Heavingham Colin

BORN 1948,

My main Painting influences are
Victoria Kiff,
Sidney Nolan,
Bruce Maclean
Peter Fagan Sculptor,
Malcolm Burch.
Phil Upchurch,
just people I have worked with.
I do not acknowledge copyright law so all images can be copied free Painting is not about selling Art . It is an emotion. It takes you sometimes where others wont go, but its not controllable if its real . A good artist
generally has no money as their paintings are not saleable as markets are set up for the representational followers of famous art . There is a safety clause in buying then . Someone who doesn't conform is simply rejected . In years gone by galleries were supportive only when they could see the unusual aspect of an artist’s work , nowadays they seek a living from artists .Its not the same . This generation is swamped with wannabes as populations bursts at the seams ,
everyone needing food and a life . Art is a modernist profession from countries trying to lead the world , and as such they should criticize existing systems that do not go far enough to support themselves . Usually stumped by corrupt men killing Art as they go . we are a minority and are sacrificial to them,
Of course there are always those that call artists non...

Braintree School of Art
Essex
Foundation Course
I was taught abstract art by someone who had seen most of what there was of it and all the history of painting. He casually showed me that I had to change my approach to realism if I wanted to stand apart. He talked as though it was simply an emotional reproduction and that art was not emotion it was confrontational now the romantic periods had declined ..His view of abstraction was embedded in my mind and I used his experience as my own ...
so many people steal my paintings, I dont know why ?..if they asked I would give them away ..they are no use to me .

the last picture show

Elvers Studio
Nelson Street
Stroud

no sales so no exhibitions