Recent paintings from 2006 to 2008
fragment; from 'my broken life series'
mixed media on canvas; 102 cm x 76 cm
This page consists of examples of recent paintings, which are not in any particular order. I have used photography, film and digital images as a starting point for many, but not all, of the paintings. A variety of techniques are employed in the paintings which are usually on canvas but, they may also have an application of plaster, like the example on the right, which gives them a three dimensional quality. The plaster also gives the opportunity to create a variety of textures and surfaces, particularly when mixed with
other materials and objects.
"garden of delights":
triptych; mixed media on canvas; 90cm x 40cm; 2007
In part this painting was influenced by Hieronymus Bosch the fifteen century Dutch painter wikipedia.org_Bosch
À Jerry: Cedric Monzali
A poem by the Italian/ French poet and musician, written in French with English transaltion and printed on hand made paper. The poem is accompanied by a series of five digital prints with pochoir and hand colouring. Printed at the Àrago Press in 2008 and contained in a wooden box with hand painted lid by Arvon Wellen.
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"we sat outside the jazz club" diptych
acrylic and mixed media on canvas;
45.5cm x 71 cm; January 2008
We sat on the wall looking at the jazz club in Cadaqués and listened to the music.
dance series;
"the dance ,,,"
acrylic and mixed media on canvas; 40cm x 30; December 2007
A great deal of my time is spent working with dancers. The photograph above was taken looking towards the jazz club in the Passeig in Cadaqués.
Dance and performance have been a strong influence on my work and I guess the theatre itself has been influential. I have been taking photographs of dancers for several years.
photographs copyright © Arvon Wellen 2008
Dance series
(top) the night I danced with Catherine Deneuve: acrylic on canvas; 40 cm x 30 cm; 2007
mixed media on canvas; 2007
triptych: "for Rie and Max"
gold and mixed media on canvas; 2006
Recent paintings from July 2006
triptych: "Poppy and Max"
gold leaf and mixed media on canvas; 41cm x 92cm; 2006
Arvon Wellen is a painter, printmaker and maker of artist’s books and films. His interest in the world of today is constantly informed by a variety of sources including traditional as well as the mythology of contemporary culture. He is inspired by the vitality of human relationships, which may be observed through traces and marks made by a variety of artefacts including photography.
He was born in 1944 in Dorset. He studied at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art, Leicester Polytechnic (now de Montfort University), London University and the Royal College of Art. He has taught in London at Chelsea School of Art, at Maidstone College of Art and Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.
His formative years were influenced by visits to the Pitt Rivers ethnological collection where he was influenced by African art. Later he developed a passion for manuscript and printed books, in the London Museums. Visits to Italy extended his interest in Italian mediaeval and early Renaissance art. In Spain he developed an interest in Catalan Romanesque.
biography: newspaper and magazine articles
The Times, London (September 1971)
Sur (España) 6th May 1988
El Punt (España) 26th June 1997
El Punt (España) 11 September 1998
Diari de Girona, (España) 11th September 1998
Emporda (España) 8 th September 1998
Hora Nova (España) 15th September 1998
Hora Nova (España) 29th August 2000
Emporda (España) 29th August 2000
Diari de Girona (España) 2nd September 2000
El Punt (España) 25th August 2000
Awards
Royal College of Art Travel Award
Silver medal España 88 (1988)
Mini Print Internacional de Cadaqués award 1997
Exhibitions - mixed and group - col.lective
1988 - 89 Hunting Group, Mall Gallery, London (4 works shown in 1988)
1989 "The US - UK Print Connection", the Barbican, London
1994 Musée Roy Adzak, Paris
1995/96/98/2000/01 the National Print Exhibition, the Mall Gallery, London
1995 ArCade Digital Imaging; Brighton University, touring exhibition; Catalogue on CD
1998 ‘Digital Art and Music’, Cambridge University Music Department
2000 Ateneu de Cadaqués, 20th Anniversary exhibition of Galería Taller Fort
2002 Ateneu de Cadaqués, 10th Anniversary show
Solo exhibitions - individual
1994 Aoyama Minto-Ku Gallery, Tokyo
1997 Galería Taller Fort, Cadaqués, España
1998 Ateneu de Cadaqués, España
1999 Whitford Fine Art, Duke Street, London
2000 ‘Encounters not Relationships’ Coningsby Gallery, London W1
2000 ART2000 Exhibiting Artist - represented by Whitford Fine Art, London
2000 ‘Encounters’ Salon l’Amistat Cadaqués, España
2001 ‘From Ramon Llull to Bill Gates’, Centro Sophia, Palma de Mallorca
2002 Beau Monde, London
2007 Ely Cathedral, the Lady Chapel: Etheldreda in the Fen
publications / films
2001 Childrens' Books in English: contributor; Cambridge University Press,
2005 The Littleport Riots: Finca Films / Field Theatre Group / ADeC
2005 Spiritus; Finca Films / Lantern Dance Theatre Company
2006 A View from the Clocktower; one hour film; Finca Films / ADeC
2006 Ruslan & Lyudmila; Finca Films / Lantern Dance Theatre Company
2006 Anything Goes; Finca Films / Octagon Musical Theatre Company
2006 Spiritus II; Finca Films / Lantern Dance Theatre Company
2007 Tela; Lantern Dance Theatre Company / Finca films
2007 from Fenland to dry land / Finca Films / ADeC
2008 The Stone Flower; LDTC / Finca Films
2008 6 films for Youth Dance England: National Youth Dance Festival; the Peacock Theatre; Purcell Room, South Bank, London
2008 Spiritus IV; Lantern Dance Theatre Company
2009 U Dance; performance for Youth Dance England; the Mermaid Theatre
2009 Young Creatives 2009; Youth Dance England; Covent Garden
Catalogues and other publications
1989 The US - UK Print Connection, Catalogue, The Barbican, London
1995 ArCade Digital Imaging; Catalogue on CD, Brighton University
1997 Galería Taller Fort, Cadaqués, España [Giclée prints], Cadaqués, Spain
2000: ART2000 Catalogue; the 12th London Contemporary Art Fair
1995/96/98/2000/01 the National Print Exhibition, the Mall Gallery, London
1987-2007 catalogues for Mini Print International
Perla mya cara; triptych;
mixed media and gold leaf on canvas; June 2007
drawing
ink on paper February 2007
Aphrodite
woodcut and digital print February 2007 paper size 18cm x 18cm and large version 56 x 38cm
exhibited Cadaqués 2007
aphrodite
woodcut and digital print February 2007
paper size: 18 cm x 18 cm
aphrodite II
woodcut and digital print February 2007
paper size: 18 cm x 18 cm
Etheldreda series; "the Spirit of Prophecy"
mixed media on canvas
76 cm x 61cm, 2007
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