FIVE showcases the work of five fine art painters from across the Liverpool city region and North West of England. The featured artists utilise different painting styles and techniques to explore their individual themes.
Alun Roberts is inspired by the effect of light on the subject, capturing a unique mood in each of his paintings.
Tony O’Connell creates work exploring themes of grief or loss, and combines modern and ancient images from art history; reimagining them anew.
Natalie Gilmore works with layers of acrylic to represent the shapes, colours and textures from focal areas within a larger landscape.
Paul Gatenby developed from urban sketching to painting forgotten corners of the city that are imbued with a sense of poetic tragedy. He also paints people, portraying the real personalities of his sitters.
Sophie Elsden creates a visual description of her surroundings and an expression of herself. Utilising the flexibility of paint to make emotional self portraits, capturing particular moments.
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Rodger Owen will be exhibiting a selection of his oil and watercolour paintings in the Entrance Gallery, as a compliment to the main exhibition.