Weston Park Foundation last
year.
For that exhibition I painted live at the 2011 V Festival and
also inside the House at Weston. This enabled me to capture
the atmosphere and excitement of a live music event as
well as the splendour and history of a stately home, a total
contrast of subject but each as fascinating to paint. These
Weston house interior works led to introductions to the
residents of two separate John Nash houses in Atcham,
both of which offered opportunity to capture on canvas his
bold architectural statements. These pieces form part of
this exhibition along with examples of the Weston Park and
V Festival work.
The varied architecture, different levels and the relationship
of the town to the River Severn have made Shrewsbury one
of my favourite towns. It also retains a magic quality for me
as being a gateway to Wales, as a result of family car trips
and my university days studying Fine Art at Aberystwyth,
where the 3½ hour train journey from Stoke-on-Trent was
often broken by a stop or change in Shrewsbury.
Address: Millard & Lancaster,
8 St. Mary’s Street,
Shrewsbury,
Shropshire, SY1 1EB
ROB POINTON 2012
Telephone: 01743 289 866
Email: info@millardandlancaster.co.uk
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