| Mike
Turpie D.A.
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/miketurpie/art.html
e-mail miketurpie@aol.com
Telephone 01575 575
385
Mobile 07952 611 416
Statement
I have a free, expressive and painterly style and place a strong emphasis
on colour & drawing.
Working initially from direct observation of the subject to capture the
moods & light of the Scottish land- or town-scape, initial impressions
develop into paintings, pastels and etchings.
I enjoy the freedom of a more abstract approach, working away from the
subject with casual reference to sketches & memory. I find this a
more liberating process than the rendering of painstaking irrelevant detail
which can clutter the composition.
The final result is an expressive statement detached from the original
stimulus or point of reference - an entity in its own right. There are
musical and poetical references in the rhythm of paint application whether
it be by brush, palette knife or finger.
In etching I have been looking more closely at contour lines & undulations
of the landscape and the fleeting effects of light and shade suggested
by subtle aquatints.
Whistler, D.Y. Cameron and Goya are important influences.
Important to me more generally in my expression is the work of Sir Wm
MacTaggart, Oskar Kokoscha, Jack Yates & Joan Eardley .
In summary then, my natural, distinctive style & approach leads me,
in every new piece, on a journey of self-discovery without recourse to
formula-driven approaches. I have no preconception of the final result.
1952 – born in
Perth, Scotland.
1973 – 1978 attended Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee,
graduating with a Diploma in Drawing and Painting and the college’s
Post Graduate Diploma.
1978 – 1979 Dundee College of Education – Certificate in teaching
of Art & Design in Secondary Schools
1979 – 1996
various secondary schools - Teacher of Art & Art History
holiday painting courses – artist
Awards
1974 - Pat Holmes Memorial Prize for drawing
1976 - Duncan of Drumfork Travelling Scholarship to Aix-en-Provence
1977 - Farquhar Reid Travelling Scholarship to Northern Italy
1986 – Fullbright Scholarship to Nevada, USA
Recent & forthcoming Shows – (solo & mixed)
Jeansburn Gallery, Ettrick Bridge
Meffan Gallery, Forfar
Hanover Fine Arts, Edinburgh
Tartan Gallery, Edinburgh
Absolute Art, Edinburgh
Carnoustie Library Gallery, Angus
Perth Theatre
Edinburgh Filmhouse
Glasgow Art fair
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