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Colin Orchard RBA at 80

10 to 31 October 2015 

Midday Sunlight, Venice | Oil on Board

In celebration of the artist’s 80th year, New Craftsman presents an exhibition of work by Colin Orchard RBA, one of Cornwall’s most respected painters.

This new collection of 40 oil on board works takes the artist back to some of his favourite subjects, including landscapes of Cornwall, and of his travels to Suffolk, Venice and Tuscany, along with a series of his distinctive fictional subjects in fictional interiors. Drawn from both observation and snatches of remembered scenes his powerfully composed, square format paintings are strongly figurative, but also embrace areas of deliberate abstraction and strong, unmoderated brush marks. Exuding an air of late 19^th Century painting in form and palette, Orchard’s subjects are in fact highly contemporary and the paradox of early modern style and 21^st century subject give his paintings a uniquely appealing quality.

Colin Orchard is a member of the Royal Society of British Artists. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions and galleries including David Messum, Medici, Walker Galleries, Ainscough and New Grafton. He was elected a member of the RBA in 2007 upon winning the Artist Award at their exhibition that same year.

This exhibition will be accompanied by a collection of pieces by jeweller and metalsmith Cornelius Jakob van Dop.