Gill Turner
My last body of work has been about urban environments influenced by Cornish towns. Essentially figurative and narrative it has been described as ‘quirky' and ‘humorous' and I hope I have retained something of this in these latest paintings.
A recent move to from Chacewater to Perranporth has inspired new work in which I aim to synthesise the abstract with the figurative and to create paintings which, although contemporary in style, evoke an atmosphere of a timeless, almost nostalgic Cornwall at a time when much of it is becoming increasingly sophisticated and urbanised.
Unashamedly archaic symbols of an almost forgotten age are sometimes incorporated, such as Punch and Judy or Saucy Postcards and represent the figurative side of my work along with shapes and patterns suggestive of buckets and spades, toy boats, light houses etc. I work in oil paint, usually on canvas: however I don't like to be too dominant when it comes to the use of materials. I want the colour and images to work together, making them open to interpretation, yet always familiar.
A recurrent theme in these paintings might be summed up in the words of the memorable song” Oh I do like to be beside the seaside…..”
EDUCATION
1991 - 1993
1997 - 2002
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Foundation Course at Falmouth College of Arts
Falmouth College of Arts graduating with BA (Hons) Fine Art
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2003
2004
2005
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Easter Show, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro
Easter Show, Badcocks Gallery, Newlyn
'Marking The Surface' Artmill Gallery, Plymouth
The Goldfish Bowl, St Ives & Penzance
'Unframed' Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
The Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford
The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
'Fur, Feathers & Fauna' Falmouth Municipal Art Gallery, Falmouth
Market House Gallery, Marazion
Fowey River Gallery, Fowey
'Sense of Place' Lander gallery, Truro
Vitreous Contemporary Art, Truro
‘On The Wall' Olympia Grand Hall, London.
The Bay Gallery, Penzance.
Mixed Exhibition, Fowey River Gallery, Fowey.
Solo Exhibition at Royal Cornwall Hospital
Truro Three Arts' 60 th Anniversary, Mylor Theatre, Truro College. |
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