B I O G R A P H Y
Jeremy Galton is best known for his still lifes, completed
with meticulous attention to colour and drawing. For him, the beauty of still
life painting lies in the means by which the artist draws our attention to even
the most banal objects, things we have all seen but never really looked at
before. His approach considers the particularities of his subject matter,
where the results are not generalised transcriptions of any piece of
fruit, or any flower petal, but recreations of exactly those that
existed in front of him when painting. In this way, his work allows for extreme
scrutiny, where closer observation of his pictures only reveals detail
previously unnoticed.
Jeremy was originally encouraged to take up painting by
Anthony Green and Sir Kyffin Williams. He studied Fine Art at the City and
Guilds of London School of Art under Rodney Burn, Bernard Dunstan and Diana
Armfield among others. He has held a number of one-man exhibitions and his
work is continually viewable in group shows in galleries across the country. He
is the author of five art books including the best-selling Encyclopedia of Oil
Painting Techniques which has been in print since 1991. As a member of
the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) he exhibits at the Mall Galleries in
London on an annual basis. He has won numerous awards and his paintings feature
in a large number of international private collections including those of a
number of well-known corporate clients.
Recent Exhibitions
2014 EDS Gallery, Edinburgh
2014 Curwen Gallery, London
2014 Russell Gallery, London
2013 Rye Gallery, Kent
2013 Mall Galleries "Still Alive - Contemporary Still Life Painting"
2012 Catto Gallery, London (Solo Exhibition)
Recent Awards
2014 Finalist, Curwen Gallery Prize for Figurative Painting
2014 Frinton Frames Award
2012 Winsor & Newton Award
2009 Vivis Memorial Award
Recent Articles
Numerous contributions to art magazines, most recently:
2014 Making Arrangements, Artists & Illustrators (April Issue)
2012 Optical Colour Mixing, Artists & Illustrators (November issue)
2012 Winning Ways, Artists & Illustrators (June Issue)