Edward Povey
“Art is mirrored glass: you gazing upon your own expectations, and me standing behind the glass - simply showing what I see.”
Professor Anthony Jones CBE Dip.Ad., BA, MFA, DFA, HonAIA, FRCA, FRSA
April 2006
He is an extraordinary figurative painter of great power, schooled in the classical traditions of brilliantly-crafted composition, whose work is executed with a highly personal and idiosyncratic style. While he freely references his debt to the painters of the Italian Renaissance, to the monumental early works of Picasso, the drama of Caravaggio, or the complex works of Spencer, his work is nevertheless completely original and of his own invention. He is a painter whose work extends the traditions he respects, and adds to the language of painting, adds to the 'body of knowledge'. He is one of the very few 'easel-painters' who can transfer from smaller scale to the vast – his huge mural "The Hall of Illusion" for the Powis Hall at the University of Wales, Bangor, is a quite astounding achievement.
There are very few painters working today who can equal Povey's highly original compositions, which are complex and challenging, but communicate so readily with a wide audience. An honour for Edward Povey would be an appropriate reflection of a distinguished artist whose life and continuing work deserves recognition
"I create paintings which explore the inner world of human psychology and philosophy: relationships and their workings, and also the interactions between the varied parts of a single mind. All this is shown impassively, in shadowy interiors where every object is symbolic: the glowing fire, the houses of cards, the alluring women and withdrawn men - at once monumental and intimate."
Edward Povey
1951 Born in London, England on 1st May - the only child of a seaman and a shop girl
1952-67 Educated at Crown Woods Comprehensive School, Eltham, London
1959 Begins painting in oils - produces landscapes and still lifes for his family
1967-69 Works as an office boy in the city. Write poetry and composes music
1969 Emigrates to Canada, tours and sings in music venues
1970 Lives with the Blackfoot Indians in Alberta, tours with his band "Synergy", and begins making drawings and paintings
1971 Follows Viven Alsworth to Israel where he paints his first mural ""Abraham and Isaac". Returns to live on the English south coast to paint
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“Art is mirrored glass: you gazing upon your own expectations, and me standing behind the glass - simply showing what I see.”
Professor Anthony Jones CBE Dip.Ad., BA, MFA, DFA, HonAIA, FRCA, FRSA
April 2006
He is an extraordinary figurative painter of great power, schooled in the classical traditions of brilliantly-crafted composition, whose work is executed with a highly personal and idiosyncratic style. While he freely references his debt to the painters of the Italian Renaissance, to the monumental early works of Picasso, the drama of Caravaggio, or the complex works of Spencer, his work is nevertheless completely original and of his own invention. He is a painter whose work extends the traditions he respects, and adds to the language of painting, adds to the 'body of knowledge'. He is one of the very few 'easel-painters' who can transfer from smaller scale to the vast – his huge mural "The Hall of Illusion" for the Powis Hall at the University of Wales, Bangor, is a quite astounding achievement.
There are very few painters working today who can equal Povey's highly original compositions, which are complex and challenging, but communicate so readily with a wide audience. An honour for Edward Povey would be an appropriate reflection of a distinguished artist whose life and continuing work deserves recognition
"I create paintings which explore the inner world of human psychology and philosophy: relationships and their workings, and also the interactions between the varied parts of a single mind. All this is shown impassively, in shadowy interiors where every object is symbolic: the glowing fire, the houses of cards, the alluring women and withdrawn men - at once monumental and intimate."
Edward Povey
1951 Born in London, England on 1st May - the only child of a seaman and a shop girl
1952-67 Educated at Crown Woods Comprehensive School, Eltham, London
1959 Begins painting in oils - produces landscapes and still lifes for his family
1967-69 Works as an office boy in the city. Write poetry and composes music
1969 Emigrates to Canada, tours and sings in music venues
1970 Lives with the Blackfoot Indians in Alberta, tours with his band "Synergy", and begins making drawings and paintings
1971 Follows Viven Alsworth to Israel where he paints his first mural ""Abraham and Isaac". Returns to live on the English south coast to paint
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