Gareth Jones
Oil and Acrylic
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Gareth is a painter living and working in Newbury, Berkshire, UK. He works in oils and acrylics and is continuing to develop and refine his style. Gareth's work is inspired by the beauty and energy of a landscape, and tries to impart that feeling into his art.
A lot of his work is plein air, but the majority is recreated in his studio with the help of reference material. He is continuing to experiment and learn with other subject matters such as architecture and portraiture, but his main inspiration and passion is the scenery of North Cornwall both land and sea.
The landscape is more than just physical form, it is the light and the air that gives it energy, dynamism, and real life. He loves observing the sky, the drama of the clouds, the weather, and the light in the landscape, which he tries to capture in paint.
Gareth states that his best work comes when he is working energetically and quickly without overthinking his choices of mark-making.
Past Exhibitions
TALP Open, Patchings Art Centre, Nottingham, July 2021 Framemakers Gallery, Newbury, September 2022
Festival of Arts, Greenham, Newbury, April 2023
Insight, Greenham, Newbury, May 2023
Open Studios West Berkshire North Hampshire, Proteus Creation Space, Basingstoke, May 2023
Reading Charity Art Fair, October 2023
Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI), Mall Galleries London, November-December 2023
Upcoming Exhibitions
Insight, Greenham, Newbury, May 2024
Open Studios West Berkshire North Hampshire, Proteus Creation Space, Basingstoke, May 2024
Redefining Realities, Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury May-June 2024
Hampshire Open Studios, Proteus Creation Space, Basingstoke, August 2024