LAND, SEA AND SKY

ENGLISH LANDSCAPE AND COAST

THE PAINTINGS OF ROY GLANVILLE RBA,RSMA AND CHRISTOPHER GLANVILLE RWA
Prints, Drawings, Watercolours and Oils

There are many forms of artistic activity. One strand is concerned with observation and response, which can lead the artist in the direction of quiet study, with a deepening understanding of the subject, and a strengthened connection with the work in hand. This approach has become somewhat neglected in favour of the fascination with self expression and the wish to shock. The contents of this book redresses the balance through a record of the work of two generations conveying a relationship to the visual world through developed drawing skills and traditional painting media. Without denying the value of abstraction or the force of modernism, their work affirms the atmosphere of a distinctively reflective approach to their subjects, their materials and methods, and their vision.