MANCHESTER ART – Scenes of Manchester by the following artists:

E. Anthony Orme was born and studied in Manchester. His paintings and pastels include nostalgic images of the Manchester townscape, charming images of French and Italian cafe and street life, and striking images of the female form.

Chris Clover, illustrator and fine artist from Timperley, Cheshire. His signed limited editions include 'The Old Bank , Altrincham and 'The Clock Tower', Altrincham.

Christine Lawley claims her works are 'windows on Manchester'.  Inspired by Harold Riley, they depict the unique architecture and character of the city in fascinating detail.  Her city-scapes capture the imagination, because of their quality of enchantment.:
Set of four Canal Street scenes. Metz Bar, The New Union, Rendezvous in 'The Village' and Springtime in 'The Village', each a signed limited edition.

  Bernard McMullen's detailed atmospheric paintings of Manchester and North Western times gone by are now available upon request. We can supply limited edition prints.

Arthur Delaney is one of the North West's finest and most unusual artists, painting industrial scenes, and finding beauty and drama in his surroundings. Limited editions include 'High Street'and 'The Music Hall'.

Macclesfield based artist Marc Grimshaw is widely recognised for his capacity to capture in pastel Manchester street-life of the 50's and 60's. Limited editions include 'Queue at the Fair' and 'Cleaning the Steps' .

Robert (Bob) Richardson, born in Salford in 1938, has developed a reputation for pastel paintings which capture light, atmosphere and mood of his industrial landscapes of Manchester and Stockport. Also scenes of Venice. Originals and limited edition prints available upon enquiry.

Philip Westcott specialises in interiors.

L. S. Lowry, born 1887: Northern scenes by the artist who spent all his life in and around Salford. Limited edition prints available; prices on application.

Steven Scholes 'Piccadilly 1928' signed limited edition. Other works including nostaglic street scenes of Chester also available.

Paul Brotherton is a professional artist working in Cheshire. Previously he worked in the Lake District, then travelled extensively, including Zimbabwe. His work aims to recognise, interpret and communicate positive beauty.

Martin Murrey, has created a series of luminous images of the Canal Street area, where The Blyth Gallery is situated.

Dai David, Chadderton-based, Welsh-born artist specialising in presenting Manchester with the flavour of a continental city, with flamboyant style and bold brush strokes.

David Langston has produced power images of industrial Manchester using bold blocks of colour.

PEOPLE & PORTRAITURE

E. Anthony Orme has painted a series of striking female figures including the nude. He works in many media, but predominantly pastels, oils and acrylics.

John Coffey, who studied at Manchester School of Art (now MMU) and lives in Cheshire, paints a wide variety of figurative subjects, but takes special pleasure in figures and portraits to commission.

Dai David, Chadderton-based, Welsh-born artist, has also created a series of paintings about music, musicians and dancers.

R. O. Lenkiewicz, born in 1941, of Jewish parents Lenkiewicz studied at St Martin's School of Art and subsequently at the Royal Academy Schools. He is a painter who works essentially in an academic fashion, while at the same time extending the visual image, linking it closely with sociological philosophical and aesthetic images. Originals and limited editions available on request.

LANDSCAPE

Emerson Mayes and Richard Clare, two painters of the northern landscape, shared an exhibition at the Blyth Gallery.  John Coffey also paints landscapes, city-scapes and sea scapes.

Philip Westcott specialises in woodland scenes, landscapes and scenes of people in groups in public spaces such as shopping malls.

Colin Halliday's art shows a deep feeling for the Northern landscape. His richly coloured paintings depict imaginary rather than topographical landscapes,

Robert Bindloss has travelled widely and draws on this richness in his deeply coloured canvses.

We have had exhibitions of landscapes by David Winning, Tim Slatter, Estelle Scholes and Jim Wright, whose atmospheric pastels draw upon the Yorkshire landscape and seascape. Also by Lou Moore, Paul Brotherton and Stephen Lord.

SCULPTURE

Wayne Charmer explores the possibilities of fused glass and enamels:

David Keenan is a sculptor working in glass, and has created some delightful, graceful images of people.

Colin Jacobs' works in stone and bronze resin has been on exhibition in 2003.

Dennis Kilgallon has produced many art works based on classical styles, including ones suitable for the garden.

FLOWERS, ANIMALS & WILDLIFE

Gary Strickland, established painter of wild life, specialising in birds, depicting them in stark landscapes; combining natural images with the surreal. The intention is intimate and non panoramic.

ABSTRACT & EXPRESSIONISM

Internationally renowned Danish artist, Hans Meyer Petersen's, whose work hangs in the Museum of Modern Art, in New York. Various Limited Editions available on request.

Theodore Major: his highly collectable works are now available upon request.

Tadeusz Was, a veteran Polish figurative abstract expressionist and member of the Polish Artists Society.
'Flower Girl': oil on paper, 1979, is one example of his work.  Please ask for details.

      Tadeusz Was                                   Phillip Calverley: foil images

In parallel with painting bright, colourful representational works, Paul Brotherton has produced some interesting abstracts, several of which have characteristic horizontal and vertical bands in strong colour, reminiscent of Piet Mondrian.

Gabriela Trynkler – Polish artist for whom colour is the main interest. Her textures are based on perception of nature and the surrounding world. Mixed media mounted originals.
 

Jayne Jones - experiments with paint textures, especially formed with Hammerite metallic paint. 

Other abstract artists include Phillipe Aird, John Booth, Joyce Burgess, Carola Colley and 'Tad'.

Also Carolyne Kardia, Ian Clegg and Alison Murdoch.

Prices are indicated in each exhibition catalogue, and individual prices of limited editions are available on request.