Michael Honnor

Gareth Parry RCA MICHAEL HONNOR

Here & There Again EBB AND FLOOD

EBB AND FLOOD 6 - 23 NOVEMBER 2018 ‘How well I remember as a six year old watching a man painting the sea and rocks on my first holiday in Cornwall - the salt in the air, the smell and sound of the surf, the stabs of sun and wind, the threat of the tide, the stretch of the land and sea, and above all the intensity and speed of light and weather, each moment so sharp and particular...and gone like a musical note.’ Michael Honnor, 2018 Acclaimed Devon artist Michael Honnor, creates a striking collection of new & unseen artworks for his upcoming exhibition, EBB AND FLOOD, which can be viewed at THACKERAY GALLERY Est.1968, Kensington, which celebrates its 50th year in 2018.

The landscape of Britain being a source of inspiration, Michael creates his work outside, also known as ‘plein air’, surrounded by wilderness, capturing the weather and light in all its glory. Amid all the urgency and sensation of painting beside rivers and seas, the marks of the brush and crayon are a visible part of the process.

Each painting is intensely attractive, capturing the movement and dramatic atmosphere that the land presents.

Michael in plein air

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Cover: Detail: Shipman Head, Gale Force - linen - 40 x 50cm

Bright Dark River panel - 68 x 76cm

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River and Gorse, Wasdale Head paper - 75 x 95cm

River to the Sea linen - 43 x 46cm

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Great Par linen - 38 x 32cm

Gweal Neck Sunset linen - 32 x 38cm

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Coming Storm paper - 43 x 54cm

Cross Current linen - 30 x 44cm

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Dark Sea with Lightning linen - 95 x 90cm

Dark Tideline Lightning linen - 90 x 95cm

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Trebecca Rock, rain linen - 90 x 95cm

Spring Ebb linen - 90 x 95cm

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Dart, Winter Sunrise linen - 94 x 94cm

East Dart, Winter Sunrise paper - 38 x 48cm

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Dark Gorge, Autumn paper - 75 x 78cm

Fairweather Sea paper - 45 x 50cm

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Lizard Shower Sky paper - 53 x 75cm

Prussia Cove paper - 91 x 94cm

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Rock Wind, Seawrack paper - 48 x 52cm

Samson Island, Light Snow aluminium - 40 x 50cm

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Schiel River, Snow linen - 59 x 50cm

Sea Downpour, Sudden paper - 50 x 70cm

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Sea Tempest, Funnel Cloud linen - 75 x 75cm

Shipman Head, Gale Force linen - 40 x 50cm

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Bryher Running Ebb aluminium - 51 x 80cm

Branult Sun linen - 40 x 60cm

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The River under Stalldon Down 1 paper - 48 x 46cm

The River under Stalldon Down 2 paper - 48 x 46cm

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Tidepool paper - 39 x 50cm

Upper Reach Autumn linen - 36 x 42cm

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The Sound of Eigg linen - 50 x 70cm

BIOGRAPHY Michael Honnor was born in 1944 and grew up on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, where his instinctive connection with wild landscape was forged.

He left Devon to read English at Oxford and then painting at Hornsey College and Byam Shaw School of Art. In 1978 he returned to live and paint on the edge of the Erme Valley, Dartmoor and it was at this time that he also set up the celebrated print workshop at Dartington Hall, where he continues to be Director & Tutor.

For Michael Honnor the wilder landscape of Britain has been a constant source of inspiration - and in the past few years he has also found material for his painting in Italy, Corsica, Portugal, France and Australia.

Much of his work is done outdoors, in all weathers, and in particular in places where land meets water.

Michael Honnor has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery, London since 1989, as well as widely in the UK, throughout his career. His work can be seen in many Private, Public and Corporate Collections worldwide.

COLLECTIONS INCLUDE:

Barclay’s Bank, The Cooperative Society Ltd, The Admiralty, London, Dartington Hall, Devon, The Mellon Collection, U.S.A, Citibank, The London Institute of Education, The National Library of Wales, Worcester College, Oxford, The V and A Museum, London British embassies and High Commissions 33

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