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David Brett
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Degree: BA (Hons) Art and English
University: Oxford Brookes University
New Blood Art Statement
Brett evokes landscapes through insinuation rather than naturalistic description. His work is alive to the transformative qualities of light; the subject sometimes silhouetted against murky twilight, at others shocking in its illumination. Brett's painterly dynamism plays with the hard structure of the composition, at times he applies the medium with plaster-like impasto before veering off into visceral explosions of colour and light - changing tempo from solid to shimmering. In essence, his paintings are triumphs of spatial depth and curiously dramatised atmosphere.
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Artist Statement
My interest lies in creating expressive landscapes that are vehicles to convey mood. The specific location, in terms of time or place, is not as important as the emotional response the painting evokes. Subsequently, I will change the light, colour and even the physical structure of a scene to facilitate this interpretation. I’m keen to explore the dividing line between the abstract and the representational, and seek to create a rhythm in the paintings by using colour.My influences range from David Hockney and Wolf Kahn to contemporary Mallorcan artists. I'm also inspired by the fluency and vibrancy of Van Gogh and the structure of Cezanne. My own approach is to overlay sometimes clashing colour, using a variety of expressive brush and palette knife strokes, glaze and impasto techniques, so that the texture is part of the structure.
I have a BA honours degree in Art and English from Oxford Brookes University and studied for an MA in Art History at the University of Reading. I'm based in London, and work as both a journalist for the London Evening Standard and as an artist. Although my training is in art and I have painted all my life, it is only in the last two to three years that I have chosen to pursue it professionally. My works have sold to clients both in the UK and around the world.
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Solo Exhibitions
2012 David Brett Exhibition, Weston Park stately home, Shropshire
Joint Exhibitions
2012 Cityscapes Exhibition, No Naked Walls Gallery, Surrey
2012 Spring Gleam Exhibition, No Naked Walls Gallery, Surrey
Group Exhibitions
2012 Battersea Decorative Arts Fair, Catharine Miller Gallery, Battersea
2012 Summer Exhibition, The Art Cafe Gallery, Whitby
2011 Summer Exhibition, McNeill Gallery, Hertfordshire
2010 Summer Exhibition, Hadfield Art Gallery, Cheltenham