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John Wilson Gallery
3 Van Gogh Gallery 3-D edition of 95 Image 20" x 321" Framed £750 2 Poolside Gallery 3-D edition of 95 Image 181" x 381" Framed £750 1 Parallel World 3-D edition of 95 Image 20" x 42" Framed £1,100
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experiment with about six years ago, creating the illusion of the painting “moving” with the viewer. Inspired by reverse perspective master Patrick Hughes, Wilson is now renowned for the technique, but it is not just this method that makes Wilson’s paintings fascinating. Take a look at the incredible detail of the “Mini Masters”. Although they measure just a couple of inches, they can take anything up to five hours
Placing the playschool crayon drawing next to a Lowry print that was on his wall at home, Wilson began to explore the idea that even the greatest artists throughout history would have begun their careers drawing similar simple figures. It was then he began putting together the two seemingly paradoxical pieces of art: miniature facsimiles of celebrated paintings by some of the world’s most famous masters viewed in a gallery by the charismatic “children’s” figures, all based on real drawings by youngsters. Now, 17 years later, and with the format still popular among eager art lovers, Wilson has brought out a new limited edition collection for Castle Galleries and he is looking forward to meeting collectors on a three-month tour, which will take him to Castle Galleries in Cambridge, Norwich, Chester, Bristol, Harrogate, to name just a few. His five new works use the reverse perspective technique, an eye- catching method that he began to
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to complete and some of his works have featured as many as 35 miniature paintings. “There can be a lot of work in that, but I try to mix the complex ones with simpler paintings
His five newworks use the reverse perspective technique, creating the illusion of the painting “moving” with the viewer.
Van Gogh Gallery features seven of the post-Impressionist’s works in painstaking detail. Split into three sections, with two 3D cones, this work – like about half of his artwork – has no figures in it because the reverse perspective technique with the jutting out gallery walls makes it difficult to place them. Family Life brings together some of his previous works: small sections of One Big Happy Family; With A Little Help FromMy Friend; Bedtime Story; and Bath Time peep from behind doors, while on the “landing” a gallery wall
to be quite ruthless with them and cut out the page I want and clip it onto my canvas or board so that I can get the colours and everything right. “It has to be exact because I know when people look at it they will compare it with the original. I’ve been asked before if I cut them out and stick them on, but everything is painted by hand. It takes a lot of patience.” Constable, Canaletto, Lichtenstein, Klimt, Da Vinci, Renoir, andMatisse have all come under Wilson’s scrutiny over the years and his latest collection features more miniature masterpieces.
features two of the best-selling kitsch prints of all time. Poolside Gallery takes its inspiration from David Hockney’s pop art painting A Bigger Splash, Wilson’s favourite work by his fellow Yorkshire-born artist. Although there are subtle differences to the background from the 1967 Hockney piece, it maintains the bright and vibrant California colours and he adds seven childish figures and one additional hallmark naïve figure,
that don’t take as long to paint,” says the artist whose home studio overlooks Knaresborough Valley in North Yorkshire. “I buy a lot of art books from charity shops and I have
a black dog seen from the side. Complementary artworks by
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FINE ART COLLECTOR AUTUMN 2012
AUTUMN 2012 FINE ART COLLECTOR
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