Night Fishing in Ugljan. No 32. (2017) Painting by Danny Israel
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- Dimensions Height 42.1in, Width 42.1in
- Categories Paintings under $20,000 Abstract
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I am the grandson of the writer Mary Butts and of modernist publisher John Rodker. My god father was Nicholas Pevsner. I am the author of Walking to Jerusalem - On Hidden Hebrew and The Origin of Words, which shows that the alphabetic languages of Europe are dialects of the Hebrew of antiquity. I attended Cardiff College of Art (now part of the University of Wales) and was later an art college lecturer for a decade, before leaving education to open a studio. Early influences included John Piper and Frances Bacon (of course). Recent exhibitions include The Babylon Gallery, Ely, Highgate Contemporary Art and Highgate Scientific and Literary Institute. I have been painting from as far back as I can recall. Do I have anything meaningful to say about art? Not really, other than to say that the act of painting is a kind of witness to the moment, that you were here, now, and that you reflected and that you left a mark. As such a painting commemorates a place and a time, but I am unable to anticipate how a painting will emerge from the creative process. It is of course a conversation with oneself as one progresses, and one which reaches a conclusion when the relevant aesthetic bases, in terms of line, colour and tone have been reached. I use whatever reference comes to hand in the real world to create surfaces which I hope are atmospheric, evocative and arresting in my imaginative one.
- Nationality: UNITED KINGDOM
- Date of birth : 1947
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- Groups: Contemporary British Artists