West Dean Gardens near Chichester West Sussex – Painting by Acrylic Artist Paul J Best
Artist: Paul J Best BA FLI
Artist: Paul J Best BA FLI
West Dean Morning II
My early morning impression of the Estate of West Dean College in West Sussex.
The forest landscape here is splendid in the early morning misty light. In this painting, I have incorporated moss and leaves that I have collected from site and sealed into the gels and paints that I have used to add texture.
Art Medium: Acrylicand Reflective Paints on Deep Box Canvas using palette knife and softened with brushwork. Painted grey on the sides, so you may chose not to frame. Corded and ready to hang.
Original Painting Price: £450
Supplied with a signed certificate of authenticity. Initialled on the front and signed on the back.
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Paul J Best BA FLI
Seascapes, Cityscapes, Landscapes, and Abstracts inspired by natural forms.
Limited Edition Prints available on some works. Please Contact the Artist for details.
Phone: 07818 043568
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Email: pauljbest@aol.com
Website: pauljbest.wordpress.com
Instagram: @paul.j.best
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About The Artist
My work is principally focused on interpreting and expressing a sense of place. I seek to express the unique quality of places… landscapes, seascapes and townscapes.
I have studied and qualified in Fine Art, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design and I am a fellow of the Landscape Institute. I have always had a love of painting from the very earliest age. I have been fortunate in my career as a Landscape Architect to design and to have had built, four dimensional ‘ Big Art ‘ on a large scale, which have matured over time and have become memorable places, I hope.
There is great satisfaction in seeing people enjoying the environments that I have designed and I have gained a number of national design awards for my work. It is only relatively recently that painting has absorbed me once more and it feels like I have taken a long journey to return to a first love!
En Plein Air - Great to be out painting in Winchester again today!
Had lunch in the Handlebar Cafe. Fabulous… check it out.
More About The Artist
I find painting the most immediate and expressive of all artistic practices. I am drawn to painting mainly landscapes and seascapes, which I believe is rooted in my particular love and understanding of ‘landscape’ in it’s widest sense. In it’s essence, this is the connection between place and people, at a specific time to create a ‘genius loci’ or ‘sense of place’.
I particularly like to work with texture and often use pastes and sometimes apply gold leaf. I almost always use reflective paints in the work to capture and reflect the light. I will usually combine the use of palette knife and soften this with brush work. I remain inspired by the enduring impressionist masters: Turner, Klimt, Monet, Cezanne, Matisse, Pissaro and also the more contemporary Landscape artists Mackintosh, Hitchens, Manrique, Heron, Rae, Iden … and I would describe my paintings as broadly impressionistic.
I am always very pleased to take commissions. If you have an idea in mind for a particular space then please just contact me at pauljbest@aol.com. I would really appreciate any feedback on my work. If you see a painting that you love then please do feel free to make an offer or to message me for any further information. I love to think that people enjoy having the paintings in their homes and this is a big part of the pleasure of offering the work for sale.
Exhibitions
6th -10th August 2019 - Exhibition with Karen Eames 'Natural Perceptions' at the Yellow Edge Gallery, Gosport, Hampshire
20th -28th September 2019 - Exhibition with Rebecca Galbraith ‘Place’ at Spudworks Gallery,
Sway, Hampshire
I now have paintings in collections across the UK and in America, Switzerland and Australia.
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