Hafren Gallery: Current Exhibition

KARL SYLVESTER

Karl Sylvester is an artist working in mid Wales. This exhibition includes landscape, still-life and figurative studies. They represent his interest in working directly from nature with oil paints and charcoal.

Artist's Statement

Often, I will walk out into the landscape, searching for something that holds my interest or stimulates my imagination. There needs to be an arresting compositional element and focus but also a strong emotional interest. It is a process of 'feeling into' what I want to paint. Sometimes I can wander for hours looking for a subject.

The landscape constantly changes in front of us, light and colour depending on the weather conditions. I attempt to catch something. There is a struggle, it is often difficult, frustrating or disappointing. Sometimes it comes easily. There comes a point where it is time to stop, it can be missed and the painting overworked.

Often, I will complete the painting in one sitting, it may be in the early stages that I feel I have what I want ie a good sketch. Sometimes I return to the same place to push the painting on or paint it in a different hour or season. Whether the outcome is successful or not is perhaps less important than the fact of its making. It is an authentic and focused experience of the world around us. I enjoy the simplicity of painting, and the great difficulty of it.

Hafren Gallery

The gallery is open Monday to Friday 9:00am to 3:00pm and on weekends two hours before a performance on performance days only.

Admission is free. Opening times during the day may very occasionally be curtailed; please call the box office if you wish to ensure the gallery will be open for your visit. Exhibition openings are open to all and offer an opportunity to meet the artists and discuss their work with them.

Exhibitions
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