 I was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire some time last century. In my early years, I became the proud owner of a Blue Peter badge, won for a poster I designed of Bradford’s City Hall. Spurred on by this monumental achievement, I went off to Stockwell College and emerged some years later as an art teacher.
I ran a very successful Art Department in Southend for over ten years, before taking the momentous decision to leave teaching in 2000 and move to Herefordshire. I run painting and drawing courses that take place in some beautiful rural venues in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire.
Painting inspires me, from the moment an idea is born through the process of development, until the moment I sense the journey has come to an end. I enjoy the feel of the paint, even the spring of a hog’s hair brush as it spreads its load on canvas is a wonderful feeling.
Inspiration can come from the colour of an object – I do love colour – a situation, a turn of a head, the interaction between two people or the wonderful landscape here in Herefordshire. Drawing is an integral part of what I do, I love the boldness of graphite contrasted with the subtlety of watercolour pencils.
I love experimenting. I am not an artist who has found a niche and then continues to plough that furrow. Rather, I work with a series of ideas, mediums or methods until I have exhausted them, then I move on. There is so much to explore in this world of ours.
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Paul Priestley
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Size: 28.00" x 22.00"
Price: £325.00
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