Colourful Moorland

Spontaneous and colourful new landscape

Gareth Buxton - Artist Newsletter - April 2009

Gareth Buxton - Artist Newsletter 
April 2009

Stormy Weather

I really enjoy this time of year.  There is enough light now for some breathtaking cloud patterns but also stormy skies and fast moving winds to keep the landscape constantly changing. Managed to capture this wonderful moment the other day as a storm passed over Allestree/Kedleston area late afternoon.  This pattern of clouds didn't last long and I waited until the sun came through before snapping this one. The photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson called this the "decisive moment"

Don't forget - Masham Gallery Exhibition - Four Seasons in One Day 
Next exhibition - April 17th - May 24th 2009. 
Masham Gallery website at http://www.mashamgallery.co.uk/index.html . 

Website Update

I have updated my web site at http://garbleart.co.uk/

I decided on a simple clean one page approach which should load up quickly.  The new page has all the essential info and a grid with previews of nine of my paintings, clicking on this leads through to Minigallery for more information

Mad March Painting!

March has been a busy month as I am madly producing many paintings in anticipation of selecting the best for upcoming shows.  Below are a few samples of what I am working on.

Stanage Edge

Moorland Vista #15

Mist Over Carsington #2

Twilight Near Buxton

Mist over Carsington

Doodles

Doodling has always been a compulsive habit for me.  This year I decided to do a doodle a day, here's 3rd March!

Tweets from March

As you know I am a Tweeter and my Twitter my ID is garbleart (http://twitter.com/garbleart)

Here is a selection of tweets from March

• Reading Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. On page 22 - only another 898 pages go!
  
• Finishing two fleshy sculptures whilst listening to st germain. Not the legendary immortal occult figure but the house/nu jazz musician;-)
  
• Listening to 'Black Celebration', Depeche Mode. Love the sinster noises @ start of title track. Superb album even after all these years.
  
• Today is Ada Lovelace day. She was the world's first programmer. She didn't drink Jolt cola or keep a selection of pens in her top pocket
  
• In the studio painting. Listening to 'telepopmusic - angel milk' . Window open spring air. Lovely.
  
• Trilogy Meter by Dan Meth. Graphical comparison of movies and their sequels. Certainly agree with the Matrix one.http://tinyurl.com/bnn8gy
  
• Joke: 'three fonts go into bar, the barman says sorry we don't serve your type here' ;-)
  
• Chilli. Red wine. Bread and butter pudding. Zombie massacre via house of the dead. Got to stay awake!!
  

Regards

Gareth

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Triptych: Peak District Moorland

This is my first ever Triptych.  getting the three paintings to match up was quite a challenge but I was pleased with the result.

Winter Moon over Curbar Edge

Latest painting, I resisted the temptation to over develop this one and it took a surprisingly short time to finish, as always the moon was the hardest, its the edges! And it has to be sort of circular :-)

Moors and Moonlight Exhibition - Photos

Moors and Moonlight runs until 5th October
This exhibition runs until 5th October at Derwent Gallery in Grindleford (www.derwentgallery.com). This is my biggest exhibition to date and I will be showing over 20 new paintings. Some of the paintings in the Derbyshire Life article will be featured in the exhibition.

Derbyshire Life: Article

The September Issue of Derbyshire Life includes a four page article interview and pics of my paintings. Ashley Franklin and the team have done a great job on producing a superb article, the choice of pictures is great and I'm pleased to say that he went for the dark ones :-) In newsagents now £2.40 article on page 152. Low res pics below.

Moorland by Moonlight

Moorland by Moonlight
48 x 30 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
2007

Deep edge box canvas £750.00 available now

Large scale painting (30x40 inch that is 75x120cm)

Dramatic Moorland by moonlight, inspired by my the local Peak District but captures the spirit of moorland by night everywhere. I am drawn to moonlight walks and these inspire expressionist paintings such as this.

This is my largest painting to date and I will be offering this to a gallery mid January 2008

Want to see it in a real gallery? I am happy to arrange viewing and sale through one of my established Derbyshire galleries. Contact me for details. I hope you take this opportunity to own the first of my large canvases.

Moorland Painting - Commission/Present

This week I been working on a landscape painting for my sister inlaw. I offered her a painting for her recent birthday and she wanted one that represented the local landscape. She gave me some rock samples from her favourite place, described how she liked the place at dusk when the moon has a halo of light. So I took this and put through the buxton-landscape-filter! Here's the result. I am pleased with the effect. I will be taking around to her tomorrow. Hope she doesn't read this and see it before the unveiling!

Derbyshire Life - Artist of the Year: Vote Buxton!

The finalists exhibition of "Derbyshire Life - Artist of the Year" is now open and you can vote between now and the third week in October in person at the gallery, which is open as follows;

Saturday 10 to 5
Sunday 11 to 4.

Gallery-S, 22 Matlock Green, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3BT, UK Tel: 01629580011

Many thanks to Sal Edwards from the University of Derby for taking such great photos, which will be used for a feature in the University of Derby magazine "Connected"

Vote Buxton!