Chris Forsey, RI, SGFA

                     Artist - Illustrator

News and Events in 2012

DVD "BEYOND WATERCOLOUR" CHRIS FORSEY RIE
Available from Town House Films 01603 299441 www.townhousefilms.blogspot.com or from Amazon

WEST DEAN COLLEGE
Chichester, Autumn 2012 "Atmospheric winter landscapes in acrylic, mixed-media" Contact West Dean College for details

SURREY ARTISTS OPEN STUDIOS
Sat 9 ,Sun 10 June 11-5, Thurs 14 June 6-8 30pm, 17 June 11 -5pm Sandstone Studios, The Chine, Dorking, (just off the High St, opposite Pizza Express) Paintings, drawings, prints, cards, DVD's for sale ,

EASTER SHOW
7-28 April D'ART GALLERY, 4 Lower Street, Dartmouth, 01803 834923. see gallery website for details.

PAINTING AND CREATIVE WRITING IN SCOTLAND
12-19 May Fun and creative week in PLOCKTON, delightful village on dramatic west coast. "2 different approaches to creativity, tutored in both disciplines. Click here for details and Contact Susie Hunt on susiejhunt@virgin.net

DEDHAM PAINTING WEEK
14-21 JULY Painting week in" Constable" country, tutored week in delightful country hotel. Contact Jim and Wendy on jim@dedhamhall.demon.co.uk

WEST NORFOLK PAINTING WEEKEND
28-30 September 2012 Weekend painting course of watercolour and mixed media See www.westnorfolkarts.co.uk for details

GREEK PANORAMA
To be confirmed Painting on wonderful Greek island of Zakynthos , beautiful location and coastal accommodation. See my website for details

CORNWALL
Date to be confirmed Painting week in inspirational north Cornwall location , superb accommodation and studio close to dramatic coastline. See my website for details

Biography

I began my art career as an illustrator in a publisher's studio after studying art and graphics in Bristol. I am a self taught watercolour painter, constantly trying to extend and add to my skills in water-based media. I have exhibted on numerous occasions with the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour. I am a tutor of painting and run my own watercolour classes in Surrey and Sussex and in the Greek Islands. I also give lively and informative demonstraitons to art societies and groups thoughout South East England and am delighted to undertake commisssions of landscape subjects and house portraits.

I endeavour to re-appraise my style and technique on a regular basis and this has led me towards a mixed-media approach to my work, combining watercolour, acrylic, pastel and gouache. I am exhilarated by colour and surface and enjoy creating textured layers of dry-brushed colour that allow hints of complementary hue to glow through, thus creating an exciting surface of scattered, broken colour.

I specialise in landscape subjects, exploring the themes of man-made alongside the organic: buildings by water; structure emerging from a rocky cliff, sometimes with figures contributing to this theme, inhabiting the middle ground between buidings and the wildness of nature. I am inspired by downland, coastal scenes of the Uk and the Mediternean, cafe life and townscapes. I try to capture the sense of a place at a specific moment, season or time of day, always endeavouring to bring passion and immediacy to my work.

Chris was awarded the prestigious F DONALD BLAKE AWARD for a contemporary watercolour by the LINCOLN JOYCE gallery in 2006at the RI spring exhibition and also THE MATT BRUCE MEMORIAL AWARD for light and colour at the 2007 RI exhibition.

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