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Stewart Ganley

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www.stewartganley.co.uk

vangan46@yahoo.co.uk

Background

Stewart Ganley
After graduating in fine art from college in 1972 I travelled around the world in the Merchant Navy. When I returned to England I started working at Charing Cross Hospital as a medical artist. During this time I had work published in various medical journals and started exhibiting in group shows in London.

After another spell of travelling around the Indian Sub continent I returned to London and started working at Cable Street Studios. During this time I worked as a demonstrator for Caran D' Ache and Lyra. In 1984 I worked as an Artist in Residence at the Royal London Hospital, for one year. In 1987 I started teaching in adult education first in East London, then Croydon and since 2001 at Dulwich Picture Gallery.

I now run independent art courses in South London and painting courses in France. I have work in private collections in Italy, Hungary and the United Kingdom. In 2009 I was awarded the Tom Money prize for painting.

Artists Statement

My training at art school was a traditional one. Figure painting, Portraits and landscape. I have pursued this practice throughout my artistic working life. Having lived all my life in London it was not surprising that I should be influenced by my environment and that it should be reflected in my work.
About eight years ago I started to paint urban landscapes influenced by painters like Edward Hopper and Oskar Kokoschka. About five years ago a chance image, a new digital camera and an abundance of bad weather set me off in a new direction. My work has become more impressionistic, my palette has become darker and the work has taken on a more atmospheric quality.