The Great Atlantic Galleries

paul sims
crashing waves

Twin peaks, Priests Cove
21.5 x 29” 53 x 73cm mixed media

“CRASHING WAVES”

Paul Sims was born in 1952 and attended Cardiff School of Art in the 1970’s, joining BBC Wales as a Graphic Designer. He became a department head and senior designer pioneering breakfast television in the UK and implementing on-air computer graphics systems. Moving into advertising, he worked as the Creative Director of Molinare, a leading Post Production House in Soho, gaining an international reputation for designing, directing and supervising digital visual effects sequences for award winning commercials and films.

In 2003, Paul and his wife made a life changing decision to move from London to Cornwall, where she has been running a St Ives restaurant and he has concentrated on painting.

This new exhibition of Paul Sims’ work shows just how much his approach has changed over the past three years. This collection, appropriately called “Crashing Waves” is based entirely on reference material gathered around the coast of West Cornwall.

“My years working as a Visual Effects Director/Supervisor for Post Production film and TV companies in London have clearly influenced my painting. The painstaking attention to each frame of a sequence has had an impact on the way I work and compose my paintings, as has my association with some of the best art and commercial directors and cameramen in the business. Any director who can make 1000 frames of a commercial be “picture perfect” would have an impact on anyone. Just look at the dramatic water sequences in “Perfect Storm” and “Prince of Egypt” and you will see where I am coming from.

“Painting in earnest started for me in 2004. Since then, I have exhibited with The Great Atlantic Galleries in St. Just, Falmouth and Monmouth as well as The Albany Gallery in Cardiff, Oriel 3 in Penarth and galleries in Truro, Fowey, St. Ives, Isles of Scilly and at the London Art Fairs.

“These recent paintings reflect my continuing fascination with the sea and the way that waves evolve. I hope my work shows not only the beauty of this movement but also the gravity and power of such volumes of water and how climatic effects can enhance these images.

“I have spent the last 6 months on these paintings and hope they bring as much enjoyment to viewers as I have had in painting them.”

Paul Sims, St Ives, March 2007

Please call 01326 318452 / 01736 788911 or e-mail: gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk to reserve the painting of your choice.

Paintings may be collected by arrangement or we can arrange delivery from as little as £20 depending on size and distance. Money back if not entirely satisfied (provided we are informed within 3 days of your painting being collected/delivered). Cheques and all major credit cards accepted. Colours may vary between the original paintings and the reproductions shown here. All paintings are framed and glazed .