Gary Young

ART, DESIGN & TECHNICAL DRAWING WERE FAVOURITE SUBJECTS AT SECONDARY SCHOOL. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE AN AWESOME SET OF TEACHERS FOR EACH OF THEM WHICH MADE THE LEARNING MUCH EASIER AND DEFINITELY MORE ENJOYABLE. IT SET ME OFF ON A LIFELONG LOVE OF ABSTRACT GRAPHIC ART BUT ALSO SURREALISM & POP ART.

Finishing my ‘A’ Levels at 18 years old with ‘A’ grades in both Art and Design left me at a crossroads - a bursary to the Central College of Art & Design being one route that was offered. Life takes its twists and turns and I headed along a different career path away from the art world but still keeping a keen interest and always thinking/hoping that one day I’d find myself back on the creative path.

Now at 50+ years old I find myself literally ‘working on the periphery of the art world’. That literal periphery being high-end picture framing. I have been running the woodworking department at PictureFrames of Shaftesbury and am now taking on the role of Works Manager. It’s a very creative atmosphere to be working in, amongst a group of very capable individuals who are mostly artists in their own right.

Working with art every day has stirred my own creative juices again and I am finding myself back in front of a canvas or blank sheet of ar...

Bursary to Central St Martins College of Art & Design - 1989