Biography
‘Arthur works somewhere between the figurative and the semi-abstract. He engages with the formal problems that arise in the process of looking, in its broad sense, to attempt to make something that is a coherent painting.’
‘Prolonged, procrastinated messy chaos… just occasionally organised chaos.’
- Born March 1951
- Attended Camberwell School of Art
- Painter and Printmaker
- Elected NEAC
- Teaches summer courses in “En Olivier” nr Toulouse
- Continues to live and work in Deal close to the sea
Exhibited
- Regular exhibitor RA Summer Shows 1986 – 2017
- Lynne Strover Gallery
- Hilton Fine Art
- Cadogan Contemporary since 1989 in mixed and solo shows
- Linden Hall Studio Gallery ‘Two Painters and a Potter’ 2016
Awards
- Hunting / Observer art awards
- Discerning Eye exhibitions
- JPS Portrait award
- 2015 Zsuzsi Roboz Prize
- 2017 The Woodhay Picture Gallery prize
Publications
- Eight Poems. A Selection of Edward Thomas poems illustrated with etchings
- R. Jeffries. Illustrated with an etching
- A Centenary Celebration of the Poetry of Edward Thomas. illus. with etchings
ARTHUR NEAL 