SKY ARTS SEMI FINALIST GARY JEFFREY FINE PAINTING IMPRESSIONIST ARTIST 20th CENT

PAINTING REF 11450
 
FINE RARE ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONIST PIECE
20th Century MASTER OIL / ACRYLIC PAINTING 
GOLD GILT FRAME & GLAZED
By Similar $3000 Premier Collection
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF OLD HISTORY
 
( 20th century ) 
 
	
		
			
			
			
GARY JEFFREY - HEAT 4 WINNER
			
 
			
Gary has worked in Children's publishing and retail and in 2015
			
after a long break has got back into his art making. 
			
 
			
Congratulations on winning Heat 4 of Sky Arts Landscape Artist
			
of the Year 2019! What was the experience like painting at
			
Herstmonceux Castle?
			
 
			
A joyous one! I approached the Heat determined to enjoy 
			
both the programme-making, and art challenge aspects
			
of the day to the full.
			
It helped that I had been on the show before (in 2016) 
			
and knew what to expect.
			
This time I was able to keep my nervous energy to a pleasant, 
			
steady hum and actually function effectively, and above all - have fun!
			
 
			
The judges loved your use of colour in your depiction of Hestmonceux Castle, 
			
could you talk us through your use of colour and the choices you 
			
make with your palette? 
			
 
			
In planning for the Heat I had pondered using complementary (or opposite) 
			
colour to block out my painting for three reasons:
			
 
			
				
As a bit of theatre to make a visual splash at the start of the show.
				
As a way of avoiding being too cautious, precious, or tight with the work.
				
Simply because I love playing with colour for its own sake!
			
			
 
			
Working en plein air deliberately painting in opposites is such fun. To me it feels a little bit transgressive, naughty even, and turns the act of seeing colour into a game!
			
 
			
For years my basic acrylics palette has been:
			
 
			
A couple of bright greens/viridian hue/crimson/Prussian blue/ultramarine/cerulean hue/bright blue/ochre/cad yellow med/cad yellow light/cad red med and white
			
 
			
For the Heat I added:
			
 
			
Colbalt blue deep/cerulean (chromium)/cad red light
			
 
			
And ditched Prussian, ultramarine, and cad red med because
			
I wanted the castle to have “lift”
			
 
			
Do you have any particular brands that you tend to return to with your paint?
			
 
			
My preferred acrylics are 
			
Liquitex Heavy Body and Winsor & Newton Artists quality with a large tub of Student Titanium white (any brand!)
			
 
			Title: Regent Street London
			
 
			
Signed: Yes bottom left
			
 
			
Signature : Gary Jeffery
			
 
			
Provenance: john castagno art 
			
signature directory
			
 
			
Medium : Oil / Acrylic painting 
			
on wooden Panel
			
			
			
 
			
 
			
		
		
			
			
Condition: Very good
			
			
			
 
			
		
		
			
			
Country: British school 
			
			
			
 
			
		
		
			
			
Frame size : 42.5 in x 30.5 in 
			
( 108 cm x 78 cm)
			
 
			
			
			
 
			
		
		
			
			
Panel size : 36" x 24" 
			
 
			
			
			
 
			
		
		
			
			
With an estimate of £2500 - £3500 in a West End Gallery in London
			
 
			
framed with a beautiful large Cream gold moulding