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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20250614
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/lady-lever-art-gallery-dawn-to-d
 usk-birds-by-jim-moir/
SUMMARY:Lady Lever Art Gallery: Lady Lever Art Gallery: Dawn to Dusk: Birds
  by Jim Moir
DESCRIPTION:Jim Moir is known for his characterful paintings of British bir
 ds\, around 45 of which will feature in this new exhibition\, including so
 me that have been created exclusively for display at the Lady Lever Art Ga
 llery.\nMany visitors will be familiar with Moir’s work following the su
 ccessful Sky Arts series\, Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir. This wi
 ll be the first time that the artist’s paintings have been displayed in 
 a national gallery\, with most works available for purchase.\nAlthough he 
 is known to many for his earlier comedic work under the stage name of Vic 
 Reeves\, art came first for Moir. "All I ever did as a child was paint"\, 
 he has claimed\, having produced art throughout his life.\nBorn in Leeds i
 n 1959\, Moir grew up in Darlington. The natural world was his playground 
 as a child. He and his friends would search for birds and their nests in h
 edgerows. After his father gifted him a set of very heavy binoculars from 
 the Second World War he became more interested in watching the birds from 
 afar.\nBoth of his parents were artistic - his mother a painter\, his fath
 er a woodturner. His childhood was steeped in the art world\, regularly at
 tending craft fairs and galleries with his parents. He achieved his first 
 taste of success at the age of ten\, winning a competition on a cornflakes
  box by painting a combine harvester. He would go on to study at the Sir J
 ohn Cass Art School in London.\n'Dawn to Dusk: Birds by Jim Moir celebrate
 s the artist's love of both birds and painting - a passion which is visibl
 e in every brushstroke\, along with his knowledge of each species. He stud
 ies each bird before painting it\, allowing him to capture their personali
 ty and quirks with his own unique blend of precision and wonder.\nFrom gar
 den birds to sea birds\, the exhibition celebrates the magic and majesty o
 f many of the UK’s most loved feathered friends\, inviting us to appreci
 ate their brilliance and importance through the beauty of paint.\n&nbsp\;\
 n\nImage © Pete Carr
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CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
LOCATION:Lady Lever Art Gallery\, Port Sunlight Village\, Wirral\, CH62 5EQ
 \, Wirral\, United Kingdom
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