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Neil Shawcross
Neil Shawcross was born in England and trained at Bolton College of Art and Lancaster College of Art. He has exhibited nationally and internationally in London, Hong Kong, U.S.A, and throughout Ireland in various galleries including two solo exhibitions at Cavanacor Gallery, the Tom Caldwell Gallery, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, the Peppercannister, Dublin, and Sligo Art Gallery. He has been the winner of a number of prestigious awards and is five times recipient of the Royal Ulster Academy Gold Medal. His work is represented in many private and corporate collections including the Ulster Museum, Ulster Television. AIB, Aer Rianta and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Shawcross’s practice is dominated by portraiture and still life. His influences are primarily French and include Bonnard, Matisse, & Cezanne.
Shawcross sources his subjects from his surroundings, his home, local coffee shops and advertising. When representing a subject as simple as a cup and saucer, he translates the mundane simplicity of this object into a painterly statement invested with character. Objects are demarcated by thick outlines in black and his work is characterised by remarkable control. Shawcross is renowned for his distinctive imagery and economy of artifice, where his trained eye looks beyond the subject’s surface to capture the very essence of the moment.
Still life
acrylic on paper, 54 x 65 cm
Still Life
acrylic on board, 15 x 21 cm
