Press Release
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Will Calver | New Paintings
11thto 28thMarch 2023
Will Calver | Cooking Apples in a Moroccan Bowl
New Craftsman Gallery is pleased to present the latest collection in young painter Will Calver's rapidly ascending career. Will's new exhibition comprises fifteen beautiful paintings, each an investigation of simple, everyday subjects from his home, garden, and the rural world in which his studio is set. Painting ‘alla-prima' from life is a process which draws him in to a close relationship with his subjects, each of which contains elements of what he refers to as "quietude, monumentality and presence". His works aim to highlight the subtle power and radiance of simple objects, and to celebrate the genre and history of still-life painting.
Will graduated with a BA Hons in Fine Art from Falmouth University in 2019, and now paints full time at his studio in rural Kent. After graduating, Will held his first solo exhibition at the New Craftsman Gallery, and has since exhibited at the London Academy of Representational Art, at Porthmeor Studios St Ives, and at Mall Galleries London where he received the Best Small Portrait Award from the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
Will Calver | Paper Crane and Pebble
New Craftsman Gallery, 24 Fore St, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1HE.01736 795652 | info@newcraftsmanstives.com |www.newcraftsmanstives.com
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Print Ready 300dpi images for press use:
WILL CALVER Cooking Apples in a Moroccan Bowl
WILL CALVER Paper Crane and Pebble
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
For further press information or additional images contact Mercedes Smith at Fine Art Communications director@fineartcommunications.co.uk / Tel 07825 270235 / www.fineartcommunications.co.uk
