michael strang
symphony of welsh images

The Usk near Talybont
27.5 x 35.5” 700 x 900mm oil on canvas

Michael Strang trained at Wimbledon and Camberwell Schools of Art, 1968 to 1973 and has painted for a living ever since. His work has been shown in many galleries, including some in London’s Bond St. and Cork St. and he enjoyed considerable commercial success at the former Bryan Forbes Gallery in Virginia Water, Surrey. A series of over 50 small Porthmeor Paintings were shown at the Tate Gallery, St. Ives in their “Century of Images” exhibition In 1995. In 2005 a major retrospective exhibition was shown at the Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery in Brecon as a testament to the years that he lived and worked in South Wales. His paintings can be found in many private and public collections including those of the Penlee House Museum, Penzance, the Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society, Cornwall County Education Committee and the Church of St. Martins-in-the-fields.

Although no longer living in Wales, Michael Strang has images of the culture, the people and the landscapes of the region running through his blood. The Great Atlantic Monmouth Gallery is proud to be able to present this exhibition of his work, which he has called “Symphony of Welsh Images”.

Please call 01600 714527 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.

Bridge, Cantref Church, Brecon
35.5 x 47” 900 x 1200mm oil on canvas

Sunset, Talybont Reservoir
7.5 x 11.5” 190 x 290mm oil on board

Brynmawr Town Hall
14 x 21.5” 350 x 550mm oil on board

Miner (I)
11.5 x 23.5” 290 x 600mm oil on board

Miner (II)
9 x 23.5” 230 x 600mm oil on board

Sunset towards Brynmawr
8 x 18” 200 x 450mm oil on board

Sunset over the Wye at Tintern
23.5 x 47” 600 x 1200mm oil on board

Farm near Blaenavon, winter
23.5 x 35.5” 600 x 900mm oil on board

Cornfields above Oxwich Bay, Gower
19.5 x 23.5” 500 x 600mm oil on canvas

Llanelly Hill, dry summer of ‘76
32 x 22.5” 820 x 570mm oil on board

Three miners
8.5 x 6” 220 x 150mm oil on board

"A painting is but a prayer: a communion with the very essence of life. And sometimes an answer rises from unfathomable depths, a voice of silence woven into the pigments.”

M.J. Strang 1992

1st - 20th October 2005

Opening times 10.30 a.m. till 5.00 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday

The Great Atlantic Church Street Gallery
19 Church Street Monmouth NP25 3BX
Telephone: 01600 714527 or 01736 788911

www.greatatlantic.co.uk
e-mail: gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk