Exhibition: CHRIS PROUT

You and your friends are invited to the Private View on THURSDAY 28th May from 5-8pm.  The exhibition will continue until 20th June

Welsh born, Chris was educated at Swansea school of art studying technical illustration and graphics. He has been involved in the creative industry for well over 20 years. He’s a skilled draughtsman but has always used a broad brush to express himself.  With extensive experience of working as an illustrator, visualiser and benefitting from national and international clients, Chris carved out a healthy professional career working in the disciplines of publishing, design and property.

Nowadays he paints bold expressive landscapes, seascapes and architecture. His award winning paintings are rich in colour, texture and are representational or semi abstract in nature. He enjoys being out of doors, walking the gentle hills of the Midlands or the soaring coastal footpaths of Wales and beyond. These experienced impressions energise his imagination and frequently appear in his work.

He regularly exhibits his paintings and his work hangs in many private collections throughout the UK and overseas. In recent years and since he has committed himself to painting full time he has received much praise and with notable success. Chris has a distinctive and original approach to his practice and chooses to present and build his own artwork and frames, thus offering the viewer a unique, immersive and personal experience of his work.

Chris draws, paints, scrapes, smudges and throws his paint from his home studio hidden away at a quiet nook in rural Northamptonshire. His painterly textured works are influenced by many things - music, architecture, people and of course other artists namely Whistler, Singer Sargent, Turner and, in recent years, Eardley, Tress and Kanevski. The subject matter is essentially selected from his emotional response to a topic. From a considered drawing, he works on paper, canvas or panel, pushing and pulling the paint, daubing, scratching and distressing the surface until he senses something magical emerge. He enjoys the sensuality of the paint, the surface he works on and most essentially the subject matter. His work is often prepared plein-air... walking, seeing, thinking and sketching are essential components of his work practice.  The finished artwork however is completed in his studio. 

Chris says: “In essence I wish my paintings to convey a sense of beauty, intrigue and place; something that can be enjoyed and lived with.  I therefore create my own interpretation of a world which I am delighted to share with you and hopefully leave you intrigued, captivated and not too perplexed!”