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Alison Johnson continues to be one of the most successful artists on the contemporary art scene and the new collection Incandescent Skies promises to delight her devoted collectors.
Alison's atmospheric oil paintings are vibrant and seductive, and her craft is driven by a desire to encapsulate the atmosphere and emotion of a place.
With a nod to the Impressionist painters, her work has been likened to the great masters of our time and the Turner-esque overtones are apparent. Alison’s seascapes follow a long-standing tradition which have been modernized with a painterly contemporary styling.
She fuses the vastness of infinite skies, with power of light and the energy of water, to reveal abstract almost surreal renditions of the natural world.
The new editions demonstrate the diversity of Alison’s colour palette beautifully; from the fiery red skies of Kingdom of Dreams to the icy cool waters of Beyond the Horizon, each image is as ephemeral and evocative as the other and the sense of movement achieved through light, shade and balance is exceptional, regardless of hue. There is a sense of wonder to Alison’s work, providing a full sensory experience and an overriding sense of pure escapism.
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Our first exhibition of 2023 will be held on Friday 28th April 6-8 pm with Scott Tetlow!
This will be Scott's first appearance at Montague's Gallery and cannot wait to host the artist and his incredible portfolio of art which embodies celebrities, figures and his iconic chimp family in all their guises and with their individual personalities!
Each chimp has its own character and whilst there is a message in each work, ultimately, they mean whatever the viewer interprets them to mean.
There are a multitude of characters in his repertoire, some chimps are satirical, taking themselves or 'objects' too seriously, some are nostalgic and remind us of previous times, whilst others are just fun, and cheer us up with a saying that means something to us!
Scott's range of portraiture features film and music legends of the 20th century. Capturing their iconic poses at the pinnacle of their fame, these are the perfect tribute to your favourite musician or film star.
The way in which Scott's portraiture captures the essence of this chosen subject sets him apart from his contemporaries. In a world where there is a real love of the icon, he brings a level of confidence and skill that is second to none.
There is a dynamism and spontaneity to his technique that creates a uniqueness, that is both amazingly accurate and instantly recognisable, and an illustration of the strength of Scott's raw talent.
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Born in California, Aiden began to develop his aesthetic approach from an early age. He has always had a keen eye for detail, grounded in a gift for looking closely at the human experience. “I’ve always been interested in observing people,” he recalls, “and in the details of how we interact with one another.” From his mother, an artist and graphic designer, he learned the fundamentals of composition and typography, the nuances of positive and negative space and the relationships between them. Using sheets of Letraset, proved particularly instrumental in developing a methodology for layering and collage, which continue to inform his works on canvas and paper.
Drawing has always been central to his approach. He studied vintage anatomy atlases and drew meticulously in his journals, working through myriad permutations of bones and skin, angle and pose, muscles in motion. He arrived at an understanding of the figure that is both intuitive and virtuosic. On acrylic and mixed media on canvas, Kringen lays down linework with a Micron pen in ever-more-complex compositions, often with the addition of gloss mediums to bring out the layers’ reflectivity and prismatic character. In some pieces he incorporates gold and silver leaf to heighten drama and luxuriance, recalling the mosaic-like work of Gustav Klimt and influence of Expressionist Egon Schiele.
Aiden’s signature technique fuses drawing and painting, line and brushstroke, with fragmented shapes underpinning the imagery. His hypersensitivity to likeness and gesture is key, for this is what distinguishes his portraits from those by artists who strive to depict idealized beauty as the main objective. Yes, there is an undeniable beauty to Kringen’s subjects, but it does not follow strictly conventional paradigms. He is not painting archetypes, but rather illuminating the essential characters of real people in a highly refined genre of psychological portraiture.
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