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ALEX SAUNDERSON - THE MOVING SKY page 2

                            PAINTINGS 2006 - 2009

7th to 25th October  2009  

Walking along the sea wall I'm feeling the weather, the smell of the sea as the wind moves the grass, being aware of as much as possible in the moment. 

These sea paths in East Anglia remind me of the farm where I grew up in Suffolk.

I remember these feelings, the sway of the grass and the movement of the clouds when I'm 
working in the studio from photographs and sketches. I work quickly over a large area 
imitating the wind.

I'm drawn to the skies above East Anglia and also above the streets of Stoke Newington where I live now. 

Sometimes in the evening an unusual colour mixes with the sunset drawing me into an idea using the local rooftops as foreground silhouettes.

Alex Saunderson 2009

 

 

 

 

12. Thetford

French chalk and charcoal on ingres paper

75cm wide x 55cm high

     

 

 

13. Maldon, Essex

French chalk and charcoal on ingres paper

75cm wide x 55cm high      

     

 

 

14. Evening Light

French chalk and charcoal on ingres paper

75cm wide x 55cm high      

    

 

 

15. Barn

French chalk and charcoal on ingres paper

75cm wide x 55cm high        

   

 

 

16. Bales

French chalk and charcoal on ingres paper

75cm wide x 55cm high      

  

 

17. Field near Malpas

French chalk and charcoal on ingres paper

75cm wide x 55cm high       

      

    

 

 

18. Broken Barn

French chalk and charcoal on ingres paper

75cm wide x 55cm high      

     

      

 

 

19. Farm

French chalk and charcoal on ingres paper

75cm wide x 55cm high      

    

   

 

 

20. Clissold Sky I

French chalk and charcoal on ingres paper

75cm wide x 55cm high      

    

     

 

 

21. Orford I

French chalk and charcoal on ingres paper

75cm wide x 55cm high      

    

   

 

 

22. Clouds over Clissold

French chalk and charcoal on ingres paper

75cm wide x 55cm high      

   

     

 

23. Barn near East Bergholt

French chalk and charcoal on ingres paper

75cm wide x 55cm high      

 

 

ALEX SAUNDERSON


Biography

1960-64 Studied at Colchester School of Art
1964-67 Worked as assistant at the Sunday Times 
1967-70 Photo-Journalist for Travel 
1970-76 Slide photographer at Courtauld Institute of Art 1976-80 Photo Studios 
1980-88 Tutor, Loughton College 
1988-09 Freelance photographer 
Since 2000 Alex has been concentrating on his painting. 


Exhibitions

1994 Boundary Gallery, one-man show 
2007 David Mach Open Studios, mixed show
2008 Gallery 54
2008 Minories Gallery, Colchester mixed show
2008 Curwen Gallery, mixed show
2009 Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham mixed show.

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