Current exhibition:
REFLECTIONS ON A BRIDGE
Paintings & drawings
River & Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 1BF
16 January - 28 February 2010 Open daily 10 am - 5 pm
The red pillars next to the Blackfriars railway bridge are the remains of another railway bridge built in 1864 for the London , Chatham and Dover Railway.
I, along with the tourists on the embankment, look and wonder at them. I feel they deserve to be recorded in all their majesty, at high tide or low tide, in sunny weather or dull.
I have painted them on a large scale so that when you look at them have the feeling they are actually there on the spot, with me, surrounded by the pillars and the moving waters of the Thames.
While a photograph would freeze a moment in time and a particular pattern of water ripple with a painting you can, with brushstrokes, suggest the ever-changing movement of the water.
Whether they play the main role in a picture or a supporting part they seem mysterious, proud and fascinating.
Nick Schlee 2010
Nick Schlee Paintings from 1988-2007
This luscious new book features 132 full colour plates of Nick Schlee’s large, vibrant oil paintings. His dramatic landscapes are painted with immense vigour and rhythm, capturing the spirit of his vast and complex British landscapes.
Academy Press £22.80 inc p&p
.
REFLECTIONS ON A BRIDGE
Paintings & drawings
River & Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 1BF
16 January - 28 February 2010 Open daily 10 am - 5 pm
The red pillars next to the Blackfriars railway bridge are the remains of another railway bridge built in 1864 for the London , Chatham and Dover Railway.
I, along with the tourists on the embankment, look and wonder at them. I feel they deserve to be recorded in all their majesty, at high tide or low tide, in sunny weather or dull.
I have painted them on a large scale so that when you look at them have the feeling they are actually there on the spot, with me, surrounded by the pillars and the moving waters of the Thames.
While a photograph would freeze a moment in time and a particular pattern of water ripple with a painting you can, with brushstrokes, suggest the ever-changing movement of the water.
Whether they play the main role in a picture or a supporting part they seem mysterious, proud and fascinating.
Nick Schlee 2010
Nick Schlee Paintings from 1988-2007
This luscious new book features 132 full colour plates of Nick Schlee’s large, vibrant oil paintings. His dramatic landscapes are painted with immense vigour and rhythm, capturing the spirit of his vast and complex British landscapes.
Academy Press £22.80 inc p&p
.