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
- 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 Mariners Gallery, 2003:
- Cat No 60: "Street Market" 36 x 46cms
- Cat No 61: "Café Orchestra"
- Cat No 62: "Dingle Peninsula"
- The 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