One of the nice aspects of
Home Is Where The Art Is is the opportunity to see existing art in the homes of the client art collectors - especially when you've never seen their artwork before.
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(I come from the North West - and spent seven years travelling in and out of Manchester by train to go to School - hence my interest)
I don't have a clue who the art collectors are - but they've got an impressive art collection in terms of the calibre of these northern artists. Some of whom have already had a mention on this blog
The Copyright Artists
The artists are - in alphabetical order:
- Taro Chiezo
- Reg Gardner
- Russel Howarth (it's not mispelt)
- Tony Noble
- Emma Rogers
- William Selby
- Stuart Walton
All but one of them were born in the north and all still have some sort of connection with the north. Here's a bit about each of them. A link to their website (if they have one) is embedded in their name. Most have their work sold through art galleries.
Taro Chiezo (1962-present)
Taro Chiezo is a Japanese artist based in Manhattan.
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1962, he studed art in New York.
His works include Super Lambanana, a sculpture in Liverpool, England. He's exhibited his work in solo and group exhibitions all over the world and his work is in several public collections.
A small version of the Super Lambanana was seen in the show.
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Super Lambanana (1998)
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A replica of the 17ft (5.2m) high Superlambanana sculpture is to be created in Liverpool after six months of negotiations saw permission given.
The popular Merseyside artwork will then go on public display for the next 80 years.
The current version was limited to a 10-year display licence and will be handed back to its creator, Japanese artist Taro Chiezo.
Superlambanana proved popular in Liverpool last year when the Go Superlambananas Parade saw 119 scaled-down models hit the city for 10 weeks in the summer and was hailed as one of the key highlights of the Capital of Culture celebrations. The models were eventually auctioned and raised £600,000 in one night for a Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal. BBC Merseyside 2009
Reg Gardner (1948-present)
Reg Gardner is a British Postwar & Contemporary painter. His artwork reflects the urban landscape of the North West, capturing the homely yet industrial feelings of Manchester and Stockport
- born in Prestwich in 1948 to a working class family but spent his formative years in Ardwick.
- age 12 he won his first art competition in the Manchester Evening News.
- At the age of 14 he won a scholarship to the HIgh School of Art in Manchester.
- He has painted professionally since his first exhibition in the Colin Jellicoe Gallery in Manchester in 1969.
- Between 1973 and 1980 he mounted several one-man shows in venues like Stockport Art Gallery, Rivington Great House, The Barbican and the National Theatre in London.
- He sells his work through art galleries.
- His work also sells in auctions - consistently above mid-estimate
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| extract from Invaluable site re works sold at auction |
Russel Howarth (1927-present)
Russel Howarth has perhaps been the most geographically dedicated painter in the north of England over the past century. His 70-year commitment of unwavering effort to draw and paint the Saddleworth area of Oldham must be regarded as a great artistic compulsion.
- 1927 - born on 28 May 1927 in Glodwick, Oldham
- 1937 - moved to Waterhead, Oldham - in a house he has lived in ever since, living with his parents until they died in 1975
- 1941 - left school (age 14) and became an apprentice toolmaker
- studied at night school to achieve various qualifications and skills.
- after the war began working for Platt Brothers, a huge textile machinery manufacturer in Werneth. His draftsmanship and technical skills meant he worked in the drawing office
- late 1940s Russel took some evening watercolour classes
- began painting scenes of Saddleworth after work and at the weekends (he never married)
- 1951 joined The Saddleworth Group of Artists
- 1961 - became a member of the Saddleworth group of Artists
- 1980 - retired from being an engineer
- He also taught pottery for 30 years until.....
- 1992 - retired age 65.
- 2017 Russel Howarth - Saddleworth in a Lifetime - Retrospective Exhibition - Saddleworth Museum and Gallery - 7th April - 8th May 2017
- He's still painting.....
His subject is the rugged landscape of The Pennines in general and Saddleworth in particular - for 70+ years. His artwork is painted in oils on boards - in very muted tones - using predominantly earth colours. Like LS Lowry, he maintained a full time job and painted in evenings and at weekends
For thirty years he taught art part time, and exhibited his own work with various one man shows and at numerous exhibitions, including the Royal Society of British Artists, Uppermill Gallery and Tib Lane Gallery, Manchester.
His work is now increasingly sought after.
I was very impressed with this painter - which is slightly odd as I usually like more colour in paintings. However his compositions are fabulous and he draws you into the landscape. I'm not of the Pennines but I know them well enough to know that he is capturing them perfectly. He may be older than my mother but his work has a contemporary edge - perhaps because of skills as a draughtsman?
Tony Noble
Tony Noble is an artist living & working in Batley, West Yorkshire. He graduated with a BA (Hons) in fine art from Loughborough College of Art. He used to work as a primary school teacher but has been a full time professional artist since 2008.
He has an EXTREMELY impressive track record of exhibiting in national open exhibitions and art competitions - I've seen few as good - including The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (2015, 2016, 2019) ; The John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition(2014); The BP Portrait Award Exhibition, The National Portrait Gallery (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013); The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013); The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition (2010 (winner of The Meynell Fenton Prize), 2011, 2013, 2014); The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition, (2013, 2019); The Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Exhibition, ( 2011); The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition (2009, 2010, 2019) and The Royal Society of British Artists Exhibition (2011).
The couple in the episode had a LOT of this artists paintings
When I like a painter's work I always look back to see if I have identified him before as producing good work - and lo and behold there he was
