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SUMMARY:ArtHouse Gallery: Southport Contemporary Arts: Neil Prior
DESCRIPTION:Man’s Best friend becomes a Work of Art\n\nAinsdale portrait 
 artist\, Neil Prior\, will be whetting the discerning local art aficionado
 s’ appetite with a taster of his forthcoming one-man show\, scheduled fo
 r later in the year\, by a display at Southport Contemporary Arts during J
 anuary of his realistic pet portraits. Neil recently moved into the area w
 ith his wife\, Martha and their two Bedlington Terriers\, Bruce and Herber
 t\, who equally stepped into the limelight by making local news in 2017 du
 e to eating palm oil that had washed up on Ainsdale Beach from the Maltese
  ship\, Kimya\, that capsized nearly 30 years previously after storms disl
 odged its toxic cargo. (see photo attached)\n\nHaving retired from full se
 rvice as a police officer with the Leicestershire constabulary in 2018\, N
 eil has now finally swapped his truncheon for his paintbrush\, and switche
 d his life-long love of oil painting into a professional business as a ful
 l-time Dog Portrait artist.\n\nUnbelievably\, Neil only began painting in 
 2008\, after attending a one day workshop on how to paint in the Bob Ross 
 Wet-on-Wet Oil Painting technique facilitated by Jayne Good which he quick
 ly followed up with a further weekend course with professional Fine Artist
 \, Mike Skidmore.\n\nDuring the next decade\, Neil developed his own perso
 nal style and techiques with oils\, resulting in two solo exhibitions in 2
 017 and 2018 back in Hinckley\, Leicestershire. His life-like portrait of 
 ‘Kinta the Tiger’\, which is currently on display at The Barrel House 
 in Birkdale Village\, admirably shows his impressive skill in articulating
  the animal form in oils.\n\n“During my first solo exhibition in June 20
 17\, I completed the portrait of the Malaysian Tiger and entitled it KINTA
 \, which was an anagram of the exhibition venue (ATKIN’S BUILDING) and j
 ust happened to be the name of the river that runs through Malaysia where 
 these beautiful animals are from.” (see photos attached)\n\nNeil always 
 enjoys pushing his painting skills to the limit to achieve as realistic an
  interpretation to as possible. He invariably begins by painting the eyes 
 of his subject believing that this then aids him building up and completin
 g a more realistic representation: “I believe painting the eyes early on
  gives me a better understanding and feeling of the subject\, almost a per
 sonal empathy with the animal.“\n\nA selection of Neil’s hand painted 
 dog portraits can currently be viewed from 7th January - 1st February at S
 CA/ArtHouse\, 65 Eastbank Street (Tues thro Fri 10.00 – 15.00 and Sat 11
 .00 – 16.00) prior to his third solo exhibition (“Just in Oils 3”) w
 hich will also run at SCA from 21st July - 2nd August later this year\n\nI
 f you’re looking for affordable art don’t hesitate – these are all g
 enuine one-offs\, and once they’re gone – believe me\, they’re gone.
  WufWuf !
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LOCATION:ArtHouse Gallery\, 65 Eastbank Street\, Southport\, Sefton\, PR81E
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