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English,Christopher-
"A King Rose

Painting Oil
Size: 36 inches by 30 inches
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Description: The king rose to build a palace, his tower guarded by many thorns. Upon its walls sturdy tendrils of ivy grew Upon which snakes and lizards crawled, exhibiting tongues of poison, Their heads with many horns. The creatures grew bigger around the kingdom, They became stronger, tightening their grip, as snakes do. Yet still, the king was king inside. Suddenly, the walls of his palace crumbled. Knowing nothing but wisdom, Useless in words Once inflamed with the daggers of snares, The king fell. Upon the last and first step of his ruined tower He looked up upon its hollowness And with insight of the animals That laughed at the pompous king He again began to climb. c C. English











 
 

Artist Information:
Name   : Christopher English
Location: LOUGHBOROUGH  
  United Kingdom


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Christopher English
Biography
During my education I attended two boarding schools. I left school in 1968 and went to train as a drawing office tracer in Leeds. I then went to live in Harrogate in 1970. I started work at that same time for a company of chemical combustion engineers. I started writing poems and painting in oil colours in my spare time. To follow my interest in painting I went to art school in the evenings. I had a lot of encouragement from various poetry events, workshops, friends etc. I was made redundant from work in 1985 and decided that there was no future for me in drawing office work. I wanted to get a degree in fine art. I did a foundation course in art at Harrogate Art College. I then went on to do a Fine Art Painting degree at Loughborough University, where I graduated in 1994. Besides exhibiting my paintings at various exhibitions, I have self published a book of my poems and paintings, which I up date as I produce new work. The book title is: `A King Rose to build a Palace.' and is available from myself upon request via my web site.
 
Statement
I show the symbolic images in my paintings as a complement to the imagery evoked in my poems. Ideas for the symbolism in my art derive from my poetry. Content of artwork is allegorical, full of metaphor, connotation and ambiguity. I start a painting with a combination of several images from a poem. Discovery and suggestion from my imagination emerge during the painting process and are a supplement to the poetry. The result has the intrinsic value of both poem and painting. Indeed, I show where the ideas in the paintings came from, hence the publication of my poems and paintings together.
 
Exhibitions
I am a member of a group of local artists that exhibit in local galleries and the local community. Web site address: http://www.artspace-lboro.co.uk/index.html
 

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