Tag: George Rowlett

The joys of George Rowlett’s work and the mysterious case of the menacing fell runners

Nov 6, 2014

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fellpainter

in paintings, plein air

I was fairly staggered to find out that Rowlett only paints with what look like big trowels and huge pots of paint in the three primary colours plus white. How does he get that feeling of abundant colour into his work?
Paintings are painted with paint, not with ideas

Oct 1, 2014

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fellpainter

in paintings, thoughts about painting

So, in paintings there are drawing and colour, imagination and memory. All of these can be prioritised to greater or lesser extents …