Brendan Webster
The Old Town Hall
High West Street,
Chapelhay,
Weymouth,
Dorset
info@artwey.co.uk
About Brendan Webster
I live in Weymouth and have wanted to pursue painting and drawing more intensively for some time. This ambition has been partially subjugated by the need to earn a living, but always present. At school I won prizes but was then thrown out of the art class for being disruptive and undertook engineering drawing instead. This I found valuable in many ways and it has helped with 3D visualisation and the ability to rotate objects in my mind.
I picked up “art” again as my family matured. I joined art clubs and undertook a series of art courses in England and Australia. Just to mention a few, in Australia I studied portraiture with Gary Lee Gaston and joined many lively life drawing groups in Adelaide. I joined the Royal South Australian Society of Arts and regularly drew with their sketch club and exhibited too. In England I have undertaken courses at the Putney School of Art and elsewhere.
I am developing a few lines of interest: portraits, life (figure), conceptual & social comment, landscape with human connection. I find people ceaselessly interesting. I am always fascinated by people as visual subject matter. I can look intensely at models or sitters, which is something one cannot do in ordinary circumstances. I find myself wondering what it is that makes them tick, what it would feel like to be that person; how are they physically arranged. I have to add that I generally enjoy meeting people and hearing their views about almost anything – it helps if they have an enthusiasm for something. People can be hard work, some more than others; but provided one survives, even difficult encounters generally expand experience.
I hope to move toward some form of representation of topics of social interest. For me art is about expressing moods and ideas. However, ultimately I will go where the spirit leads.
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Dorset Art Weeks 2012 in Weymouth and Portland
About the Exhibition
Artwey are delighted to give you an opportunity to see some of the best work in the area by a number of artists who form part of a larger group of local Weymouth and Portland artists. From painting, photography, jewellery, batik to printmaking; this is an exciting exhibition where you can meet the artists and see them demonstrating their skills
Open Every Day 10am-5pm
Directions, Parking and Accessibility
Accessibility Rating: 3/5 (Reasonable)
