DAVID BOTTOMLEY
email: dmbottomley@hotmail.co.uk

Artist in Residence
Bottomley’s work is in the Modern British tradition, working alla prima in oils in front of his subject. First and foremost a Colourist, he delights in the natural, exotic colour of flowers and fruit, highlighted in direct sunlight. His painting is an emotive, intuitive response to the structural forms and patterns of his motif, arranged and enhanced for strongest pictorial effect. He is concerned with a freshness and energy of approach; capturing fleeting light and shadows to produce works of vibrant colour harmonies, often in series of subjects or themes.

Still Life
The series of fruit in bowls on circular tables provide a repetition of forms echoing each other, circles within circles which create a certain energy and unity to the works. The series of flower pieces in jugs and vases, similarly, are repeat patterns of flower heads placed in diametrically opposing planes, emanating out from a static central position like a clock dial, creating energy and rhythm.

Landscape
He is drawn to landscapes in which he can imbue a heightened sense of spirit of place, often depicting them in series through changing seasons of dramatic light and atmospheric effects. In the recent flower pieces he has contrived to combine both still life and landscape painting. The ever present Hilly Fields forming the backdrop to most of his work, spilling in as it does through his studio windows.

Abstract
The series of abstract paintings are derived from the study of Hilly Field landscapes, capturing the experience of observation and fleeting weather effects into a gestural expression of movement and rhythm utilising local colour.