Lee Herring

Lee’s memory based landscapes are captured from travelling via rail up and down the country. Collecting scraps of information before the scene is passed and forgotten. Each piece is painted solely from memory to create images that are abstracted and expressional more than representational.

Oils, spray paints, varnishes and acrylics are spread around the raw canvas creating sweeping skies. Bold layers are scraped back and balanced against the dramatic use of paint revealing hidden chinks of colour. The basic composition evolves spontaneously through heavy and joyful mark-making. Scrapers and trowels are used to create delightfully gestural and organic shapes. A mixture of instinctive, deliberate and accidental marks merges the layers together. Areas are energetically reworked or erased until the image reaches a desired beauty.

Lee is a contemporary painter specialising in colourful, textured and abstracted landscapes. Lee was born in Sunderland, in the North East of England and has always had a creative streak. After excelling in Art throughout his early education he went on to study Fine Art at the University of Chester.

It was here that Lee discovered his love of painting and began to develop his painting style. After 3 y...

University of Chester, Chester, GB, Fine Art,

Selected 2016 Exhibitions:
Walthamstow
Battersea AAF
Bristol AAF
Hampstead AAF
Manchester Buy AF
Singapore AAF