" Shenandoah at Vineyard Ha ven" 20x25 inches.
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Bert Wright, RSMA it is a transparent paint and not opaque like .oi l color, it' s a one-shot deal. What you put down is irreversible. Therefore one has to proceed knowing fully what pitfalls lie ahead and avoid them all. This takes a spec ial mind and careful .and sometimes instant planning. I, for one , couldn ' t do it. For the past four years I've been trying to get Bert to paint a series of Vineyard scenes and therefore it was with great pride that I was able to start off our new gallery with this fine collection of paintings of the island . All Bert's paintings are completed outdoors on site and many people on the Vineyard enjoyed seeing him at work during the month he and his wife were visiting the island . Working from life always gives a li velier result, and Bert has given us fres h views of many fa mili ar Vineyard subjects. Bert was born in Nottingham , England (a twin-city with Derby where I came from) in 1930. After graduating from Nottingham College of Art at age twenty he joined the County Arc hitects Department as a vis ua l artist producing architectural renderings. Because of the reputation of thi s department as a front-runner in classic govern me nt architecture , Bert's paintings were regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. In developing hi s talents, Bert drew inspiration from such renowned watercolorists as Bonnington (his favourite) , Turner, Cotman, Sargent and Homer whose work he studied extensively when the opportunity arose, and after twelve years in charge of the sce nery requirements for all BBC te lev ision programming , he took up painting as a full -time career. Bert sold his first painting (of the Sussex Downs) at the age of sixteen and for the past forty years he has been exhibiting regularly at prominent London Galleries. He is a member of the Royal Society of M arine Artists, the prestigious Wapping Group (speciali zing in views of the Thames) and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. .t SEA HISTORY , WINTER 1986-87
"Norton Wharf, Edgartown" 2 1x27 inches.
" Martha ' s Restaurant" 20x25 inches.
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