English Coastlines and Waterways
By Oliver White
Original artworks
Oil on canvas/gouache on paper
Framed
In order as they appear above:
- Helford River - Late Afternoon, Late Winter - £825 Image size H: 60cm x W: 60cm
- Moon Rise on the Solstice - £795. . Image size: H: 60cm x W: 60cm
- From the North Cliffs - £795. Image size H: 60cm x W: 60cm
- Loe Beach - £795. Image size H: 60cm x W: 60cm
- The Top of Bodmin Moor - £225. Image size H: 22cm x W: 28cm - SOLD
These intensely-felt and beautifully-observed coastal and waterway paintings are produced, often en plein air, by an artist who loves to be out in wild places, whether estuary, river, coastline or canal.
As a landscape and portrait painter, Oliver has an enviably romantic back-story. After leaving Falmouth College of Fine Art he became an oyster and mussel fisherman in Cornwall, drawing just occasionally. Then a break-through solo show in 2012 had him switching course again to study at the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, learning the rigorous drawing and painting techniques of the Renaissance.
Today, he's a professional artist and painting the Cornish coastlines he knows so intimately and loves as well as the Warwickshire waterways near his home. He has a staggering ability to render light on water and convey all seasons and all times of the day and night, whether it's a powerful tide on rocks or a narrow river gulley surrounded by lush foliage.
Footnote: Framing style really enhances the perspective and palette of Oliver's work, courtesy of Halo Print & Frame in Stratford-upon-Avon: tps://www.instagram.com/haloprintandframe/
ABOUT OLIVER WHITE
Oliver was born in Warwickshire before moving down to Cornwall in his teens.
As a landscape and portrait painter, her has an enviably romantic back-story. After leaving Falmouth College of Fine Art he became an oyster and mussel fisherman in Cornwall, drawing just occasionally. He was also a carpenter and also with various wildlife conservation bodies.
Then a break-through solo show in 2012 had him switching course again to study at the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, learning the rigorous drawing and painting techniques of the Renaissance.
Today, he's a professional artist and painting the Cornish coastlines he knows so intimately and loves as well as the Warwickshire waterways near his home.
He works mainly in oil, though he also combines different media, techniques and surfaces to create his own language of expression.
Water is at the very heart of his work. For him, it isn’t merely the beauty of water that appeals: “Water is the essence of life and I am amazed at its power, moved by its moods and thrilled by the wildlife that it supports.
“I often paint en plein air and I’ve painted amongst kingfishers and otters, dolphins and seals - a whole variety of fish and birdlife moves past me. Painting by river and coast, I become part of the landscape myself, and I hope that sense of immersion is evident in my work.”