Exhibitions

Upcoming exhibitions

«Dreamlands »

by Richard Austin

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Galerie Old Chelsea is pleased to present new work by Chelsea painter, Richard Austin.  Austin is a wanderer and his paintings capture what the eye gleans in the long view, or what the heart and mind move towards when taking in or experiencing the natural world.  He rambles and observes nature, and then takes up the brush to find out what the paint will do when creating the image.

His abstract still life and landscape acrylic paintings have a graphic quality that binds strong contours and shapes within a limited palette.  Earlier in his career, Austin painted in oil, blending soft edges and textures but in the last few years he’s been exploring acrylics and creating images with more defined contours, focusing on expressionist/abstract interpretations of still life and landscapes. These paintings are of simplified and distorted forms using limited colour palettes. Often in his creative work, Austin tries to challenge perception, perspectives and assumptions about nature and reality.

Richard Austin is a former art editor, graphic designer, indie-filmmaker and photographer.

Galerie Old Chelsea, owned by ten regional artists, is located in the beautiful Gatineau Hills above award-winning Les Fougères restaurant.

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