Grant Preston
Stil: Moderne
Vita / Lebenslauf:
Grant Preston was born in Uitenhage South Africa on the 23rd October 1949. Although his mother was a well established artist in the area, Grant showed no interest in any formal art training at school. His career in the arts started in 1980 when he took up ceramics as a hobby. He soon developed a style of his own culminating in an exhibition of ‘Plump Ballerinas’ and ‘Nutty Pugilists’ at the Gaby Steele Gallery , Johannesburg in 1981.
With the need to increase the size and durability of his images, Grant started carving in marble and wood, at the same time attending figure-drawing classes at the University of the Witwatersrand. This helped develop his sketching into a more expressive medium. After two successful exhibitions of his sculptures and line drawings at Melville Place Gallery in 1983 and The Art Scene in 1984, Grant started concentrating on adding colour to his sketches. His first one-man exhibition of oil paintings was at Things Gallery in Melville Johannesburg in 1985. Since then Grant has had numerous exhibitions, each one a milestone in his development as an artist. His latest exhibition of his Coffee Ladies was held at No 7 Drury Lane in Lincolnshire, England.
“My style in ever-evolving: I’m totally absorbed when I paint…allowing myself to be in charge of the entire production…to see it as an ideal.”
Although his subject still remains the figurative, his ever-changing expressions and practiced ability have allowed his work to mature over the past twenty five years,each period clearly defined, each painting carefully catalogued.
Today Grant lives and paints form his home in Oranjezicht, Cape Town, and invites all art lovers to come and see a work in progress.
Phone (021) 4627252 for and appointment.
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
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The gathering place
Malerei
Ölmalerei
70 x 90 x 5 cm
2009
Preis: 550 Euro
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Night at the opera
Malerei
Ölmalerei
75 x 55 x 5 cm
2009
Preis: 550 Euro
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