Exhibition

Scott Tetlow: Emerging Figures

19 Jan 2019 – 10 Mar 2019

Event times

Gallery open 10am to 5pm Wednesday to Friday

Cost of entry

FREE

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Born in Rochdale, Scott Tetlow graduated from Cambridge university in Fine Art, and has made the love of abstract the focus of his work.

About

When starting out as a painter Scott was obsessed with the works of Goya and Rembrandt, and the painters of the London School: Auerbach, Freud, Uglow and Bacon. Spending hours in galleries, observing their paintings from different viewpoints. He would stand very close to a picture, studying the ways in which the artist had physically applied the paint, working out which tools or implements had been used, assessing the viscosity of the paints and the speed and weight with which the marks had been applied. In being up close he could see the abstraction; viewing the painting on a minute and detailed level. He would then stand back, watching the transition as abstract marks transformed and cohered into readable figures. 

When asked about this collection, ‘Emerging Figures’, Scott says, “My goal is for the two, the abstract and the figure, to sit comfortably together, each part of the other. I invite the viewer to get up close, to spend time looking at the detail, to experience the interplay of abstraction and legibility for yourself”

Born in Rochdale, Scott’s journey as an artist has not been without its challenges, when in 2006 his much-loved studio burnt down, destroying a decade of his work. Taking a leave of absence from painting it was only in 2011 when Scott moved his family to Verona that he eventually picked up his brushes once again to paint the stunning architecture that eventually rekindled his passion. He returned to England, built a studio in his garden and hasn't stopped painting since. 

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