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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20210824
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20210912
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/arthouse-gallery-portraiture-in-
 oils-by-neil-prior/
SUMMARY:ArtHouse Gallery: ArtHouse Gallery: Portraiture in Oils by Neil Pri
 or
DESCRIPTION:PORTRAITURE IN OILS by Neil Prior\nVenue: ArtHouse Gallery\nD
 ates: 24/08/2021 – 11/09/2021\nTimes: Tues - Fri 10.00 – 15.00 + Sat
  11.00 16.00\nNeil Prior\, a professional portrait artist now living in So
 uthport after retiring in 2018 as a police officer with the Leicestershire
  Constabulary\, will be bringing together a large collection of his origin
 al oil paintings in a 3-week retrospective at The ArtHouse in Southport.\n
 What wildlife artist\, David Shepherd was to elephants\, Neil has certainl
 y proved his own worth with his life-like portraiture of domestic pets.\nN
 eil found that his move up North two years ago has been fruitful in the la
 rge number of commissions he has completed of dogs and cats in oils and th
 ese\, along with other portraits of wild animals\, will be available to vi
 ew and purchase in the new exhibition of over 30 paintings.\nNeil original
 ly started painting in 2008 following a one-day workshop on ‘How to Pai
 nt like Bob Ross’ facilitated by Jayne Goode using the wet-on-wet techn
 ique. He followed this up with a weekend course with professional artist M
 ike Skidmore on Fine Art technique and has since expanded those ‘newly
 ’ acquired skills for over a decade to develop his own signature port
 raiture style.\nFrom his days back in Hinckley\, Neil has always been keen
  to share his talent. At his first solo exhibition he demonstrated his oil
  painting skills by painting a portrait of ‘Kinta the Tiger’ live du
 ring the show.\n“During my first solo exhibition in June 2017\, I comple
 ted the portrait of the Malaysian Tiger and entitled it KINTA\, which was 
 an anagram of the exhibition venue (ATKIN’S BUILDING) and just happened 
 to be the name of the river that runs through Malaysia where these beautif
 ul animals are from.”\nNeil still continues to enjoy painting both anima
 l and human portraiture. Using the skills he has acquired over the years h
 e always aims to achieve as realistic a look to his subject as possible. N
 eil is a firm believer that capturing the eyes of his subject is key to ma
 intaining and completing a more realistic composition: “I believe paint
 ing the eyes early on gives me a better understanding and feeling of the s
 ubject\, almost an empathy“.\nOver the years Neil’s gregarious attitud
 e to art has seen him expand his repertoire across a diverse range of subj
 ects. He now balances his pet portraiture with copies of Old Masters and e
 xamples will be on display at the new exhibition\, including Vermeer's ‘
 Girl with the Pearl Earring’ and Caravaggio's ‘Bacchus’.\nDuring th
 e exhibition\, Neil's works will be available to purchase both in original
  format and/or order in giclée print format.\nPORTRAITURE IN OILS will r
 un from 24th August – 11th September at SCA/ArtHouse\, 65 Eastbank Str
 eet (Tues thro Fri 10.00 – 15.00 and Sat 11.00 16.00). In line with Gov
 ernment advice\, the SCA team have introduced strict measures to keep visi
 tors to the Gallery as safe as possible: There will be a policy of 2 visit
 ors at a time\, with social distancing once inside\, and hand sanitize dis
 pensers at the door to use on arrival.\nMore of Neil’s work is available
  to view on Facebook via Neil Prior Artist and at neilprior.com.
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LOCATION:ArtHouse Gallery\, 65 Eastbank Street\, Southport\, Sefton\, PR81E
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