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Will Calver | New Paintings
23rdNovember to 13thDecember 2024
Will Calver | Jug, Halved Pear and Walnut | oil on panel
New Craftsman Gallery continue their association with rising young painter Will Calver, with a new collection that continues his exploration of the still life tradition. Painted solely from life, Will's figurative paintings aim to convey the ‘quietude and monumentality' of everyday objects, and pay homage to the medium and history of oil painting, while his recent move to working on panel has allowed for his painterly language to come to the fore, without the intermediate texture of a woven canvas surface. Inspired by the aesthetic of 17th century Dutch art, each work is created ‘alla-prima' and developed in three layers of paint, allowing the artist to find balance and precision in the expression of his subjects. As areas of darkness turn towards the light, Will's translucent, jewel-like pigments transition into the subtle impasto of illuminated forms and lend a very real physicality to the play of light.
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 very first solo exhibition at the New Craftsman Gallery. He has since exhibited at the London Academy of Representational Art, at Porthmeor Studios St Ives, at Mall Galleries London, where he received the Best Small Portrait Award from the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and in Massachusetts and Cape Cod in the United States.
Will Calver | Pears and Cast Iron | oil on panel
New Craftsman Gallery, 24 Fore St, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1HE.01736 795652 | info@newcraftsmanstives.com |www.newcraftsmanstives.com
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WILL CALVER Jug, Halved Pear & Walnut
WILL CALVER Pears and Cast Iron
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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