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M ICHAEL H ARRISON Recent Paintings An Appreciation by Robin Capon (Art Journalist and Author) ‘Small paintings, particularly if they are made from direct observation and response to the subject, are often more telling and emotive in their impact than large studio works that are resolved in every detail. ere is a deftness and energy in his brushwork: it is expressive and confidently stated, with always something left to the viewer’s imagination. Although small scale, his paintings capture and convey a great deal. Michael’s strength lies in the way he is able to evaluate and handle the tonal qualities of a subject. He works from a limited colour palette, perhaps with only four or five colours. Adept at mixing colours, he aims for results that are well-keyed and exploit a good tonal range. In turn, whatever the subject, this enhances the sense of mood in his paintings. e medium itself, the paint, should always play it’s part in determining the character and impact of a painting. So many artists look to control the medium to such an extent that the feeling for the paint, with its consequent influence on textures and brushmarks, is lost. In Michael’s work, that relationship between artist and medium is clearly evident, and it results in paintings that have a wonderfully loose and direct quality’. Contact: Michael Harrison website: www.mfharrison.artspan.com Bakehouse Studios, Rothwell, Northamptonshire ??????. Tel: 01536 412496 Mobile: 07741014078 EXHIBITIONS & SHOWS 1970 e Yacht Club Gallery, Hydra, Greece 1970 Northampton Town & County Art Society 2008-2012 Open 10 Alfred East Gallery 2010 Artemesia Gallery, Abbottsbury, Dorset (joint show) 2010-2013 Northamptonshire Open Studios 2010 Carina Haslam Gallery, Great Missenden 2011 e Artist Magazine, Editor’s Choice Painting of the Month 2011 One-Man Show Axel Haig Gallery, Holcot, Northants 2011 New English Art Club Open Exhibition, at Mall Galleries, London SW 2012 One-man Show at Oakapple Gallery, Mears Ashby, Northants 2012 One-Man Show Gallery on the Corner, Battersea, London SW 2012 Northampton Town & County Exhibition (Elected Associate) 2013 Open 12 Alfred East Gallery, Kettering (Prize winner - paintings category) 2013 Royal Birmingham Art Society Open Exhibition 2013 Royal Society of British Artists at Mall Galleries, London SW

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Page 1: Michael Harrison

M i c h a e l h a r r i s o n

R e c e n t P a i n t i n g s

An Appreciation by Robin Capon(Art Journalist and Author)

‘Small paintings, particularly if they are made from direct observation and

response to the subject, are often more telling and emotive in their impact than

large studio works that are resolved in every detail. There is a deftness and

energy in his brushwork: it is expressive and confidently stated, with always

something left to the viewer’s imagination. Although small scale, his paintings

capture and convey a great deal.

Michael’s strength lies in the way he is able to evaluate and handle the tonal

qualities of a subject. He works from a limited colour palette, perhaps with

only four or five colours. Adept at mixing colours, he aims for results that are

well-keyed and exploit a good tonal range. In turn, whatever the subject, this

enhances the sense of mood in his paintings.

The medium itself, the paint, should always play it’s part in determining the

character and impact of a painting. So many artists look to control the medium

to such an extent that the feeling for the paint, with its consequent influence on

textures and brushmarks, is lost. In Michael’s work, that relationship between

artist and medium is clearly evident, and it results in paintings that have a

wonderfully loose and direct quality’.

Contact: Michael Harrison

website: www.mfharrison.artspan.com

Bakehouse Studios, Rothwell, Northamptonshire ??????.

Tel: 01536 412496 Mobile: 07741014078

E x H i B i T i o N S & S H o w S

1970 The Yacht Club Gallery, Hydra, Greece

1970 Northampton Town & County Art Society

2008-2012 Open 10 Alfred East Gallery

2010 Artemesia Gallery, Abbottsbury, Dorset ( joint show)

2010-2013 Northamptonshire Open Studios

2010 Carina Haslam Gallery, Great Missenden

2011 The Artist Magazine, Editor’s Choice Painting of the Month

2011 One-Man Show Axel Haig Gallery, Holcot, Northants

2011 New English Art Club Open Exhibition, at Mall Galleries, London SW

2012 One-man Show at Oakapple Gallery, Mears Ashby, Northants

2012 One-Man Show Gallery on the Corner, Battersea, London SW

2012 Northampton Town & County Exhibition (Elected Associate)

2013 Open 12 Alfred East Gallery, Kettering (Prize winner - paintings category)

2013 Royal Birmingham Art Society Open Exhibition

2013 Royal Society of British Artists at Mall Galleries, London SW

Page 2: Michael Harrison

ichael Harrison attended Art School at Uppingham followed by

Academie Julien, the old Post-impressionist studio in Paris in 1962 and

he was then fortunate to be befriended by George Holland who recognised he

early potential. It has only been in recent years, however, and largely through

the encouragement of family and friends, that he has returned to painting with

the single-mindedness required to progress. An individual style has now slowly

evolved, received acknowledgment and consequently his paintings have begun

to get ‘noticed’, valued and justifiably found their way into people’s collections.

His works are wide ranging and diverse in both choice of subject and location

with the intimate small landscape studies are all completed plein air.

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