Enjoying Art - meet Scott Bridgwood!

Last night  I had the pleasure of seeing a Solo Exhibition of a British Artist Scott Bridgwood organized by the Open Door Gallery. It is in a beautiful old English town named Market Harborough.

The Gallery is run by a charming, knowledgeable and welcoming lady Janet Pelling,
who is constantly introducing new talents to the local community
and to all those who appreciate and support art.

Being trained in the UK (Chelsea Art College, London) and in Italy (Rome, British Cultural Institute) Scott Bridgwood has been moving in the direction of figurative art.

 His works presented at the Exhibition show psychological and emotional studies of a woman. Carefully applied brushstrokes with perfect precision are often used to communicate to the viewer the mood of the model’s inner world. Scott is following more modern approach to depicting a female figure in the interior using different techniques and materials he skilfully plays with surfaces and shapes. Across most of his works Scott is using a light colours palette.
He is also creative with shadows, often stepping away from classical rules applying both warm and cold colours regardless of using warm tints on the most of the lit up areas of the bodies. Contrasting horizontal and vertical lines often add to the drama of his compositions.
Scott primarily works with oil on canvas. Having the eye of a good draftsman he sometimes uses charcoal to define, with an immaculate precision, selected parts of a depicted body. Introducing charcoal also adds to the spontaneity of a painting, giving a feeling of something fresh and unfinished. In his works Scot is placing his female models in classical and natural poses adding to the realism of his paintings.

Scott is a well know artist. He exhibited at such venues as the ICA and Westminster Gallery and widely across the British Midlands. He is also a winner of the prestigious Windsor and Newton, “Art in Lyddington” and “The Sock Gallery” in Loughborough awards. He teaches Life Drawing and Portraiture at the Leicester University and at Rawlings College of Leicester.

 If you are thinking of perfecting your artistic skills you are welcome to attend Scott’s Classes and workshops which are coming soon at the Open Door Gallery. Please visit their website http://www.theopendoorgallery.co.uk/  If you have already attended the exhibition or acquired a painting please share your thoughts or just leave a comment.

The Exhibition is on from 10th to 23rd  of May 2015. All are Welcome!