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1993 - 1996
Lancaster University
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Event: Witherslack Artists and Makers Group
Dates: Sept. 23, 2023 - Oct. 8, 2023
A prestigious annual show of various artists and makers in the Old School Room of Barwick Hall in Witherslack, Cumbria
Event: Summer Exhibition 2023
Dates: July 29, 2023 - Sept. 6, 2023
A prestigious annual summer exhibition in Grasmere
Event: Summer Exhibition
Dates: June 9, 2023 - July 22, 2023
A summer exhibition of various artists working in, around or with paintings primarily of Scotland
Event: Land & Sea
Dates: Jan. 26, 2023 - March 11, 2023
A group showing of recent Scottish paintings
Event: A Spring Showing of Contemporary Paintings
Dates: March 19, 2022 - April 23, 2022
A group show of various prestigious still life and landscape painters - including a new series of oils featuring the Cumbrian Coast by Ben McLeod
Event: Summer Exhibition 2021
Dates: Sept. 18, 2021 - Nov. 21, 2021
A prestigious annual summer exhibition in Grasmere - with the exception of this year which was held at Rheged near Penrith
Event: Fresh Air and Open Skies
Dates: Oct. 17, 2020 - Nov. 7, 2020
Paintings of Coastal Cumbria and the Hebrides
Event: Summer Exhibition 2019
Dates: July 27, 2019 - Sept. 4, 2019
A prestigious annual summer exhibition in Grasmere
Event: C-Art
Dates: Sept. 10, 2016 - Sept. 25, 2016
An OPEN STUDIOS event across the whole of Cumbria
Event: Art in the Bar
Dates: April 15, 2016 - July 10, 2016
A solo show of paintings in the downstairs area of the Arts Centre
Event: Storey Institute (alumni guest)
Dates: April 20, 2015 - April 25, 2015
A display of recent Fine Art graduates work
Event: Open Up North
Dates: May 31, 2014 - July 27, 2014
A competition and judged show of mainly northern based artists
Event: Art in Theatre
Dates: April 7, 2014 - May 3, 2014
A series of solo shows of paintings and work from various artists working in different media
Event: Between the Tides
Dates: April 19, 2013 - May 18, 2013
An exhibition of paintings by Ben McLeod - a return to his fine art roots with a series of paintings of the area around the Kent Estuary and Morecambe Bay
Event: Brewery Mixed Show
Dates: May 1, 2009 - May 31, 2009
A mixed show of work of Cumbrian artists
Biography
I often compose my paintings with thick, textured paint - loosely applied. I wish to convey a sense of place, and the physical process of mark-making I employ is an engagement with the environment around me. After sketches and photographs used as reference I prefer to paint and draw quickly and instinctively. My work is a visual diary, a desire to capture a sense of the vitality and living quality of the landscape around me - a response to knowing what it is like to be in the landscape - a personal response to seeing and feeling the effects of the light and weather.
My art is not a complete rejection of Modernist ideology from my undergraduate studies, but essentially I paint because I want to paint. The formal qualities of my painting and drawing is important - an aesthetic in response to the aesthetic of the environment around me.
