Tuesday, September 16
ArtDog London pre-Affordable Art Fair opening at 14BC Gallery featuring paintings by Kate Felton Hall, Pete Hawkins, Becky Munting and Walter Salas-Humara
KATE FELTON HALL
Kate Felton Hall lives and works in Suffolk, East Anglia. She works primarily in oil on linen and paints landscapes, still-life and portraiture. Kate’s floral paintings are all done from life. She captures the light, colour and beauty of each individual bloom with her own unique style. Her Thamesscapes and Harbourscapes are based on the horizon lines of the coastal communities of Suffolk and the Thames in London.
Kate studied at Reading University, she worked as an advertising Art Director in the Creative Department of Saatchi & Saatchi London, moved into Graphic Design, before going back into Fine Art. She created the original Childline identity with Esther Rantzen; Free John McCarthy Campaign during the Beirut hostage crisis; won NABs Gold Award and a Creative Circle Silver Awards for best TV. Kate is also a member of Ipswich Art Society.
PETE HAWKINS
Living and working in Suffolk in the UK not far from the sea. Like many artists and creatives, he has been drawing, doodling, painting and playing around since early childhood. Having covered various subjects and styles in his career he has focused on paintings of Postage Stamps. Fascinated by their association with foreign lands, creatures and cultures. Using the structure of Stamps and playing with text and subjects in order to create a narrative to the works. This is what he finds interesting and inspiring. The opportunity for the viewer to get some sort of escapism, thoughtfulness and playfulness.
BECKY MUNTING
Becky Munting studied at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge and graduated in History of Art B.A (Hons).
“I am an East Anglian based artist, specialising in wildlife and animal paintings, and in particular birds. My love of the surrounding countryside and its richness in nature gives inspiration to my work. Working primarily in oils and gold leaf, I depict the birds and animals I see through close observation and try and capture their spirit and freedom”.
WALTER SALAS-HUMARA
Walter Salas-Humara is a Cuban-American painter and musician. Walter studied art at Pratt Institute in NYC. His paintings are in collections all over the world.
“Painting is a peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again. It’s a dance with a blank canvas and a spiritual essence. The Horse and the Elk as historical icons symbolise wild abandon and freedom, but also point to overcoming obstacles. I do not literally paint the animal: I focus on movement, texture and light. My renderings focus on emotive effect, rather than manifesting a sense of true physical space. I look at the animal and I see shape, color and tone. Then I find those that will make the work alive and vibrate. I look to art for a direct experience. I revel in the drag, the smear, the splash and flow of liquid color, in the physicality of the strokes.”
