Artist Information:
Frank Gordon
Giggleswick, Settle,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Feb 2002
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Artist Statement:
I regard myself as part of the
English landscape tradition
but with a questioning edge. I
have long been interested in
how our ways of seeing the
world (especially the
countryside) have been
influenced by the cultural
inheritance handed down to us
by eighteenth century artists,
writers, travellers and
landscape gardeners. My
interest in the collective
memory of a supposed Arcadian
Golden Age led me to explore
this notion in a number of
ways. I have also been
intrigued by the relationship
between our presumed direct
experience of the landscape
and the ways in which it has
already been 'framed' for us
by others.
After I gave up teaching in
1995 I was able to concentrate
more fully on my painting and
long distance walking; in 1997
my wife and I backpacked 1200
miles from Land's End to John
o'Groats. Our joint love of
the countryside (Sheila writes
walking books) led us to move
to the Yorkshire Dales
National Park in 1999. My
recent work has become more
concerned with the nature of
my personal encounters with
the drama of the Three Peaks
country and its unpredictable
changes of mood. I continue to
work chiefly in oil on ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
RECENT EXHIBITION VENUES
Ainscough Gallery, Liverpool
Cartwright Hall, Bradford
Crescent Arts, Scarborough
Harding House Gallery, Lincoln
Lotherton Hall, Leeds (solo)
Lawrence Batley Centre
Gallery, Bretton Hall
Manor House, Ilkley (paired)
Mid-Pennine Arts, Burnley
2001
Artists Show, Leeds City Art
Gallery
Leeds Art Fair, Corn Exchange,
Leeds
Manchester Academy of ...
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Artist Galleries:
Look Gallery, Helmsley, North
Yorkshire
Lupton Square Gallery, Honley,
Huddersfield
PJK Art and Poetry Gallery,
Skipton
Two Leaves Design Gallery,
Clitheroe...
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Artist Reviews:
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Commissions:
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Frank Gordon's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Frank Gordon's Portfolio.
I regard myself as part of the English landscape tradition but with a questioning edge. I have long been interested in how our ways of seeing the world (especially the countryside) have been influenced by the cultural inheritance handed down to us by eighteenth century artists, writers, travellers and landscape gardeners. My interest in the collective memory of a supposed Arcadian Golden Age led me to explore this notion in a number of ways. I have also been intrigued by the relationship between our presumed direct experience of the landscape and the ways in which it has already been 'framed' for us by others.
After I gave up teaching in 1995 I was able to concentrate more fully on my painting and long distance walking; in 1997 my wife and I backpacked 1200 miles from Land's End to John o'Groats. Our joint love of the countryside (Sheila writes walking books) led us to move to the Yorkshire Dales National Park in 1999. My recent work has become more concerned with the nature of my personal encounters with the drama of the Three Peaks country and its unpredictable changes of mood. I continue to work chiefly in oil on ... |
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