Imagination and allegorical art exhibition
Friday 1st February
Wildwood Arts is thrilled to be hosting this joint-themed exhibition of two of the region’s finest artists - David Brooke and Richard Slater (Royal Institute). Themes for David's paintings often originate from mythology, although interpreted and embellished by his imagination, and there is often something of a humorous or quirky nature about his work. David is a member of the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts, the National Acrylic Painters' Association, the Society for Art of Imagination and the Bath Society of Artists. His paintings have been exhibited in London at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and United Society of Artists, and the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. He has also exhibited in New York and Miami.
Richard Slater has developed a well-crafted, poetic and often allegorical style which places him at the centre of the British neo–romantic movement. He portrays local landscapes as abstracts with a narrative through the medium of vibrant colours. Working with equal dexterity across the mediums of pastel, oil and watercolour, Richard Slater creates complex images of local rural scenes, villages, buildings, wildlife and flora. His paintings are in the permanent art collection of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter. He was elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour in 1999, and remains a member with his work being exhibited yearly at the Mall galleries in London. He is also a full member of the St Ives Society of Artists as well as being listed in ‘Who’s Who in Art. His paintings represent the art of a master of his craft and are both an enduring joy and an investment for the future.
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