Press Release
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Colin Orchard | St Ives Observed
18thFebruary to 9thMarch 2023
Colin Orchard | Towards the Chapel | Oil on board
Showing at New Craftsman from 18th February to 9th March, painter Colin Orchard exhibits a new collection of work inspired by the iconic streets of St Ives. Colin is one of St Ives' most respected resident artists, known primarily as a painter of interior scenes and the landscapes of Cornwall, East Anglia and Italy. This exhibition is the second in his St Ives series and once again takes us through its winding cobbled lanes, capturing unique views and intimate lines of sight with the affection and familiarity of an artist who has lived in the town for more than 40 years.
Colin's early work was strongly influenced by the Post-Impressionist paintings of Walter Sickert and Edouard Vuillard, and accordingly Colin's paintings display an emphatic but impressionistic rendering of colour, light and shadow. His links to New Craftsman gallery are longstanding: in 2015 New Craftsman hosted Colin's celebratory 80th birthday exhibition and, in the spring of 2022, his very first collection of works inspired by the streets of St Ives. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions and at venues including Medici Galleries, Messum's, Walker Galleries, Ainscough and the New Grafton Gallery.
Colin Orchard | Court Cocking | Oil on board
New Craftsman Gallery, 24 Fore St, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1HE.01736 795652 | info@newcraftsmanstives.com |www.newcraftsmanstives.com
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COLIN ORCHARD Towards the Chapel
Editors Notes
New Craftsman St Ives
With an international reputation amongst art and craft collectors for its painting, sculpture and quality studio ceramics, the New Craftsman is regarded as one of the most important spaces for contemporary artists in St Ives. Founded in the mid-1960s by potter Janet Leach, it holds an unrivalled reputation as one of the country's leading art and craft venues. Today the gallery's annual programme of mixed and solo exhibitions continues to support the work of Cornwall's and the UK's very best painters and craftspeople.
New Craftsman Gallery, 24 Fore Street, St. Ives, Cornwall TR26 1HE | Tel: +44 (0)1736 795652 |info@newcraftsmanstives.com|www.newcraftsmanstives.com
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