George Large hated school and left when he was fifteen, his only qualification being a precocious distinction in A-Level Art. A short spell in the display department at Simpsons of Piccadilly was followed by a place at Hornsey College of Arts and Crafts.
Large, now in his sixties, is rarely without his sketchbook. We follow him through the boatyards at Felixstowe and cannot but share his childlike enthusiasm and sense of wonder at what he sees - a myriad of shapes and colours
and textures, all there for him to draw. Visiting Cookham he recalls meeting his childhood hero, Stanley Spencer, some forty years previously and painting with him in the churchyard.
Charles Mapleston’s gentle and revealing portrait of Large allows us the rare opportunity of glancing over the artist’s shoulder and watching as he works from sketchbook to finished watercolour.
"His complex compositions, bursting with vitality and primary idiosyncratic colours, which ingeniously weave together the figurative and topographical, always delight. Here we have a painter who has fine-tuned his skills to give us paintings that are well balanced, always full of dramatic impact and frequently imbued with his quirky sense of humour. Large has developed a highly distinctive style that is intensely personal." Anthony J. Lester, Art Critic
To view work by George Large visit us at the gallery or online here: bit.ly/George-Large-Art
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8 авг 2014
