Footbal Crowd #1 - oil on board - 45cm x 60cm - Oliver Lovley
"Paintings which are an extension of a drawing, beginning without a plan and moving in whichever direction seems best.
The important parts are my emotional reaction and the life in the drawing."
The important parts are my emotional reaction and the life in the drawing."
Upcoming Exhibtions & Events:
Childwickbury Arts Fair, St. Albans
2nd, 3rd & 4th July 2021
Childwickbury Estate,
Harpenden Road,
St Albans,
Hertfordshire,
AL3 6JX
Childwickbury Arts Website
SGFA Annual Open Exhibition
Tuesday 6th to Sunday 11th July 2021
Mall Galleries,
The Mall, London SW1
Live Painting Demontstration during SGFA Annual Open
Friday 9th July 2pm to 3.30pm (demonstration now online)
'Painting a Figure'
Oliver Lovley SGFA will draw out and paint a figure using his own life drawings as reference.
SGFA Website
ABC Arts Trail, Attenborough, Beeston & Chilwell
Nottingham
4th & 5th September 2021
Artworks art shop,
86-88 Chilwell Road
Beeston
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG9 1ES
ABC Arts Trail Website
Melbourne Arts Festival
Melbourne, Derbyshire
18th & 19th Septmeber 2021
Assembly Rooms,
High Street, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8GF
Melbourne Arts Festival Website
Childwickbury Arts Fair, St. Albans
2nd, 3rd & 4th July 2021
Childwickbury Estate,
Harpenden Road,
St Albans,
Hertfordshire,
AL3 6JX
Childwickbury Arts Website
SGFA Annual Open Exhibition
Tuesday 6th to Sunday 11th July 2021
Mall Galleries,
The Mall, London SW1
Live Painting Demontstration during SGFA Annual Open
Friday 9th July 2pm to 3.30pm (demonstration now online)
'Painting a Figure'
Oliver Lovley SGFA will draw out and paint a figure using his own life drawings as reference.
SGFA Website
ABC Arts Trail, Attenborough, Beeston & Chilwell
Nottingham
4th & 5th September 2021
Artworks art shop,
86-88 Chilwell Road
Beeston
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG9 1ES
ABC Arts Trail Website
Melbourne Arts Festival
Melbourne, Derbyshire
18th & 19th Septmeber 2021
Assembly Rooms,
High Street, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8GF
Melbourne Arts Festival Website
Oliver Lovley is an artist living and working in Nottinghamshire, England. Past exhibitions of his paintings include The National Portrait Gallery in London and the Djanogly Gallery at Nottingham Lakeside Centre.
Film by Parisian Polo Club
Exhibitions:
Contemporary Art Auction - Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham 2019
SGFA Touring Centenary, Bankside Gallery, London and RBSA, Birmingham 2019
Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol - 'Every Kind of People' Exhibition 2019
Bankside Gallery, London - Society of Graphic Fine Art Biennial 2017
The Menier Gallery, London Draw Open Exhibitions with the SGFA 2016 - 2019
Gallery 6, Newark, Notts. - solo exhibition 'Dark Re-forming Shapes' 2017
Shortlisted for 2nd round - The BP Portrait Award 2016
Shortlisted for 2nd round Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2015
ING Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London 2014
BP Portrait Award, The National Portrait Gallery, London 2002
Live Shows:
Art in Action, Waterperry, Oxfordshire 2014, 2015 & 2016
Childwickbury Arts Fair, St. Albans 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019
Windsor Contemporary Art Fair 2017
Bath Art Fair, Norton St Philip, Bath 2017
Wirksworth Arts Festival, Derbyshire 2016
Art in the Gardens, Sheffield 2016 & 2017
Reading Contemporary Art Fair 2014
Print:
One Hundred Years: The Society of Graphic Fine Art - 2018
Dark Re-forming Shapes - self-published 2017
Unconscious Patterns - self-published 2016
500 Portraits - BP Portrait Award first published by
the National Portrait Gallery London 2011, republished 2015
Residencies and Qualifications:
Elected full member (SGFA) of The Society of Graphic Fine Art, London 2017
Donation of painting ‘Internal Walls’ to The Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham University 2017
Highly commended award at Art in the Gardens, Sheffield 2016
Artist in Residence at The Malt Cross Henderson Gallery, Nottingham during 2015
BA (Hons) Illustration & Visual Communication - Loughborough University, 2001
Contemporary Art Auction - Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham 2019
SGFA Touring Centenary, Bankside Gallery, London and RBSA, Birmingham 2019
Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol - 'Every Kind of People' Exhibition 2019
Bankside Gallery, London - Society of Graphic Fine Art Biennial 2017
The Menier Gallery, London Draw Open Exhibitions with the SGFA 2016 - 2019
Gallery 6, Newark, Notts. - solo exhibition 'Dark Re-forming Shapes' 2017
Shortlisted for 2nd round - The BP Portrait Award 2016
Shortlisted for 2nd round Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2015
ING Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London 2014
BP Portrait Award, The National Portrait Gallery, London 2002
Live Shows:
Art in Action, Waterperry, Oxfordshire 2014, 2015 & 2016
Childwickbury Arts Fair, St. Albans 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019
Windsor Contemporary Art Fair 2017
Bath Art Fair, Norton St Philip, Bath 2017
Wirksworth Arts Festival, Derbyshire 2016
Art in the Gardens, Sheffield 2016 & 2017
Reading Contemporary Art Fair 2014
Print:
One Hundred Years: The Society of Graphic Fine Art - 2018
Dark Re-forming Shapes - self-published 2017
Unconscious Patterns - self-published 2016
500 Portraits - BP Portrait Award first published by
the National Portrait Gallery London 2011, republished 2015
Residencies and Qualifications:
Elected full member (SGFA) of The Society of Graphic Fine Art, London 2017
Donation of painting ‘Internal Walls’ to The Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham University 2017
Highly commended award at Art in the Gardens, Sheffield 2016
Artist in Residence at The Malt Cross Henderson Gallery, Nottingham during 2015
BA (Hons) Illustration & Visual Communication - Loughborough University, 2001
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