Geoff Powell Geoff Powell
Born 02 12 1938 Bridgend, South Wales
Resident in London in the 60s/70s the events of which triggered his painting career, he has lived and worked in South Devon for the last 28 years.
Being a self-taught painter Geoff has been able to escape the ideas and limitations of formal teachers, thereby enabling him to find his unique style of painting and drawing which explores the joys and fears of humankind.
He has learned much by watching other artists at work and from the words of those he considers masters of art such as Mark Rothko:
"A picture lives by companionship, expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive beholder. It dies by the same token. It is therefore a risky and unfeeling act to send it into the world."
Geoff feels that it is worth the risk, as do collectors of his work.
People ask him what his paintings mean and why some are untitled. His reply is:
" To name some of my paintings would limit the viewer's response. They mean whatever the viewer sees in them. But that individual meaning must not be seen as the artist's intention."
I sign my paintings on the reverse as I see a signature on the front as a blemish.
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS
CHELSTON GALLERY 7th November - 2nd December 2009
ARIEL CENTRE, TOTNES Spring 2010
BIRDWOOD HOUSE, TOTNES 31st July - 7th August 2010
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS
Blank Canvas - Torre Abbey, Torquay
Exeter Phoenix
Daventry Street Gallery, London
The Chapel Gallery, Bruton
The Turner Gallery, Exeter
Birdwood House, Totnes
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My News
Drawing Accepted For Exhibition / Wed 09 Sep 2009
I have had a pencil drawing accepted for exhibition ( Friday 2nd October, 2009 - Saturday 31st October ) at The Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington, North Devon.
Work On Show / Fri 14 Aug 2009
I have a painting on show at The Duchy Centre For Creativity, Princetown, Dartmoor. An exhibition at Chelston Gallery from 7th November for four weeks