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Event: The Benenden Art Show
Dates: 6 Apr 2019 - 7 Apr 2019
Group show organised by Grierson Galleries
Event: Benenden Art Exhibition
Dates: 14 Apr 2018 - 15 Apr 2018
Group show at Benenden Village Hall, Kent, England organised by Grierson Galleries. More details at http://griersongalleries.com/events-and-exhibitions/#april-art-show
Event: South East Open Studios
Dates: 9 Jun 2017 - 25 Jun 2017
In June 2017 I will be exhibiting along with four other artists at Ballards End, Goudhurst, Kent as part of The South East Open Studios scheme.
For further details please see http://www.seos-art.org/brian-hanson/
Event: The Cranbrook Art Show
Dates: 12 Nov 2015 - 14 Nov 2015
The Cranbrook Art Show 2015
The Vestry Hall, Stone Street, Cranbrook, TN17 3HA
Thursday 12 November - 10am to 8pm
Friday 13 November - 10am to 5pm
Saturday 14 November- 10am to 5pm
Entrance is free
For further details please see www.cranbrookartshow.org.uk
Event: The September Art Exhibition
Dates: 5 Sep 2014 - 14 Sep 2014
The September Art Exhibition, Wadhurst, East Sussex was established in 1996. From modest beginnings the show has grown to become an important and eagerly awaited event in the art year. Operating on a non-profit making basis the exhibition is open to all and was established by artists seeking to create an accessible and varied show, it achieves high visitor numbers and has an excellent reputation with consistently strong sales. It is a friendly, professional and enjoyable event.
www.septemberart.org
Biography
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I paint landscapes of places visited, Sussex Downs, Rural France, Greek Islands - and I also paint the landscapes of an ever evolving imaginary world.
The paintings in my “Postcard From Oputia” series are in oils on board – using this robust surface makes it easier to scrape back layers of paint to edit and amend, allowing semi - random combinations of tone, colour and line to suggest new and sometimes surprising directions. These paintings are an exploration of a Utopian imaginary world, not only the scenery but an investigation of the culture, mores and sometimes whimsical notions of the Oputians. The default title of “Postcard From Oputia: xxxx” gives me the freedom to explore every aspect of the imagined; by turns surreal, disingenuous, naive or comic, but rooted in classic techniques and vocabularies of landscape painting, referencing themes of exploration and illustration from the past.
Exhibitions include:
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Fulham Palace Art Fair
The September Art Exhibition
Pure Arts Group
Avery Contemporary Art
Society Graphic Fine Art
Parallax 2
Llewellyn Alexander Gallery
The Spa Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
South East Open Studios
Cranbrook Art Exhibition
Saffron Gallery, Battle
Prelude, Spitalfields, London
Tunbridge Wells Art Gallery
Canterbury Art Festival
Maidstone County Gallery
Hertfordshire Art Fair
Prizewinner at Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust Exhibition
Selected for "artist magazine" national show, Patchings, Nottinghamshire
Paintings featured in "Oil Painting Workshop" by Aggy Boshoff, published by Dorling Kindersley - demonstrating technique of aerial perspective and impasto styles.
I learnt most about painting from life classes tutored by Laurie Rabson - a very skilled artist and an inspirational teacher who had been at The RA Schools soon after the war and had been a tutor at Croydon College of Art. After Laurie retired from formal teaching I continued to study with him privately and to learn much from his approach and way of seeing. I now continually rehearse my drawing skills, particularly with a portrait artist group - a loose association of artists who meet on a weekly basis to practice painting and drawing and who occasionally exhibit together in South East Open Studios.
On leaving school the plan was to go on to art school but I got diverted and spent 20 odd years playing the drums and keyboards in jazz and rock bands, touring, recording, writing. I played in the UK, Europe and around the world. I recorded an album with jazz/rock group Catapilla, wrote songs and produced and recorded music.
I am still writing and recording music, and am struck by the synergies between painting and music making – how we use the same words such as composition, harmony, tone and colour. Painting and music, music and painting. I’m happy.
