Colin George Artist Painter Abstract South West Wales Fountain Fine Art Llandeilo Plymouth

Born and educated in South Wales (Msc, MPhil, CEng, Eur Ing, FIMat, FIMarEST)

1958 – 90 Commissioned Service in the Royal Navy

Solo Shows

1983, 85 Shore Gallery, Edinburgh

1987, 90 R N College, Plymouth

1994 Chapel Gallery, Saltram House, Plymouth (National Trust)

2003 ‘Gin Jazz’ Lydford, Devon (Sponsored by Plymouth Gin)

Mixed Shows

1997 – 1004 Fountain Fine Art, Llandeilo

1997 Wilde Contemporary Art, London

1997 British Council Exhibition, ‘Raum und Formkonzepte’, Vienna

1997 – 2000 Seymour Gallery, Totnes

1997 – 2001 Gallery at Architecture, Greenwich

1998 – 1999 Galerie Utraque Iungo, Vienna

1999 – 2002 Chapel Gallery, Plymouth

1998 – 2004 South West Open, Plymouth City Gallery

2002 – 2004 Cornerstone Gallery, St. Ives

2002 – 2004 Sterts Art Centre, Liskeard

2004 Artmill Gallery, Plymouth

Colin has been a member of the Plymouth Society of Artists since 1992.

Statement

My paintings are poetical abstractions of the natural beauty that surrounds us. They are arrived at by intuitive, improvisational methods and try to show something of the quiet mystery which often accompanies such beauty. Line, shape, texture and gentle colour are used to make visual statements distilled to an essence.

The titles are merely signposts to the paintings origins. The final meaning will depend upon the viewer’s perceptions as well as on my work. I expect my thoughts to be taken from me and translated into the language of the recipient’s imagination.