Exhibition
BACK TO NATURE: New Paintings by Colin Halliday
7 Mar 2008 – 17 Apr 2008
Event times
Thu, Fri & Sat 12 ' 6 pm ,Sun 10 - 2 pm
Cost of entry
free
Address
- 150 Columbia Road
- London
- E2 7RG
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 26, 48, 55, N26, N55, 8, N8 and D3
- Old Street, Bethnal Green, Liverpool Street
BACK TO NATURE
About
In an artworld overwhelmingly concerned with the urban, what can a 'return to nature' mean for a contemporary painter? How can an engagement with the grand tradition of English landscape painting be negotiated at a time when climate change is making the natural world a source of awe and anxiety?To unearth a rich affinity with the rural that reaches beyond the bland and re-connects with the troubling majesty of Turner's landscapes requires a painter with both experience and guts. Colin Halliday was born and bred in Cumbria, and having worked on cityscapes for many years, has now moved to the Derbyshire countryside. With his signature vitality and skill, his new landscapes emanate a freshness and force that speaks directly to the viewer. In the paintings exhibited in this show, nature is neither distant nor merely pretty.
Stirred by the atmospheric and dramatic, Halliday is a Romantic in the true sense of the word, yet his instinct for conveying the immediacy of the elemental is channelled through his painterly dexterity. His 'return to nature' is resulting in paintings that shine with energy and light.
