Approved: 11.05.2007

Alistair Tucker

Artist, Teacher

Approved: 11.05.2007

My work is based upon the British landscape; its shape and form and the effects of the weather and light upon it. The landscape is always changing depending upon the weather or the season and this excites me enormously. I see my art as a visual record and an ongoing playtime where I am searching and observing, trying to capture the wonder and glory of nature, hopefully with poetic resonance rather

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  • Location: Higher Bebington, North West
  • Artforms: Drawing, Mixed media, Painting, Printmaking
  • Tags: 2d, colour, pembrokeshire, st david's, sunset, wales, derbyshire, landscape, plein air, watercolour, weather, etching, poetry, welsh, william wordsworth
 
 

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    Artist Statement

    My work is based upon the British landscape; its shape and form and the effects of the weather and light upon it. The landscape is always changing depending upon the weather or the season and this excites me enormously. I see my art as a visual record and an ongoing playtime where I am searching and observing, trying to capture the wonder and glory of nature, hopefully with poetic resonance rather than slavish verisimilitude. Drawing is the foundation of all my artwork. I see drawing as an end in itself, a stand-alone means of expression. Good drawing involves two complementary processes: the first is to search and discover, and the second is the consolidation of the results into a unity. I find that etching and working in series is one way I can do this. Etching is a beautiful and mysterious way of drawing. The whole process is full of serendipitous surprises, which excite me anew each time I embark upon a plate. A lot of my work is started in the landscape – “plein air”. Some are reworked in the studio or based upon drawings done in the outdoors. The important factor in the work is the experience of a place. One might say it is etched into your mind when it has absorbed you for a day.

    CV & Education

    Qualifications and training: 2013 - Elected member of RBSA (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham). 1994 - Post Graduate Certificate in Art and Design Education, Middlesex University, London 1991 - BA (Hons) Degree in Fine Art, Bristol Polytechnic, Bristol Solo exhibitions 2013 - 3 Poets , Radnorshire Museum, Llandrindod Wells 2013 - 3 poets , The Wyeside Gallery, Builth Wells 2012 - 3 Poets , Bleddfa Trust, Bleddfa, Nr Knighton 2012 - Landscapes in Black and White, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham 2011 - New landscapes, Editions limited, Liverpool 2010 - Landscapes by Alistair Tucker, The Granary Art Gallery , Weston Park 2008 - Landscape - etched, Denbigh Library, Museum & Gallery, Denbigh 2008 - Paintings,drawings and etching from around the British Isles, HHA Studio, London 2008 - Recent Landscapes, CountryWorks Gallery, Montgomery 2006 - Long Mynd and the Gower, Country Works, Montgomery - Wales Group exhibitions 2012 - Christmas show, Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth 2011 - Group show, The Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth, Cumbria 2011 - Mixed Show, The Architects Gallery, London, London 2011 - The Grosvenor Museum, 9th Open Art Exhibition, The Grosvenor Museum, Chester 2011 - Wrexham International Print Exhibition, Oriel Wrescam, Wrexham, Wales 2010 - Etchings by Ackroyd, Hicklin, Tucker, Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth 2010 - RBSA Open Media Exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham 2010 - The British Isles as seen by Ackroyd, Hicklin and Tucker, The Architects Gallery, Teddington 2010 - Three etchers - Norman Ackroyd RA, CBE, Jason Hicklin RE & Alistair Tucker, Castle Gate House Gallery, Cockermouth 2009 - The Lichfield Arts Festival, Lichfield Catherdral, Lichfield 2008 - Art Fair , Weston Park , Nr Wolverhampton 2008 - Christmas Show, Castle Gate House Gallery, Cockermouth 2008 - Christmas Show, The Qube, Oswestry 2008 - Etched Landscape Ackroyd, Hicklin, Tucker, Editions Limited, Liverpool 2008 - Print Exhibition, Sandford Gallery, Church Stretton 2008 - RWA 156th Autumn Exhibition, Royal Western Academy, Bristol 2008 - Spring show, The Chapel, Llangollen 2007 - 7th Open Art Exhibition, The Grosvenor Museum, Chester 2007 - Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Open Exhibition, RBSA, Birmingham 2007 - Wrexham International Print Exhibition, Memorial Gallery & Wrexham Arts Centre, Wrexham - Wales 2006 - 154th Autumn Exhibition - Royal West of England Academy, RWA, Bristol 2006 - Christmas Show, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk - North Yorkshire 2005 - Group Show, The Chapel, Llangollen 2004 - The Wirral Open, Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead 2003 - Summer Exhibition, The Tabernacle (MOMA), Machynlleth Wales 2002 - Summer Exhibition, Black Sheep Gallery, Chester 1998 - Art, Glastonbury Arts Festival, Glastonbury 1991 - Artfair, The London Design Centre, London Artist talks 2008 - Etching, The Bluecoat, Liverpool Workshops 2010 - Acid Etching workshops, The Queen's School - Chester, Chester 2009 - Etching course, The Queen's School - Chester, Chester 2008 - Acid Etching Workshop, The Queen's School, Chester