The Artist Iain Gardiner
The Artist Iain Gardiner Iain was born in England on the 14th February 1969 but educated in South Africa, where he gained a Diploma in graphic design from the University of Cape Town. He initially worked at Saatchi & Saatchi advertising before moving on to other high profile agencies as an Art Director. After working for over 12 years in advertising and winning numerous awards Iain decided to concentrate on his other passion,...
The Artist Lachlan Matthews
Lachlan Matthews works in oils, ceramics, bone, wood, metal, cement, resins and other media. Art is fantastical to me, an imperfect way of communication. Somehow real, a view of the matrix of life, but maybe only in your head – one of the mental mutants that make us human. Bones have always fascinated me. The skeleton is natures architecture of a living being and in the same way that one gets bad architecture and good so I see...
Talented artist to be showcased at Fig Tree
The Fig Tree restaurant in Penarth has selected the work of Therese James, a full-time artist of the ‘Naive School’ to be exhibited at the restaurant. South Wales-born Therese has been painting since 1993, and her work can be seen in galleries throughout the UK, and her work is also in collections as far afield as America, New Zealand and Hong Kong. “The Fig Tree is a lovely light space, and will suit Therese’s appealing, colourful...
Lucy Phelan
‘Stories, fables and tails’ at The Tipperary Excel Centre in August is my first solo show and I am very excited at the prospect of seeing ALL the pieces hang together for the very first time. It has been an exciting journey, sometimes peppered with panic and the odd low moment of frustration and doubt. My work deals with story telling. I make big storybook pages, often involving text. I am influenced by icons and altar-panels. I work...
Lucian Freud dies at 88
Tributes have been paid to the British artist, Lucian Freud, who has died at his home in London at the age of 88. A grandson of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, he was born in Berlin in 1922 and moved with his family to England in the early 1930s to escape Nazi persecution. The Tate Gallery said his early paintings redefined British art and his later works stand comparison with the great figurative painters of any period....