Philip Beadle
" MIRROR STUDY " , Oil on Board
Philip Beadle is a self-taught artist who works in oil, watercolour, dry point and monotype prints.Philip’s immediate environment in Christchurch, the city scapes, Canterbury plains and mountains are a source of inspiration.
“My work seeks to find a connection between the feelings of loss and chaos that I have experienced as a mother in addition to the overwhelming love and satisfaction. I am rediscovering myself as an artist and individual, someone with a sense of purpose other than that of serving the needs of others. I seek to find beauty in the mundane, order in the chaos and art within the mess of it all.
“Capturing the light striking a range of subject matter has always interested me whether it is the landscape, nude or cityscapes. I'm interested in our emotional response to the often fleeting memories we retain of something we have seen and how it affected us. It could be a glare on water or a pose we see for a millisecond as someone moves in every day life to touch their hair or dry themselves after a swim. I'm also concerned with creating an exciting painting surface with abstract qualities and enjoy painting in warm low evening or winter light to resolve form, colour and light into a warm companion on canvas.”
“My work seeks to find a connection between the feelings of loss and chaos that I have experienced as a mother in addition to the overwhelming love and satisfaction. I am rediscovering myself as an artist and individual, someone with a sense of purpose other than that of serving the needs of others. I seek to find beauty in the mundane, order in the chaos and art within the mess of it all.
“Capturing the light striking a range of subject matter has always interested me whether it is the landscape, nude or cityscapes. I'm interested in our emotional response to the often fleeting memories we retain of something we have seen and how it affected us. It could be a glare on water or a pose we see for a millisecond as someone moves in every day life to touch their hair or dry themselves after a swim. I'm also concerned with creating an exciting painting surface with abstract qualities and enjoy painting in warm low evening or winter light to resolve form, colour and light into a warm companion on canvas.”
"NUDE AT THE WINDOW " , Oil on Board
" Down Kenepuru Sound " , Oil on Board
" WATERFALL BAY " , Oil on Board
'WAIKAWA, Marlborough Sounds" Oil on canvas, 100 cm x 100 cm
'LITTLE NGAKUTA, Marlborough Sounds" Oil on canvas, 100 cm x 100 cm
EVENING, TATA BAY, oil on board, 62 cm x 52 cm