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BRIAn wEST | GreAT BriTAin
www.brianwestart.com

As the son of an amateur artist I became familiar from an early age with
the strange smell of linseed oil and turpentine. I attended classes at
Mansfield School of Art from the age of ten and the charcoaled fingers
and fleeting glimpses into the life-classrooms were indelible ‘new world’
experiences, though did strangely result in stimulating my interest in the
opposite of posed stillness. Following which, my involvement in studying
figurative movement and sport combined, for if not playing football or
cricket every daylight hour I was sketching some athletic action or other.
I remember at this time I entered a competition in a national newspaper
with a crayoned action drawing of my idol, goalkeeper Bert williams
of wolves and England fame, and won first prize of a box of Reeves
watercolour paints – which I still have! Ever since playing in goal for the
junior school team and on – just to try to emulate him a little bit was
powerfully all embracing. Anyway, left with my pipe dreams I remained
undiscovered by the scouts from Forest, wolves or notts County and
found myself subsequently painting much more than playing. However
perhaps just as gratifyingly I did later appear at the great wembley
Stadium with displays of my paintings.European stone culture. I have
been inspired by the history of architecture, urban innovations, and
ideas of different periods (in relation to sculpture).

| kinGFisher FeedinG, 1996 ACryliC on CAnvAs And A3 liThoGrAphiC prinT
| miAmi mermAid, 2005 ACryliC on CAnvAs 24x20 in. /61x50 Cm
| sAil For Gold AT AThens, 2004 oriGinAl ACryliC on CAnvAs And A3 liThoGrAphiC prinT
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