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Material, Process and Idea: Improvisations by Stewart Geddes
Monday 21st October 6pm
Stewart Geddes is a painterly, colourist, abstract artist. He studied at Bristol Polytechnic (UWE), City University London and the Royal College of Art. Whilst at Bristol he was introduced to the post-war St Ives abstract school by artists Paul Feiler and Michael Canney, both of whom had close links with West Penwith and taught in the Fine Art department. During this time Geddes visited Patrick Heron at his house ‘Eagles’ Nest’, and saw the collection of Peter Lanyon paintings and drawings in the house of Lanyon’s widow Sheila in Newlyn. Both became deeply affecting experiences.
He will talk about the importance of improvisation in his current painting, and the relation between material, process and idea.
