Paul Wadsworth Biography
Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom, 1964
Stablished abstract expressionist british artist.
He studied art and desging in the Ipswich College of Arts, in Suffolk. In his first paintings, the nude body constitutes the main subject matter, later it was the landscape which gained importance in his work. The changes of the sea, along with its energy are important elements in his paintings.
He mainly works on the outdoors, in an attempt to "catch the moment", the wild nature that attracts us to those beautiful coastal towns, in the summer or the winter, with rain or sun.
His paintings are about emotions and feelings that the image is capable of evoke. The color, texture and the fast medium become the underlying factors of interpretation in his work.
Some of his work explore these ideas, through experimentation with the color gold and the image of sunflowers. The gold color implies a strong sense of suggestion. The historical implications, the decorative qualities that it possesses, its connections with alchemy, make it a difficult yet fascinating color.
The sunflowers, specially when torn and dry, contain many qualities that allow a continous relation with the image.
Selected Exhibitions:
2000 - Badcocks Gallery, Newlyn - Lemon St Gallery, Truro - Helston Museum Gallery - Creftow Gallery, Helston - Fish Pye Gallery, St Ives - Chase Arts Gallery, Wadebridge - Wise Owl Gallery, St Just - Market St Mews, Penryn - Open Studios South West 2000
1999 - Open Studios, Falmouth and Penryn - Creftow Gallery, Helston - Salt House Gallery, St Ives - Fish Pye Gallery, St Ives - Eclipse Gallery, Penzance - Barley Mow Centre, Chiswick - Market St Mews, Penryn - Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Falmouth.
1998 - Creftow Gallery, Helston - Market St Mews, Penryn - Open Studios, Falmouth and Penryn
1997 - Bridport Arts Centre
1994 - "Young Blood" consortium of artists, Suffolk
