Clive Meredith features in the July edition of Artists & Illustrators available now. As a featured artist Clive was asked to write an article on his pencil art to form part of a larger article focussing on pencil artists working in distinctly different genres.

The article profile’s Clive’s career to date, his inspiration and his working techniques; as well as a few hints and tips for the budding graphite artist. The article also features some of Clive’s work.

Please visit our galleries to see Clive Meredith limited edition prints and original works of art.

Clive Meredith has recently started his own blog: The Graphite Art of Clive Meredith

By subscribing to Clive’s blog you can see his progress on his latest works, and get a feel for how he creates them.

All of Clive Meredith’s new originals, along with his entire portfolio of limited edition prints, are available from the Collier & Dobson gallery.

Collier & Dobson are pleased to offer five new Jack Vettriano limited edition prints for pre-order. Due to published in November 2008 the five new images are all available from Collier & Dobson Limited either framed or unframed. Please visit the Jack Vettriano gallery at collierdobson.com for more details.

Clive Meredith is considered a fine Wildlife Artist when judged on the strength of his beautiful drawings. The enduring quality of his work has ensured his great commercial success and critical acclaim.

However for Clive and an exclusive group of artists an invitation to join the Artists for Conservation Foundation as a signature member is confirmation of his status as leading wildlife artist.

The Artists for Conservation Foundation has a membership of 500 worldwide and invitation to join is only made to artists whose work demonstrates the highest standard and who have shown a strong commitment to conservation through donations or other practical means.

If ever an artist deserved this compliment it was Clive Meredith and we offer our congratulations on his achievement.

TABITHA SALMON RETROSPECTIVE
From Moscow to Deauville
17-22 November 2008

A glimpse at the past and hidden secrets unveiled.

On Monday 17 November 2008, a major retrospective exhibition celebrating the remarkable work of Tabitha Salmon opens at The Gallery in Cork Street, London. A convergence of places, history and memories, much anticipated by collectors of this acclaimed British artist, has finally come to fruition. Tabitha reveals not only a phenomenal collection of paintings, but allows us a glimpse of her most recent and deeply personal work - a sculptural installation in the woods of her childhood. In collaboration with award winning, international photographer Barry Lewis this exhibition will launch “The Metal Forest”, a photographic interpretation of Tabitha’s secret woodland project.

Tabitha’s early paintings in particular are those of a figurative reportage artist. She has had several solo exhibitions at Leighton House and at other major London venues. Her distinctive drawings and paintings in gouache, watercolour and oil are held in private collections, as well as public and commercial institutions worldwide.

This unique retrospective takes us on an historically rich, visual journey. Tabitha paints and draws from life, working in freezing conditions on her ground breaking trip behind the ‘iron-curtain’ in Moscow (1985) and swaying about on a tower 600 feet in the air whilst capturing the build of the Tsing Ma Bridge, Hong Kong (1995).

She has travelled widely, her drive and determination taking her on a series of adventurous paths, with projects overlapping countries and themes. The paintings in this exhibition tell many opposing stories - the exotic sensuality of the Moscow State Circus contrasting with her edgy Deauville compositions, the sheer exuberance and decadence of street life in Naples versus the fierce discipline of Andalucians working their fiery horses in Seville. In these and her architectural work man and his physical impact on his surroundings becomes a recurring theme; particularly in her commissioned work of the construction of the Lloyd’s building in London and the Channel Tunnel. Her pictures of 1930’s buildings have a vigorous, majestic quality and her surprising still life paintings have an energy and luminosity that literally glow from within.
The image as icon is Tabitha’s motivation - “When you reduce something to its essence it becomes simpler, yet more powerful” she explains. Working from her studio in London she continues to explore a wealth of references and imagery from her travels, whilst her recent collaboration with Barry Lewis has revealed a new dimension to her creativity.

This entire collection, brought together by Mark Collier, Jane Grater & Philip Collier who have represented Tabitha for the past 25 years, is a magnificent and worthy tribute to one of the most outstanding British artists of her generation.

Some recent paintings will be for sale. Also limited edition giclée prints of all exhibits.

Collier & Dobson Limited are pleased to announce Tabitha Salmon’s upcoming exhibition. This retrospective exhibition will showcase work from Tabitha Salmon’s exhibition and travels “from Moscow to Deauville.”

The exhibition will also feature “From the Metal Forest” - a collaboration between celebrated photographer Barry Lewis and Tabitha Salmon.

The exhibition will be held at The Gallery in Cork Street, London, W1S 3NG between the 17th and 22nd of November 2008.

For more information please do no hesitate to contact us.

As a company Collier & Dobson have built a strong reputation for wildlife art. Therefore for us to show another wildlife artist the work must be of the very highest quality.

Needless to say Wendy Warren’s pastels certainly fitted the bill. From the moment we saw them it was clear that that her pictures were something special.

Wendy’s paintings possess an intimacy and warmth that is so often missing in other wildlife art and her composition always seem fresh and original.

What also impressed us about Wendy Warren is how she has mastered one of the most challenging mediums, pastel. This is a difficult way to create pictures at the best of times so Wendy’s use of it is all the more admirable.

We are always excited to welcome any new artist to our portfolio and Charlotte Lyon is no exception.

Charlotte has a distinguished artistic background, her grandfather was principal of Edinburgh School of Art and her father a sculptor, yet this alone would not justify our enthusiasm for her work.

It is her confident style that attracted us and the many collectors of her work. Often painting on wood panel, her paintings have a wonderful texture to them. Charlotte is a confident painter and her subjects have an intriguing simplicity about them.

With a range of limited editions now available, as well as a selection of originals, her work will reach an even wider audience of fine art collectors.

Clive Meredith has been invited be part of the Artist in Residence programme at the Nature in Art Museum, near Gloucester. Artists are invited by Simon Trapnell, Direcotor of the museum, to be part of the programme - which runs every week from Januray until October. This is the 4th time that Clive has been invited to take part.

Clive will be at the museum from February 3rd until February 8th, 2009. He will have a studio where he can work on an artwork, and there will be fully hung collection of his work. This is a great opportunity for any collectors of Clive’s work to meet him, see him working and view some of his work.

We’ve just received word from Keith Sykes that he is intending to make it to this years CLA Game Fair no matter how the weather turns out. To that end he has been modifying caravan to deal with all eventualities.