CURRENT SOLO EXHIBITION
The Campden Gallery
30st March – 22 April
Open Day Sat. 31st March 11am-4pm
High St
Chipping Campden
Gloucestershire
GL55 6AG
+44 (0)1386 841555
http://www.campdengallery.co.uk
Most of the work in this show was made in the landscape near my home in Derbyshire’s Peak District. I paint outside as much as possible as the experience of being out in the landscape is at the core of my practice. When painting I involve all the senses, so the paintings are not a just a representation of how the landscape looks but also what it feels like to be there. I want to capture the sounds, the smells and essence of that place.
Time is also an important element in my work. I like to think that the painting contains all the time that was spent making it. The layers underneath that are worked over and built on are as much a part of the painting as the finished image. They are evolving, not just in a frozen moment, like a photograph, but constantly moving and alive. In ‘Sun but rain coming at me’ I was painting on a bright spring day but I could see that ominous looking clouds were building. The contrast of the light making the bright seem brighter and the first few drops of rain starting as the clouds drifted near, gave a very strong sense of the ever-changing environment. (read more)
Lewis Noble, March 2012
