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like thick oil paint using a select palette including ultramarine, alizarin crimson sap green, lamp black and titanium white, applied briskly. The favored surface is covered in textured gesso or over the top of old paintings.
I feel that humour is an underrated element in art and one I like to pursue. This and the odd image. Showing something from a strange angle, or something often overlooked in a light joyful way. But that joy hides hidden depths of feelings such as loneliness and sadness. So at one glance you see only one, or are deceived into seeing only one, but on second glance perhaps you see the other. I was a lawyer for many years and art was a counterpoint to an overly cerebral existence. I fascination with ancient history, lost civilisations and old scripts like cuneiform all found an outlet in art. I am drawn to elements that reflect this, ancient landscapes, old industrial sites on rivers and still life. Slowly by a slightly mysterious process this has formed into a cohesive visual language. But I am not going to tell you what it is. You are going to have to discover this for yourself. Bio I started painting in 2014 and quickly became absorbed by it. I have had no formal training other than regular private tuition from Hugh Mendes. I completed the Studio Practice Course at Newlyn School of Art in 2023. I teach art to kids at Artspiration and offer personal tuition on request. I can be contacted via the contact form left or by email to williamjmackenzie@gmail.com Teaching Art Teacher at Artspiration Memberships Assosciate Member of Ayers House Studio Prizes The Radcliffe Chambers Prize for Best Acrylic/Oil Painting - Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition 2021 Exhibitions Associations – Group Show – Ayres House Studio Wallingford 1st -9th July 2023 Henley Arts and Crafts Guild Spring Show - Group show, Old Fire Station Gallery, Henley-on-Thames - June 2023 Newlyn School of Art – Studio Practice Show – Group Show Tremenheere Gallery – 1st – 4th June 2023 Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition -Group Show March 2023 Art Cafe Oxford - Solo Show, Art Cafe, Oxford August - October 2022 Nettlebed Arts and Crafts Show - Group Show, Nettlebed Community Centre, July 2022 Fluid - Group Show, Espacio Gallery, London, June 2022 Henley Arts and Crafts Guild Spring Show - Group Show, Old Fire station Gallery - Henley-onThames - June 2022 Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition - Group Show, Online March 2021 Old Fire Station Gallery - Solo show, Henley on Thames - April 2019 Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition - Group show, Chancery Lane , London- January 2019 Indo Bar Winter Group Show - Group show , Indo Bar, London December 2018 to February 2019 Candid Arts Christmas Fair - Group show, London - December 2018 Flowers and Rocks - Solo show, Beans Love Greens , London- November to December 2018 The River Lea - Solo show, Hoxton Cabin, London - June 2018 The River Lea - Solo show, Indo Bar, London - April 2018 Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition - Group show, Chancery Lane, London - January 2018 Indo Bar Winter Show - Group show, Indo Bar ,London- November 2017 to February 2018 Liminal Boundaries - Group show, Brookmill Pub, Deptford - November 2017 Chalmers Bequest Gallery - Solo show, Stoke Newington, London - August 2017 Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition - Group show, Chancery Lane, London - January 2017 Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition - Group show, Chancery Lane, London - January 2016 |
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