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Calvin Parsons

Barlaston, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

My Light. I am a painter and I have been developing fine art photography in my work for the past ...

About the artist

Calvin Parsons

Joined In 2013

(17 Followers)

About the artist

Calvin Parsons

Joined In 2013

(17 Followers)

ABOUT
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My Light.

I am a painter and I have been developing fine art photography in my work for the past forty years. My first concern is nature and the light within. The atmosphere generated by light in a forest, by the sea, mountains or, in a garden; whether during the day or at night. The mystery of light! A glance in passing, a glimpse if only fleetingly. The scent of rain or the drama of a storm. The warmth of a summer's day; a spring evening, a shower of hail, snow or a raging sea, mist, fog, frost or just the day!
These are my concerns and have been with me since the very first time I can remember - it takes a lifetime to learn but just a moment to make. My observations of nature are reflected in the works I produce.
I teach in a school of art and I hope, trust, my journey has had a positive impact; if only small, on those students I have been working with.
Thus, this is me and this is my journey which travels with me every day and I am reminded that there can only ever be one truth! Nature holds no lies, no deceit it is a truth and it inspires me to seek that truth in myself and my work.

These works are from my Visual Diary - Memories of Past Moments and are part of my creative journey from the early eighties to the pre...

London College of Printing - 1966-67

The Slade School of Fine Art - 1971-74

Chelsea School of Art 1974-75

Middlesex Polytechnic Trent Park Teacher Training - 1980-81

St Albans School of Art - 1987-89 - Photography

1984 Digswell Arts Centre, Hertfordshire.
Retrospective of ten years work.