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ALISTAIR ERSKINE AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY Exhibition: 7th – 15th October Monday to Friday: 10am – 6pm Saturday: 11am – 4pm 15 Langton Street, Chelsea, London SW10 0JL E: [email protected] | W: jamesharveybritishart.com | T: +44 (0)20 7 352 0015 All works are available to purchase from this catalogue Any other time by appointment 2TRANSCRIPT
AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY
ALISTAIR ERSKINE
En plein air
Page Title Price
2 Regatta at Salcombe £1750
3 The Ferry, Salcombe £2100
4 From Broadsands, Thurlestone £1500
4 The Long Stone, Butter Cove, Thurlestone £950
5 Bosham Quay £2500
6 Coastal Path, Noss Mayo £580
6 Walker’s Hill, Alton Barnes, Wiltshire £1100
7 Loam Castle, Thurlestone £720
7 Marsh Court River £950
8 Daffodils £1200
8 Still Life with Freisias £950
9 Montana £1400
9 Still Life with Pink, White and Red Roses £1750
10 Dittisham £1300
10 The Old Boathouse, Bantham £950
11 Bantham Estuary £1850
12 Montségur, Ariège £580
12 Moulin Huet, Guernsey £500
13 River Carron £980
13 Seascape at Mothecombe, Devon £980
14 Across the ‘Bag’ at Bosham £950
14 The Lake at Thenford £950
15 Still Life with Cornfl owers £4000
16 Nivelle, Dordogne £1300
16 Ribebon, St Aulaye, Dordogne £1100
17 The Dordogne near Pessac £700
Page Title Price
17 Fields Near Little Cheverell £860
18 Ghajn Tuffi eha Bay, Malta £220
18 The Oceanographic Museum, Monaco £500
19 Still Life with Apples and Grapefruit £300
19 Still Life with Biscuit Barrel £300
19 The Hallway, Friars Well £400
20 View from Dizard, Pessac-sur-Dordogne £1100
20 View from South Bank with HMS Wellington £850
21 Fishing on the River Test at Longstock £1800
22 In the Garden, 58 Ravenslea Road £420
22 On Wandsworth Common £700
23 On the Banks of The Dordogne, Pessac £1100
23 Poplars at Nivelle £750
24 Near Pessac-sur-Dordogne £1400
24 Looking towards Poole from Studland £1750
25 Low Tide at Studland £720
25 Mothecombe Beach at Low Tide £720
26 View over St Enedoc, Cornwall £640
26 Welsh Landscape £640
27 Mushrooms £2500
28 By the Walnut Orchard, Dordogne £1100
28 Coast near Bawdsey, Suffolk £1300
29 Windsor Castle from the Brocas in Autumn £950
29 Windsor Castle from the Brocas £520
30 Cliffs at Bawdsey, Suffolk £1400
30 Cherry Trees £1100
PRICES
AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY
ALISTAIR ERSKINE (B.1959)
All works are available to purchase from this catalogue
Exhibition: 7th – 15th OctoberMonday to Friday: 10am – 6pm
Saturday: 11am – 4pmAny other time by appointment
15 Langton Street, Chelsea, London SW10 0JLE: [email protected] | W: jamesharveybritishart.com | T: +44 (0)20 7 352 0015
En plein air
2
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Born in 1959 ALISTAIR JOHN ERSKINE has spent his working life as a freelance decorative
artist. Working on a wide range of conventional and contemporary projects, he has worked alongside many internationally renowned designers such as Dudley Poplak, Veere Grenney, Gabhan O’Keeffe, David Laws, Guy Oliver, Colefax & Fowler, Sophie Stonor, Nina Campbell, Nicholas Haslam, and Christophe Gollut. The Gallery is delighted to be presenting his first solo exhibition in October in which he will be showing a group of pictures that represent a period of work from 1979 to the present day all being seen for the first time. Brought up in Dorset and Hampshire much of Alistair’s inspiration comes from his travels on family holidays in the West Country, East Anglia, France and Scotland. Although not religious himself, his family background has connections with the Scottish Episcopal and Anglican churches and it is perhaps not surprising that John Constable’s simple ‘rapture before nature’ and pantheistic viewpoint, seems to resonate with his own motivation. He is most drawn to working as directly as possible from nature – as Wordsworth described his desire to capture visual beauty that has ‘no need of a remoter charm by thought supplied’. Inspired by the ‘en plein air’ oil sketches of Constable, Corot, Frederic Leighton and William Nicholson his own work also has links to the Scottish colourists sharing their interest in their more intense extraction
of colour through tonal planning and outline. When attempting to convey the poetry of nature through painting he has a scientific or analytical approach, a mindset perhaps initiated by the typographic design course where analysis of visual language was central. “I discovered that colour interest was relative or interactive. By working swiftly and with painterly extraction, I try to capture fleeting interaction of colour with colour and with light and composition. I aim for unaffected freshness.”
“In my land and seascape paintings, always done ‘en plein air’, I try to convey mood or sense of place”. Although human form plays little or no part in his paintings, he is conscious that landscape without reference to human habitation can lose meaning, so buildings or other simple man-made effects are usually included in composition however simply expressed. Alongside his land and seascapes, his still life paintings have a wonderfully direct quality. They are perhaps a little more highly worked than his landscapes but still retain the ‘moment’ of observation and in this discipline he is conscious of not overworking his subject and staying true to his
‘en plein air’ technique. This skill is carried through his charming and very intimate watercolours and drawings.
Front cover: Regatta at Salcombe (page 2)
Back cover: Walker’s Hill, Alton Barnes,
Wiltshire (page 6)
2
Regatta at Salcombe. Signed. Dated ‘04. Inscribed Verso. Oil on Board. 23 x 30 cm
3
The Ferry, Salcombe. Signed. Dated ‘06. Inscribed Verso. Oil on Board. 15.5 x 24.5 cm
4
The Long Stone, Butter Cove,
Thurlestone
Signed. Dated ‘06. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 14.5 x 23 cm
From Broadsands, Thurlestone
Signed. Dated ‘07. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 24 x 31.5 cm
5
Bosham Quay. Signed. Dated ‘89. Oil on Canvas. 36 x 51 cm
6
Coastal Path, Noss Mayo
Signed. Dated ‘08. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 18 x 24 cm
Walker’s Hill, Alton Barnes, Wiltshire
Signed. Dated ‘98. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 30 x 40.5 cm
7
Loam Castle, Thurlestone
Signed. Dated ‘06. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 15 x 23 cm
Marsh Court River
Signed. Dated ‘10. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 17 x 24.5 cm
8
Daffodils
Signed. Dated ‘10.
Oil on Board. 29.5 x 34.5 cm
Still Life with Freisias
Signed. Dated ‘98.
Oil on Board. 19 x 24 cm
9
Montana
Signed. Dated ‘07.
Oil on Board. 32.5 x 30.5 cm
Still Life with Pink, White and Red Roses
Signed. Dated ‘06.
Oil on Board. 36 x 30.5 cm
10
Dittisham
Signed. Dated ‘98.
Oil on Board. 24 x 30 cm
The Old Boathouse, Bantham
Signed. Dated ‘06. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 20 x 25.5 cm
11
Bantham Estuary. Signed. Dated ‘03. Oil on Board. 23 x 30 cm
12
Montségur, Ariège
Signed. Dated ‘07. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Moulin Huet, Guernsey
Signed. Dated ‘84. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 13 x 18 cm
13
River Carron
Signed. Dated ‘04. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 20 x 26.5 cm
Seascape at Mothecombe, Devon
Signed. Dated ‘98.
Oil on Board. 22 x 30 cm
14
The Lake at Thenford
Signed. Dated ‘91. Inscribed Verso.
Watercolour on Paper. 17 x 27 cm
Across the ‘Bag’ at Bosham
Signed. Dated ‘88. Inscribed Verso.
Watercolour on Paper. 17 x 23 cm
15
Still Life with Cornflowers. Signed. Dated ‘05. Oil on Board. 44.5 x 36.5 cm
16
Ribebon, St Aulaye, Dordogne
Signed. Dated ‘87. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 30 x 41 cm
Nivelle, Dordogne
Signed. Dated ‘99.
Oil on Board. 30.5 x 40.5 cm
17
The Dordogne near Pessac
Signed. Dated ‘07. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 18 x 25.5 cm
Fields Near Little Cheverell
Signed. Dated ‘92.
Oil on Board. 21 x 29.5 cm
18
The Oceanographic Museum, Monaco
Signed. Dated ‘93. Inscribed Verso.
Watercolour on Paper. 12.5 x 18.5 cm
Ghajn Tuffieha Bay, Malta
Signed. Inscribed Verso.
Watercolour on Paper. 10 x 15 cm
19
Top left:
The Hallway, Friars Well
Signed. Dated ‘88. Inscribed.
Pen and Ink on Paper. 20 x 15 cm
Top right:
Still Life with Biscuit Barrel
Signed. Dated ‘02.
Watercolour on Paper. 17 x 14 cm
Below right:
Still Life with Apples and Grapefruit
Signed. Dated ‘06.
Watercolour on Paper. 14 x 17.5 cm
20
View from Dizard,
Pessac-sur-Dordogne
Signed. Dated ‘07.
Oil on Board. 27 x 34.5 cm
View from South Bank
with HMS Wellington
Signed. Dated ‘04. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 22 x 30 cm
21
Fishing on the River Test at Longstock. Signed. Dated ‘05. Inscribed Verso. Oil on Board. 30 x 40.5 cm
22
On Wandsworth Common
Signed. Dated ‘88. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 21 x 15 cm
In the Garden, 58 Ravenslea Road
Signed. Dated ‘93.
Watercolour on Paper. 19.5 x 13.5 cm
23
Poplars at Nivelle
Signed. Dated ‘97.
Oil on Board. 28 x 25 cm
On the Banks of The Dordogne, Pessac
Signed. Dated ‘07.
Oil on Board. 30.5 x 25.5 cm
24
Looking towards Poole from Studland
Signed. Dated ‘99. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Canvas. 25.5 x 35.5 cm
Near Pessac-sur-Dordogne
Signed. Dated ‘07. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 30.5 x 41 cm
25
Low Tide at Studland
Signed. Dated ‘95. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 16 x 22.5 cm
Mothecombe Beach at Low Tide
Signed. Dated ‘06.
Oil on Board. 28 x 35 cm
26
Welsh Landscape
Signed. Dated ‘96.
Oil on Board. 22 x 30 cm
View over St Enedoc, Cornwall
Signed. Dated ‘95.
Oil on Board. 20 x 29 cm
27
Mushrooms. Signed. Dated ‘07. Oil on Board. 36.5 x 44.5 cm
28
Coast near Bawdsey, Suffolk
Signed. Dated ‘98. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 30 x 40 cm
By the Walnut Orchard, Dordogne
Signed. Dated ‘07.
Oil on Board. 31 x 40 cm
29
Windsor Castle from the Brocas in Autumn
Signed. Dated ‘93.
Oil on Board. 15 x 21 cm
Windsor Castle from the Brocas
Signed. Dated ‘86. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 11.5 x 15 cm
30
Cliffs at Bawdsey, Suffolk
Signed. Dated ‘98. Inscribed Verso.
Oil on Board. 30 x 40.5 cm
Cherry Trees
Signed. Dated ‘07.
Oil on Board. 20 x 25.5 cm
Page Title Price
2 Regatta at Salcombe £1750
3 The Ferry, Salcombe £2100
4 From Broadsands, Thurlestone £1500
4 The Long Stone, Butter Cove, Thurlestone £950
5 Bosham Quay £2500
6 Coastal Path, Noss Mayo £580
6 Walker’s Hill, Alton Barnes, Wiltshire £1100
7 Loam Castle, Thurlestone £720
7 Marsh Court River £950
8 Daffodils £1200
8 Still Life with Freisias £950
9 Montana £1400
9 Still Life with Pink, White and Red Roses £1750
10 Dittisham £1300
10 The Old Boathouse, Bantham £950
11 Bantham Estuary £1850
12 Montségur, Ariège £580
12 Moulin Huet, Guernsey £500
13 River Carron £980
13 Seascape at Mothecombe, Devon £980
14 Across the ‘Bag’ at Bosham £950
14 The Lake at Thenford £950
15 Still Life with Cornfl owers £4000
16 Nivelle, Dordogne £1300
16 Ribebon, St Aulaye, Dordogne £1100
17 The Dordogne near Pessac £700
Page Title Price
17 Fields Near Little Cheverell £860
18 Ghajn Tuffi eha Bay, Malta £220
18 The Oceanographic Museum, Monaco £500
19 Still Life with Apples and Grapefruit £300
19 Still Life with Biscuit Barrel £300
19 The Hallway, Friars Well £400
20 View from Dizard, Pessac-sur-Dordogne £1100
20 View from South Bank with HMS Wellington £850
21 Fishing on the River Test at Longstock £1800
22 In the Garden, 58 Ravenslea Road £420
22 On Wandsworth Common £700
23 On the Banks of The Dordogne, Pessac £1100
23 Poplars at Nivelle £750
24 Near Pessac-sur-Dordogne £1400
24 Looking towards Poole from Studland £1750
25 Low Tide at Studland £720
25 Mothecombe Beach at Low Tide £720
26 View over St Enedoc, Cornwall £640
26 Welsh Landscape £640
27 Mushrooms £2500
28 By the Walnut Orchard, Dordogne £1100
28 Coast near Bawdsey, Suffolk £1300
29 Windsor Castle from the Brocas in Autumn £950
29 Windsor Castle from the Brocas £520
30 Cliffs at Bawdsey, Suffolk £1400
30 Cherry Trees £1100
PRICES
15 Langton Street, Chelsea, London SW10 0JLE: [email protected] | W: jamesharveybritishart.com | T: +44 (0)20 7 352 0015