Early summer border by Christo Sharpe

Early summer border by Christo Sharpe [2021]

original

Oil on canvas

Image size: H:46 cm x W:61 cm

Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:46 cm x W:61 cm x D:2cm

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Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look

Christo Sharpe is a regular garden visitor and this provides many opportunities to see colour and shapes working well together. This painting was specifically inspired by Great Dixter, a garden that makes a point of its colour relationships. Clear, bold and confident, Christo Sharpe is a lifelong painter who draws your attention to the colours, shapes and form in front of him. His strong colours and compositions are delightfully simple and appealing. After Southampton College of Art and St Martins and a 20 year career as an artdirector in advertising he now focusses exclusively on his painting. He is an enthusiastic traveller and walker which is where many of his subjects reveal themselves. He will take a subject and encourage the viewer to see something they might otherwise have missed. This is work that looks and feels fresh.

Clear, bold and confident, Christo Sharpe is a lifelong painter who closes in on a subject to pull your attention to the colours, shapes and details in front of him. His strong colours and compositions are delightfully simple and appealing. He is a lifelong painter who after Southampton College of Art and a 20 year career as an art director in advertising is now focussing exclusively on his art. He is an enthusiastic traveller and walker and it is often on these rambles that his subjects reveal themselves. It is not always the classic views that appeal, it can just as often be a gnarled tree trunk, a dense woodland scene or a well shaped country garden that holds his attention. If he can take the subject in front of him and encourage the viewer to see something new and exciting in that image, then he has achieved what he wants in his art. To generate an awareness that might otherwise be missing. This is work that looks and feels fresh.