sole: earth, sea and sky

Michael Sole

Sole: Earth Sea and Sky

“the stronger the colour in the painting is, the more there is enthusiasm for life” Vincent Van Gogh - The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh.

GX Gallery presents specially selected paintings by Michael Sole. Born in Dorset in 1985, educated at Wimbledon College of Art graduating with a BA in 2008, Sole has gone on to exhibit in group and solo shows across Britain and France, twice awarded ‘Young Artist of the Year’ by the Roy-al Society. Now a recognised name within contemporary British art his works continue to appreciate, with a loyal following of collectors. This is the third exhibition of his works in London. Sole’s dedication to research, constant commitment to overload and push the boundaries of paint, and his confidence are evident in this collection of land and seascapes.

Michael says he paints for paintings sake. Inspired by Van Gogh and Gau-guin, Sole is a great believer in immersion in both subject and process, much evident in his finished works. Michael’s new paintings focus on the creation of intrigue through vast, limitless spacious skies and forests with bold colours, thick paint, simple outlines and fluid brush stroke. He is best known for his large, brave, striking and emotionally charged canvases of rolling, almost splashing, sea paintings.

‘I’m not trying to replicate a place or an image, I’m trying to create a paint-ing. Remembering this is important. I have to paint the seascapes for my own sake. I come to realise that I have to. The end result suddenly hap-pens then I tweak just here and there. With these tree paintings the em-phasis is on this ‘tweaking’ rather than the sudden magic....Michael Sole

On the front page: Askers, oil on canvas, 102 x 76 cm, £2400

Michael Sole

Red and Blue Roots, oil and acrylic on canvas, 158 x 122 cm, £6800

Red and Blue oil and acrylic

on canvas 210 x 140 cm

£7900

Leaves and Trees No1. oil and acrylic on canvas

38 x 38 cm £750

Leaves and Trees No 2. oil and acrylic on canvas

36 x 35 cm £750

Leaves and Trees No 4. oil and acrylic on canvas

50 x 40 cm £600

New Forest oil, acrylic and

bitumen on canvas 162 x 157 cm

£7500

Lexley Cross No 1. oil on canvas

60 x 51 cm £1400

Lexley Cross No 2. oil on canvas

60 x 51 cm £1400

Protected Tree, oil on canvas , 76 x 51 cm, £1400

Hill Top Trees No 2. oil and acrylic on canvas 122 x 96 cm £3400

Tree Shadows, oil on canvas, 76 x 51 cm, £1400

From the Worm No 2. oil and acrylic on canvas

63 x 53 cm £2000

From the Worm No 3. oil, acrylic and bitumen on canvas 220 x 120 cm £7500

Rocombe No 5., oil on canvas, 76 x 51 cm, £1400

Portmull Grave oil on canvas 41 x 30 cm £750

South Coast Sketch No 1. oil and acrylic on canvas 50 x 40 cm £1200

South Coast Sketch No 2. oil and acrylic on canvas 50 x 40 cm £1200

Transparent Azur No 2., oil and acrylic on canvas, 202 x 130 cm, £8000

From Peril Point oil and acrylic on canvas 102 x 76 cm £2400

Hill Top Trees No 1., oil and acrylic on canvas, 220 x 110 cm, £7200

Out Over the Sea No 3. oil and acrylic on canvas 102 x 76 cm £2800

March Gale No 11., oil and acrylic, 153 x 96 cm, £3400

March Gale No 10. oil and acrylic on canvas

102 x 76 cm £3000

March Gale No 12. oil and acrylic on canvas

122 x 96 cm £3200

Burton Bradstock No 6., oil and acrylic on canvas, 120 x 90 cm , £6000

Branscombe, oil and acrylic on board, 152 x 102 cm, £2800

Burton Bradstock No 8. oil and acrylic on canvas 41 30 cm £500

Emerald Cooler Pepples oil and acrylic on canvas 79 x 61 cm £2200

Eype No 1. oil and acrylic on canvas 96 x 76 cm £2400

Eype No 2. oil and acrylic on canvas 96 x 76 cm £2400

Sea Study No 41, oil and acrylic on canvas 50 x 40 cm £1200

Seaspray No. 1oil and acrylic on canvas41 x 30 cm £750

Seaspray No. 4oil and acrylic on canvas40 x 30 cm £750

Seaspray No. 2, oil, acrylic and bitumen on paper, 40 x 30 cm, £750

Seaspray No 3., oil and acrylic on paper, 40 x 30 cm, £750

Whitby, oil and acrylic on canvas, 71 x 35 cm, £1400

Seaspray Rocks No. 11, oil and acrylic on canvas, 170 x 80 cm, £3400

Seaspray Rocks No 12., oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 80 cm, £3400

Seaspray, Red Rocks No. 2 oil and acrylic on canvas 65 x 55 cm £2000

Seaspray Rocks No. 6, oil and acrylic on canvas 142 x 112 cm £6200

Out Over the Sea, oil and acrylic on canvas, 48 x 31 cm, £800

Branscombe Shine No 2. oil and acrylc on canvas 76 x 50 cm £1800

Seaspray Rocks No 9. oil and acrylic on canvas 76 x 50 cm £3200

Emerald Sketch No 1. oil and acrylic on canvas 76 x 51 cm £1800

In Bloom oil, acrylic and bitumen on canvas 41 x 30 cm £700

Three Tree Field oil, acrylic and bitumen on canvas 41 x 30 cm £700

EDUCATION

2005 - 2008 Fine Art: Painting, Wimbledon College of Art 2004 - Foundation in Art and Design, Bournemouth Arts Institute

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 ‘Horizons – Home and Abroard’, MST Gallery, Bournemouth, Dorset 2011 ‘Power, Light and Luminosity’, GX Gallery, London

2010 ‘A Celebration of Marine Art’, Sea Pictures Gallery, Suffolk, England ‘La Côte’, Auberge de la Croix du Pape, Eze, France ‘La Côte d’Azur’ Antibes, France ‘Le Mer et Le Ciel’, Les Vieux Murs, Antibes, France 2009 ‘PACA’, Juan Les Pins, France ‘Seascapes’, 23 Haven Rd, Canford Cliffs, Dorset 2008 ‘Sea, Land and Sky’, The Pelly Gallery, Lyme Regis, Dorset 2006 ‘Horizons’, Lyme Regis Boys Club, Dorset 2003 Gap year show, Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Devon Gap year show, Axminster Arts Café, Axminster, Devon

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Group Exhibition, GX Gallery, London ‘Spirit of the Coast’, Sea Pictures Gallery, Suffolk, England 2010 Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London ‘ArtMonaco’10’, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco2009 Royal Society of Marine Artists Annuel Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London ‘Dorset Perspective’, Mulberry Tree Gallery, Swanage, Dorset 2008 ‘Coast’, Mulberry Tree Gallery, Swanage, Dorset GX Gallery, London ‘ Wimbledon College of Art Summer Degree Show’, Wimbledon, London 2007 Misguided Souls, Covent Garden, London Juicy Picnic, Great Suffolk ST. Gallery, Southwark, London

FAIRS

2012 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London2011 Windsor Art Fair, Berkshire, England2009 NEC, Birmingham, England 2009 Blanchard Collective, Wilt-shire PRIZES 2010 ‘Young Artist of the Year’, Royal Society of Marine Artists, London 2009 ‘Young Artist of the Year’, Royal Society of Marine Artists, London1998 ‘Blundell’s School Art Award’

Seaspray, Sky No 2., oil and acrylic on canvas, 76 x 51 cm, £1800