Description of Artwork
Still Forms is an abstract still life oil painting with expressive brushwork, gestural mark-making and areas of rich texture. Blocks of colour and passages of exuberant paint establish composition and depth. Defiant ochre forms punctuates the work, balancing energy and structure.
The painting is presented in its original white painted wooden frame, ready to hang. A label to the reverse records the artist, title and date.
Key Details
Medium: Oil on canvas
Frame: White painted wooden frame, ready to hang
Dimensions: Unframed 51 × 61 cm; Framed 67 × 77 cm
Date: 2000–2001
Title: Still Forms
Condition: Excellent condition to both artwork and frame
About the Artist: Mark Surridge RWA (b.1963)
Mark Surridge is a British abstract painter whose work explores memory, landscape and the act of mark-making. Born in 1963, he studied Fine Art at Falmouth School of Art and later completed a Master’s degree in Painting at Chelsea School of Art, London.
Surridge was elected an Associate Member of the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol and later became a full Royal Academician at RWA. He has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad, including:
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall
Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall
Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum
Gallerie Nordenhake, Berlin
His work is held in public and private collections including Falmouth Art Gallery, University College London, and a number of regional museum collections.
Surridge is also noted for his connections within the contemporary Cornish art community, working alongside and exhibiting with leading abstract painters influenced by the legacy of St Ives Modernism. He has engaged in collaborative projects with artists and writers exploring landscape and memory, strengthening his reputation within both national and regional art circles.
Description of Artwork
Still Forms is an abstract still life oil painting with expressive brushwork, gestural mark-making and areas of rich texture. Blocks of colour and passages of exuberant paint establish composition and depth. Defiant ochre forms punctuates the work, balancing energy and structure.
The painting is presented in its original white painted wooden frame, ready to hang. A label to the reverse records the artist, title and date.
Key Details
Medium: Oil on canvas
Frame: White painted wooden frame, ready to hang
Dimensions: Unframed 51 × 61 cm; Framed 67 × 77 cm
Date: 2000–2001
Title: Still Forms
Condition: Excellent condition to both artwork and frame
About the Artist: Mark Surridge RWA (b.1963)
Mark Surridge is a British abstract painter whose work explores memory, landscape and the act of mark-making. Born in 1963, he studied Fine Art at Falmouth School of Art and later completed a Master’s degree in Painting at Chelsea School of Art, London.
Surridge was elected an Associate Member of the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol and later became a full Royal Academician at RWA. He has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad, including:
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall
Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall
Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum
Gallerie Nordenhake, Berlin
His work is held in public and private collections including Falmouth Art Gallery, University College London, and a number of regional museum collections.
Surridge is also noted for his connections within the contemporary Cornish art community, working alongside and exhibiting with leading abstract painters influenced by the legacy of St Ives Modernism. He has engaged in collaborative projects with artists and writers exploring landscape and memory, strengthening his reputation within both national and regional art circles.
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