Re: Accrington born artists.
 

Excuse me for speaking, but after your thread about your work being stuffed behind a radiator and then discovered, it would have been a perfect example of an 'artist', except you aren't dead.

Now, what are you going to do about it?

:)

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Run, before someone shoots me.

:D

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Why? If we can have so called art done by Chimp's and Elephant's on display, can we not have a before and afterwards gallery of a human?

'This is what I did before my hands started shaking and this is what I have done since then'.

Can you see the improvement?
;)

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http://www.artmarine.co.uk/CL_MoreIn...tArtworkID=830


Nick Clarke was born in 1952. Educated at Accrington Grammar School in the sixties and later at Accrington Art College, he then took up a seven year apprenticeship as a commercial lithographic artist. Maritime art has always been paramount and he has painted all types of water borne craft. Subjects range from a simple cobble to a large panorama of the RMS Queen Mary arriving at her final destination in the USA - one of many commissions of various types resulting from various exhibitions of his paintings over the years, including at the Royal Society of Marine Artists in 2005 and 2006.

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Jeanette Barnes - born 1961, Great Harwood.

http://octaviagallery.com/JeanetteBarnes/

Jeanette Barnes personal statement - The team - Outreach - Education - Royal Academy of Arts

Jeanette Barnes biography - The team - Outreach - Education - Royal Academy of Arts

Artist Jeanette Barnes on how she draws | Art and design | The Guardian

Jeanette Barnes - all artworks

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Dale Grimshaw, born Accrington 1971.

Dale Grimshaw

Dale Grimshaw « Format Magazine Urban Art Fashion

Artasty.com - Interview with Dale Grimshaw

YouTube - Artist Dale Grimshaw talks

Re: Accrington born artists.
 

I've never seen any of Dale Grimshaw's work before but I really like it. Must admit, I didn't see the other image in that portrait until it was pointed out - very clever.

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Garinda, thanks for all the local artists you have mentioned. Some I had never heard of, which is a shame, but you have now "edificated me". Very interesting!
Atarah

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Michael Demain born Accrington 1957.

Michael Demain : Painters : Artists : The Portrait Guild

profile.

Bird Paintings by Bird Artist Michael Demain

Michael Demain - Member of the Artists for Conservation Foundation

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Leo Cheney - (1878 - 1928)

'Leo Cheney was born in Accrington in 1878, where he attended the local Grammar School before becoming a bank clerk. He was the first pupil to enroll on Percy Bradshaw's cartoon correspondence course, and went on to sell cartoons to publications such as Boy's Own Paper and Bystander. He later became staff cartoonist on the Manchester Evening News. He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of the most famous 'Striding Man' version of the Johnnie Walker character for John Walker and Sons Whisky. Cheney gradually modified the original rather rakish figure into a 'rounder and more sociable character', and these drawings appeared in advertisements in the Illustrated London News between 1915 and 1919. However, his other illustrations also appeared in popular satirical and humour magazines such as The Passing Show. Cheney spent the final years of this life in Sussex, where he died in 1928.'
<titleproper>Phil May and Leo Cheney Collection

'He is best remembered as the creator of the most famous version of the 'Johnnie Walker' character for John Walker & Sons Whisky. Included are two of Phil May's cartoons from the 1890s.'
Archives Hub: Leo Cheney Collection

I'm sure someone mentioned there was a local connection to the designer of the Johnnie Walker character. I searchjed his name on here, but couldn't find it mentioned before. So forgive me if Leo Cheney already has a mention.

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Bob Dobson did mention Leo Cheney, in post 40 of this thread.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...e-51323-3.html

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cheers fer that un rindy, meself n darwendosser worked wi bob back in 63.:) knew he was up yon, but never seen any of his work.

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James Fenton.

'James Fenton was born in Lancashire and studied weavig, pottery and industrial design at Accrington School of Art.'
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Jack Myall (1909 - 1996)

North West Evening Mail | Memories | Artistic tour of the past