‘Arthur works somewhere between the figurative and the semi-abstract. He engages with the formal problems that arise in the process of looking, in its broad sense, to attempt to make something that is a coherent painting.’
‘Prolonged, procrastinated messy chaos… just occasionally organised chaos.’
• Born March 1951
• Attended Camberwell School of Art
• Painter and Printmaker
• Elected NEAC
• Teaches summer courses in “En Olivier” nr Toulouse
• Continues to live and work in Deal close to the sea
• Regular exhibitor RA Summer Shows 1986 – 2017
• Lynne Strover Gallery
• Hilton Fine Art
• Cadogan Contemporary since 1989 in mixed and solo shows
• Linden Hall Studio Gallery ‘Two Painters and a Potter’ 2016
• Hunting / Observer art awards
• Discerning Eye exhibitions
• JPS Portrait award
• 2015 Zsuzsi Roboz Prize
• 2017 The Woodhay Picture Gallery prize
• Eight Poems. A Selection of Edward Thomas poems illustrated with etchings
• R. Jeffries. Illustrated with an etching
• A Centenary Celebration of the Poetry of Edward Thomas. illus. with etchings
The above text is from Arthurs’s authorised website.
arthurneal.co.uk