Five painters celebrate the beginning of summer through this exhibition which demonstrates each artist's distinctive approach.
Parastoo Ganjei, comes from an artistic family, with a grandfather who was a prominent painter in Iran. She paints still lifes as well as landscapes, roses are a favourite subject for her and she captures the weight of the flower heads beautifully whilst keeping a strong sense of movement. Using this common subject as a vehicle to portray feelings and emotions, there is a vitality as well as balance to her work. Parastoo Ganjei studied fine art in Iran and Sussex and is a graduate of Bournmouth University. Exhibiting widely in the United Kingdom, her work has proved to be extremely popular and is in many important collections around the world including the Royal Family of Brunei.
Peter Lloyd-Jones, studied at Ruskin School of Drawing and Art from 1977-1979, continued to read Fine Art for his Post Graduate Degree at Oxford and went on to study ay the Royal Academy of Arts from 1980-1983. His painting has continued to attract favourable reviews and critiques including in the Arts Review, Country Life, The Spectator and The Oxford Times. Lloyd-Jones has exhibited regularly in London, Oxford and Maine, U.S.A.
Having held the post of Head of Art at St Edwards School, Oxford, he continues to tutor at the school. PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Hambros Bank; The National Trust Foundation for Art; Gloucester Royal Hospital; Oriel College Oxford.
Mike Service trained in Fine Art at Bath Spa University after taking early retirement from his first career. Over the past few years Mike Service has exhibited his paintings widely in the UK including in Bath London and at the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. He has also undertaken a number of private commissioned works.
Mike Service paints in oils with palette knife and brush, there is a spontaneity and speed to his work, which creates a lively and active composition with a carefully considered, limited colour palette. Taking inspiration from Nicolas de Stael, Service has an adept talent with his palette knife and it is his clever approach to semi-figurative painting that keeps his paintings always full of constant interest to the viewer. Whether painting still-life subjects or the landscapes of Ile de Ré, Salema or the Somerset hills, one is always struck by the artist’s clear enjoyment and skill of handling paint. First solo exhibition with David Simon Contemporary 2019.
Charlotte Sorapure trained at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Charlotte is a figurative Artist living and working in Bath. She has exhibited in the UK and abroad, as well as produced commissioned Portraits and Murals. She was commissioned to paint a portrait of the war photographer Don McCullin CBE for the Holburne Museum in Bath.
