Nigel Wood

Nigel Wood is a painter and printmaker best known for the lyrical imagery in his landscapes inspired by the wild and open spaces surrounding Cardigan Bay where he lives. He is also recognised as a portrait painter working oil, acrylic, pastel and charcoal. He trained in illustration and painting at Carmarthenshire College of Art in West Wales from 1980 - 84.

Solo, touring and group exhibitions from 1984 to the present include: The National Portrait Gallery, The Royal College of Art Gallery, The Mall Galleries, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Galerie beim Roten Turm, Germany, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, The Orange Moon gallery, Vienna and art fairs in London, Amsterdam, Sydney and and New York.

"I strive to create meditative interpretations of the surreal beauty I find in nature. Each piece is built up gradually over time with a series of opaque layers and transparent glazes on either a gesso panel or a stretched canvas. There is a quiet intensity to the whole process and my hope is that I can create for the viewer a sense of inspired calm and peace in each piece."

Media features include: BBC regional TV, Evening Standard, Art Review magazine, Sunday Express, Sunday Times and inclusion in the books 'Intimate Portraits' published by Glynn Viv...

Exhibitions (selection)

1985 Oriel, Cardiff. Postgraduate group exhibition.
1986 Carmarthen Library. Solo exhibition.
1987 Art in Action, Oxfordshire.
1988 Fountain Fine Art, Llandeilo. Group exhibition.
1990 Fountain Fine Art, Llandeilo. Two person exhibition.
1992 Galerie Beim, Rotenturm. Germany.
1993 The National Portrait Gallery. BP Portrait Awards.
1993 Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. Solo exhibition.
1993 Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen.
1994 – 95 Royal College of Art and Glynn Vivian Art Gallery.
1994 Carmarthen Library. ‘Art West’.
1996 The National Portrait Gallery. BP Portrait Awards.
1995 – 96 Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Mostyn Art Gallery, Carmarthen Library. Touring exhibition and book, ‘Intimate Portraits’.
1995 – 96 Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Fishguard and Pembroke Dock Libraries. Solo touring exhibition.
1996 Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff. Group exhibition.
1997 Edith Grove Gallery, London. Group exhibition.
1997 – 05 Battersea Contemporary Art Fair.
1998 Marks and Spencer, London head office.
1998 The Mall Galleries. Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
1999 Artifex Galle...