Williamson Park has announced the return of Andrew Stafford to the Williamson Gallery with his exhibition of new paintings.
The exhibition, which runs from September 28 to November 16, contains 32 paintings, mainly landscapes, but also portraits and still-lifes. The title, Points of View, refers to the artist’s approach. The approach treats familiar scenes in an individual way, depending on weather, quality of light and local mood.
For example, Leighton Moss and Levens Park are seen in bright summer sunshine, while views across Morecambe Bay are rendered in conditions where the light varies during observation of spring-time showers and short July downpours.
The view across the River Lune, from Glasson Dock to Sunderland Point, is brought to life through the charm of the scene. The two portraits depict strong likenesses of the two sitters and reveal their individual passions.
A Full English Breakfast is painted naturalistically and is sure to get the mouth watering. Overall, Andrew Stafford achieves these effects by incorporating a range of both subtle colour changes and rich contrasts. Often, paint is applied expressively, reminiscent of impressionist techniques.
Andrew Stafford has been a practising artist since before he started at Hornsey College of Art in 1963. After graduating from Hornsey in 1967 and the Institute of Education (University of London) in 1968, Andrew taught art for 35 years in London and Lancashire, and for one year in America.
He has exhibited widely and his work is represented in many private collections.
Andrew’s speciality is landscape/townscape in which he usually incorporates figures to bring the pictures ‘to life’. He works in oils and acrylics on canvas and draws in pencil, pastels and coloured pencils on paper.
• The Williamson Gallery, which is located inside the Ashton Memorial, is open daily between 10am and 4.30pm.