Joe Cousin

Time revisited ...

Silent, delectable paintings to savour the eyes and awaken other sensory faculties. The simple joy of an everyday painter who flows with the time of the day and the seasons. With my paintings I bring the theme of time revisited.

My true subject is light. It is the light that embodies the motive, brings to life the depth of the image, exploring the legacy left behind by the likes of Bonnard, Vuillard and Caillebotte. Children play on the beach in the space between the sky and the sea, a woman leans out of an open window, in another context she is reading in her garden with a glass of wine. At the table, a young woman is fully absorbed in her dream of the moment. Dreams are at the centre of my paintings. The painting is worked in overlaying layers of colour by playing with flashes of light which underscores the transparency of the air, for example, on a rainy day on the beach. The work is developed by an ardour and concentration to justify the expression rather than the photographic exactitude of the subject. I pay attention to the atmosphere and the inescapable trivia which together leave an impression of a lived-in eternity. Lost facing the immensity of the sea, children contemplate the movement of the wate...

Birkbeck College, University of London. Honours degree in Physics, 1999. Worked in the telecoms industry in the UK, the USA and Canada. Retired in 1985. Returned to my roots as a painter since childhood.
I spent a considerable amount of time in the late 80s and 90s with members of the RBA at the Mall Galleries in London. In workshop sessions with Victor Ambrus, Mike Bernard, Francis Boyer, Tom Coates, Ken Payne, John Yardley, among others, I eventually took the plunge to become a professional painter.

I started to share this love of painting with others as an art tutor at St. Austell College and Truro College in Cornwall. I moved to France in 2003 where I still continue to this day sharing my experiences with students. Many have become professional in their own right and I am absolutely delighted with that.

Past:
Daily Mail NOT the Turner Prize, Mall Galleries, London
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Nevill Gallery, Canterbury

Recent past:
Hatch Gallery, Christchurch
Forest Gallery, Guildford
Kunstgalerie Hohmann, Hannover
Parkside Gallery, Richmond
Galerie de Normandie, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

Current: None during lockdown !