Illustrated Works

George Thompson

West Kirby, Wirral, United Kingdom

My paintings range between the representational and completely abstract. With the more abstract paintings a subject isn't always apparent until the end, and not always even then. Recognisable features, very often, only appear by accident or by good fortune. The starting off point for my abstract painting can be almost anything, a newspaper cutting, a still life, a letter of the alphabet, anything that gives me the basic shape, which I can develop. My representational paintings are usually landscapes or still life, and I generally use a canvas board for these. For more experimental work I use hardboard with a gesso base, or even off cuts of mount board and textured melamine.

Works Exhibited

• The Crypt (former Mariners) Gallery, 2012:
  • Cat No 79: "Morning Sunlight, Venice" 60x71cms
  • Cat No 80: "Tuscany Hills from Casteltina Road" 62x71cms
  • Cat No 81: "Flower Market, Nice" 65x73cms
  • Cat No 82: "Garden at Montecatini" 58x71cms
    Prizewinner: GLOBAL ART SUPPLIES AWARD
  • Cat No 83: "Golden Gate, Cordona, Spain" 64x46cms
  • Cat No 84: "St. Ives Beach" 54x66cms
• The Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, 2011:
  • Cat No 96: "Tea Shop" 50x52cms
• The Crypt (former Mariners) Gallery, 2010:
  • Cat No 91: "Breakfast in Bed" 66 x 53 cms
  • Cat No 93: "Gateway, Carmona, Spain (Illustrated)" 61 x 51 cms
  • Cat No 94: "River Dee (Illustrated)" 66 x 56 cms
  • Cat No 95: "Morning Sunlight, Venice" 66 x 56 cms
  • Cat No 96: "Trafalgar Square" 76 x 61 cms
• View Two Gallery Liverpool, 2009:
  • Cat No 72: "Beach at New Brighton" 28 x 23
  • Cat No 73: "St. Gimignano, Tuscany" 23 x 23
    Prizewinner: DALER-ROWNEY AWARD 2009
  • Cat No 74: "Boats at Dubrovnik" 31 x 26
  • Cat No 75: "Venice Street" 23 x 28
  • Cat No 76: "Venice Market" 20 x 21
  • Cat No 77: "Shotwick Village, Wirral" 23 x 20
• The Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, 2004:
  • Cat No 157: "Epidemic" 46.5 x 46.5cms
  • Cat No 158: "Picnic" 61 x 50.8cms
  • Cat No 159: "Venice, Canal" 46.5 x 35.6cms
  • Cat No 160: "San Gimignano" 61 x 50.8cms
  • Cat No 161: "Red Kettle" 58.4 x 55.9cms
  • Cat No 162: "The Beach"
• The Crypt (former Mariners) Gallery, 2003:
  • Cat No 60: "Street Market" 36 x 46cms
  • Cat No 61: "Café Orchestra"
  • Cat No 62: "Dingle Peninsula"
• The Crypt (former Mariners) Gallery, 2002:
  • Cat No 53: "Still Life with Summer Flowers" 54.7 x 54.7cms
  • Cat No 54: "Still Life with Teacup" 54.7 x 54.7cms
  • Cat No 55: "Still Life with Flowers and Fruit" 52.1 x 43.2cms

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