Chris
Collingwood.
Chris has produced a wealth of
impressive paintings from the Napoleonic War, American Civil War, English
Civil War, and a variety of Portraits of Great Military Leaders, He also
has produced superb paintings of Pirates, a particular favourite of his.
Chris studied at Berkshire College of Art 1966 - 1970 and then worked for
Halas and Batchelor as a background artist. In the golden age of book
cover illustration Chris made the Gunslinger, Crow and Herne series his
own. To this day the shelves of high street booksellers are full of his
work. Perhaps his best known popular pieces are in the now famous Jorvik
Centres paintings which form the focus of the exhibitions promotion and
won a travel industry award. In recent years his best work has been
paintings, such as SPQR, Anne Bonny, Mary Reid and Calico Jack Rakam and
Blackbeard in Damnation Seize My Soul. His super realistic style, using
oils, brilliantly reflects the techniques, passion and depth of the old
masters. He has a particular love of portraiture, which his portraits of
Wellington and William of Orange certainly reflect, along with others from
the English Civil War, his love of the subject. He is also fascinated by
the awful romance of weaponry and war. Chris uses traditional Dutch paints
made today, as in 1664, and is meticulous in his research and attention to
detail, so scarce in our modern throw away society. Sir Anthony Van Dyke,
William Dobson, Sir Peter Lely and Fortunio Matania played a vital part in
his formative years. He also is much influenced by Meissonier and De
Neuville.
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Chris Collingwood Art
