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Gordon Crosby Paintings 7th to 28th May 2006
Gordon Crosby, who was born in 1938, started out as a painter before discovering pottery during his time studying to become an art teacher at the Institute of Education in London in the 1950s. Most of his adult life has been spent teaching but after taking early retirement he was drawn to concentrate on his ceramics, which resulted in him exhibiting at the Harlequin Gallery, as well as at Galerie Besson. Gordon says that his current painting activity has evolved from the process of applying decoration to his pots. Initially this inspired him to produce small prints but, knowing Gordon as I do, it doesn’t surprise me that this quickly developed into large paintings that make up the work to be shown at the Harlequin. Although his pots and paintings both show a roughness and spontaneity of gesture, I believe that Gordon’s paintings have developed further, exploring paint in a way that the Abstract Expressionists did. Much of his work pursues his interest in the contrast between black and white but when colour is introduced the interpenetration of space and colour gives a sense of chromatic vibration as the black silhouette imposes itself on the other colour. Gordon has exhibited his pottery at the Harlequin Gallery in July 2001and March 2003 and also took part in the Mixed teabowl exhibition earlier this year. His first painting exhibition at the Harlequin will included the four paintings below and it is hoped that others will be added to this page towards the end of the week.
Acrylic and ink on paper 2006 Dimensions: 71.1cm by 91.4cm (28” by 36”)
Acrylic on paper. Dimensions: 27.9cm by 73.7cm (11” by 29”) Acrylic and ink on paper 2006. Dimensions: 71.1cm by 91.4cm (28” by 36”)
Acrylic on paper. Dimensions: 35.6cm by 55.9cm (14” by 22”)
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