Giles Whitehead
Art Forms
Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture
Exhibition and News
Giles currently has work exhibited at Greenfinch Ticehurst and the white studios, West Malling.
Biography
Born in 1970, Giles Whitehead grew up on a farm in Tenterden, Kent. The farm and the countryside have always influenced his work, as a child he spent many hours watching his dad turn table legs or spoons on an old Victorian lathe. This initiated Giles’ passion for working with wood, and he would often be found sketching around the farm. Giles’ interest in art continued through school and to further education when he studied at The Kent Institute of Art and Design. He spent twenty years as a teacher and winning numerous awards for his innovative techniques. He now works full time as an artist, regularly exhibiting his paintings and sculptures around Kent. His work often has a sense of narrative and alludes to history.
“My images come from observations, memories and imagination. I want to create a sense of place, a moment in time, a small, visual story that has clarity, but also areas for interpretation. I often work from rough sketches using acrylic paint on textured wooden surfaces, allowing the paint to make up its own mind, responding intuitively and allowing the image to reveal itself.
I frequently work in collections, feeling that a group of images and objects is often greater than the sum of its parts. I prefer the subtlety of small interactions over the dramatic – I might emphasise the drama of buildings with steep angles, but then grace them with the occasional small event like a cat treading in a wet clay roof tile. I will focus on a theme, beginning with a time and place, using a distinctive palette. These colours may come from my distilled memory of a place, such as red ochre brickwork or green copper Verdigris. I want my art to give a sense of heritage and history, my exhibitions having the feel of a local museum crowded with paintings and artifacts, making a curious and evocative space to explore.”
Contact
email: gileswhitehead@yahoo.co.uk
mobile: 07741514155
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