Nigel Folds

When I was a boy my dad was a painter & decorator. His shed was full of brushes, tins of paint etc. but what really made an impact on me was the wall he used to wipe off the excess paint from his brushes before giving them a proper clean up.
Over the years this had become a multi layered surface made up from random colours and brush marks. I would spend hours standing in the shed staring into this surface and wandering in the world it creates.
This was an ongoing never-ending experience, changing from day to day, week to week. It’s still changing in my head to this day.
Today, my own work occupies an area between representation & pure abstraction. I investigate the colour, form, texture and physical possibilities of oil paint as a means to express my sense of the wonder and mystery of the ordinary everyday world we live in.

A brief version of my background
Studied Art at Ripon College, Art Teacher, Founder Member of Elemental Eye Group Of Artists, Libra Pottery & Prospect Studios. Exhibitions solo & Mixed across the UK. Publication of “Lonely Destiny”

Recent Exhibitions 2015
Gillygate York Solo Exhibition
PoP Gallery Hull Open Exhibition
Yorkshire Wolds Gallery Solo Exhibition
Kardomah94 Artist in Residence and exhibition
Ferens Open Exhibition
Scarborough Open Exhibition
East Riding Open Exhibition, Beverley