Gerald Green Artist CV
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Gerald Green was born in 1947. He studied at Leicester Polytechnic gaining a Diploma in Architecture. After a period of time spent in the commercial world Gerald gave up this career in 1987 to become Read more
a full-time Artist and Illustrator. he successfully gained a reputation as one of the UK's leading Architectural Illustrators. Several national and international companies were among his many clients.
Today Gerald Green is a full time painter. His paintings are impressions of places and events from everyday life. Many of his paintings are painted 'plein air' with a sense of what he calls 'casual reality'. He aims to get the essence of a subject rather than producing meticulously detailed likenesses of actual places. In all Green's paintings the use of light is evident and is used to energise and invigorate the work.
Gerard Green's paintings have been shown in numerous public and private art galleries in the UK and he has been a finalist in several national arts competitions, including The Singer and Friedlander/ Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, The Laing and Not The Turner Prize exhibitions.
For several years Gerald has been a regular contributor to arts magazines, including The Artist and International Artist and his work can be found in eight other books. He has also written 'The Artists Essential Guide to Watercolour' book. He is a member of The Society of Authors and occasionally teaches at residential workshops.
