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MICHAEL FINN grew up in Surrey and attended Kingston-upon-Thames
School of Art. After war service as a pilot, he studied at the
Royal College of Art, and then began a long and distinguished
teaching career at the Somerset College of Art. In 1958 he became
Principal of Falmouth School of Art. He was appointed Principal
of the prestigious Bath Academy of Art in Corsham in 1972, where
he remained until his retirement in the early 1980's.
Influenced by the abstract expressionist work of Mark Rothko and
others, Finn’s post retirement work explores the relationship
between colour and space creating perfectly balanced and harmonious
compositions that are "areas of colour in which to rest and enjoy the quiet".
Michael still exhibits widely and among other venues, has a major
show planned for the Newlyn Gallery in February 2001.
Michael Finn lives on the outskirts of St Just with his wife Celia.
Black into gold with white stripes
acrylic on canvas
1530 x 605mm
White painting
acrylic on canvas
1020 x 1020mm
Red with blue slashes
acrylic on canvas
1020 x 1020mm
Blue, green, blue, black, white
acrylic on canvas
1530 x 300mm
Black, white and blue
acrylic on canvas
1530 x 300mm
MAGGIE HENSHALL was born in 1964 in South Wales and attended Newport
College of Art and Design and Exeter University. After graduating
in 1987 she began work as a graphic designer before travelling
around Australia in 1992.
Now a full time painter, she takes her inspiration from her surroundings
at Botallack, St.Just where she lives. She is a member of the
Penwith Society of Artists and has exhibited in Cornwall, Cambridge,
Devon, Dorset, Wales and, increasingly, in London and at art fairs.
She has also shown her work in New England, USA.
Among recent commissions, Maggie Henshall has worked for the architectural
group Ove Arup and has designed greetings cards for ‘Artist Cards’.
Cot Valley, sea, garden
acrylic on canvas
620 x 760mm
Newlyn boathouse
acrylic on canvas
610 x 660mm
Under the rising tide
acrylic on canvas
610 x 660mm
After the rain
acrylic on canvas
610 x 760mm
Compass
acrylic on canvas
255 x 255mm
ALASDAIR LINDSAY was born in Cheshire in 1975 and attended West
Cheshire College, Reading University and Falmouth College of Arts
where he recently graduated in Fine Art.
His paintings are produced using stored memories, ideas and moods
which relate to the experience of his surrounding environment.
They involve comparisons between the ‘natural’ and the ‘man-made’
elements in the landscape and the mood is dictated by the relationship
of colour and mark.
In a short career to date, Alasdair Lindsay has made a great impression
on those who have seen his work. It is not often that an artist
can enjoy highly successful solo and mixed shows within a year
of graduating. Alasdair has shown at the Brian Sinfield Gallery
in Oxfordshire and The Great Atlantic Map Works.
Falmouth from Flushing Hill
acrylic on canvas
600 x 600mm
Penwith Cottage 2
acrylic & coloured pencil on board
450 x 450mm
Towing out
acrylic & coloured pencil on board
450 x 450mm
Night Lights, Falmouth Docks
acrylic & pencil on board
450 x 450mm
Machinery & Buildings, coastal farm 3
acrylic charcoal & pencil on board
450 x 450mm
PAUL MOUNT was born in Devon and attended Paignton School of Art
and the Royal College of Art. His studies were interrupted by
war service, after which he concluded his studies and then taught
at Winchester School of Art and later directed an art department
in Nigeria.
Whilst in Nigeria, he began experimenting in three dimensional
work - carving and casting of concrete, welding steel and fabricating
in glass-reinforced plastic. Afterwards, as a design consultant
with a group of architects in West Africa, he was involved in
a wide variety of projects.
He returned to England in 1962 and established himself as a sculptor
and painter, living in St.Just with his wife, the artist June
Miles, where they run their ‘Nancherrow Studio’.
Paul Mount has exhibited throughout the UK, Europe, Africa and
America.
Mistral
oil on canvas
410 x 510mm
Dangerous corner
oil on canvas
400 x 495mm
Nocturne
oil on canvas
445 x 495mm
Mystere
oil on canvas
500 x 610mm
Night Shift
oil on canvas
610 x 750mm
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