Dom Pattinson Adrian Pritchard Georg Scheele George Underwood Pascale Fey G A L E R I A D E A R T E | A R T G A L L E R Y Dom Pattinson Dom was born in Suffolk in 1969 and studied at the Winchester expression, his clever use of repetition, highlights that we may School of Art and Glasgow School of Art. His fascination with appear similar like all animals but each of us have our own Urban and Street art stems from his time living in the Soviet distinct personality. For amongst the black and white zebras Union and Northern Ireland, as he recognised the murals some are painted with a myriad of colours, wearing comedy and graffiti as forms of dissent and protest. Today, he works glasses and are the jokers in the pack. The same applies to his primarily on canvas, producing playful images alluding to a roaring bears. Dom alternates between strict stencilling and social-political context, be it concern for the natural world or loose over painting giving the work an immediacy and fluidity. human rights. He subverts our expectations, with humour and vitality. The The artist has previously set up treasure hunts which took place in Washington DC and London, where his iconic multicoloured zebras were hidden around the city under the idea of ‘hidden art’ perhaps stems from ‘found art’, whereby art is given value in context of it being in a gallery, otherwise it is something just discarded and abandoned. title ‘Stand Proud, Stand Out’. The artist is doing the same Dom is an outstanding urban artist, his work has a massive for this exhibition in the Algarve with 10 original pieces each high profile following. George Clooney gave a piece of his worth €2,600 hidden around the areas of Quinta do Lago, work as a wedding present to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Vale do Lobo, Almancil, Vilamoura and Loulé. Dom Pattinson’s work celebrates individuality and freedom of At times they appear mischievous and whimsical, yet they are also subtly subversive and seriously collected. Mixed media on canvas Bear Roar 130 x 140cm 1 2 Mixed media on canvas I Herd You Coming 100 x 140cm Mixed media on canvas Stand proud, Stand Out 130 x 140cm 3 Adrian Pritchard was born in 1973 in Lancashire and did his Masters at Slade School of Art. Adrian has a deep rooted interest in physics and therefore has a scientific approach to his art, which culminates in his creative use of geometric patterns. His work has always been a play between ordered and disordered states, using viscous fluids in a free flowing way. Patterns are formed partly by design and in part by happy accident. Adrian’s source material for this series stems from decorative Islamic art. Simple forms such as the circle and the square are combined, duplicated, interlaced and arranged in intricate combinations. Ceramic tiles are also an important source material, but Adrian Pritchard 4 Oil-Based Polyurethane Focal Red Exclipse 118 x 118cm fundamentally Adrian is a contemporary artist, whose work explores the materiality of his medium, allowing the paint to create is own shapes and patterns through gravity and time. Oil-Based Polyurethane Blue Coats of Arms 118 x 118cm Oil-Based Polyurethane DNA Lost 118 x 118cm 5 Georg was born in Germany in 1961 and studied as a stonemason in the marble centre of Europe in Carrara, Italy, where he honed his skills. His pieces explore space in the most sublime way, he creates incredible free flowing forms, abstracted lines, which interlock and curve graciously around a central point. What is remarkable is the sense of lightness, the fluidity of movement, which defies the hard medium of marble. Georg Scheele has seen the great Modernist sculptures, such as Hepworth, Moore and Arp. These artists played with absence, where what is removed is just as important as what remains. Scheele’s work has a sensual delicacy, which spirals into itself, Georg Scheele 6 Marble Challenger 94 X 72 x 46cm generating fascinating interconnections. These sculptures are poetic, they are tightly controlled yet are conversely loose and free. They confound our expectations of what marble carving should be in beautiful and brilliant ways. Marble Crossover 76 x 65 x 43cm Marble Mastermind 88 x 64 x 44cm 7 George Underwood was born in 1947 and studied at Bekenham Art School. He worked on numerous books and album covers, including the artwork for David Bowie’s Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust. David Bowie a friend and collector has said that, ‘George has refined his work to the point where I would put him among the top figurative painters coming out of the UK right now’. There is something rather dark and mysterious about his figures, a nod to the medieval Gothic. George takes this odd array of stern looking characters and plays with symmetry and repetition. George Underwood 8 Oils on Linen Night 81 x 81cm At times, we enter a dream-like surreal world, where the faces appear on curved paper cut outs, a strange wall of geometric shapes and forms. These expressionless faces, muted colours and refined costumes are all part of Underwood’s psyche. This weird and wonderful world appeals to numerous collectors from around the world. Oils on Linen Cicero 55 x 70cm Oils on Linen Twilight 81 x 107cm 9 Pascale Fay was born in La Rochelle, France and moved to Portugal after falling in love with the country and its people. Her experience as a graphic designer allowed her to create rich and thick areas of paint, initially covering the canvas in black to make for a darker tableau whereupon she layers blocks of colour, making a simple and refined world for her fantasy character ‘George’ to explore. There is real physical presence to this dream-like realm. ‘George’ is her avatar and is a quirky, mysterious character, like a 1950’s detective he explores the world around him always curious and discovering the new. At times ‘George’ climbs up to heaven to reach for the stars at others he stares at posters perhaps looking for clues. Pascale Fey The artist creates a world full of humour and intrigue. Who is ‘George’ and what will he get up to next? Pascale denies us any direct answers but delights us with a character on a voyage of self-discovery. Acrylic on canvas 10 Acrylic on canvas Le voyageur 100 x 100cm Acrylic on canvas Le Sens de la Vie 150 x 90cm Defense d’afficher 2015 60 x 92cm 11 Back Cover Dom Pattinson That’s All Folks! 2 130 x 140 cm Mixed media on canvas 12 Acrylic on canvas le caresseur d’étoiles 70 x 150cm designworks! Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday 10.00am to 6.00pm Saturday by appointment Avenida José da Costa Mealha nº 43 . 8100-500 Loulé . Portugal . 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