Jim Lowe

Born in Bath.

Studied painting at Kingston on Thames School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. 1967 Boise Scholarship, Leverhulme Scholarship, Arts Council Prize, Stuyvesant Prize.

Mixed exhibitions include: London GROUP, Young Contemporaries at the Tate 1967. Redfern Gallery summer show 67, 68, 69, 70. Severn Redfern Artists 71. Ceri Richards Gallery Swansea 91. Bath Area Network for Artists “Open View” 03,05,07. “Valued” Chapel Row Gallery 06.

Solo exhibitions: Redfern Gallery London 69, Festival Gallery Bath 80, Theatr Mwldan Cardigan 95.

Designed book covers for Fontana Modern Masters series 75-78.

Taught Art at Highgate School 70-73, Woodwork at Chilton Cantelo House School 86-87, working as woodworker 73 on.

Works purchased for collections in Britain and USA including those of Leicester Education Authority and Alistair McAlpine.

Lived in Somerset 76-87, Wales 87-00. Now living and working in Bath. Director and treasure Bath Area Network for Artists 03-10. Director and trustee Walcot Street Trust 04-10.

Statement

The Paintings begin as a number of line drawings which define a visual experience, possibly of moving through a landscape or seeing people. Frome these drawings a full colour gouache is made as a modle for the painting. In the final stage, a wooden frame is constructed, over which the canvas is stretched and finally this is painted to create the finished work.

Extracts from a press review of the Theatr Mwldan exhibition “Bold, bright and geometrically taut”

“An unashamed glorification of colour and intense appreciation of shape and texture”

“Each piece positiverly bursts with buoyancy thanks to the vibrant colours, giant punctuation-mark structures and the most perfectly composed textures which often create a magical 3D effect”