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| “Tree Sparrow and Plum” © Bryan Hanlon |
Name: Bryan Hanlon
Bio: Born in 1956, this
self-taught British artist paints in a number of media and genres, not
only in pastel. I have included him in this directory because his pastels are
so accomplished they cannot be ignored.
Hanlon was influenced in his
early years by Australian artist Raymond Harris Ching, who illustrated the
Reader’s Digest Book of British Birds. I can identify with him as I bought a
copy when it first came out, amazed at the lifelike treatment of the birds, so
unlike the still museum poses of what had gone before. I still have it, and
treasure it. Another of Hanlon’s influences is Andrew Hemingway, one of the
world’s foremost pastel
artists. His influence may be seen in some of Hanlon’s still life work.
Hanlon has
exhibited widely, in the UK, in Europe and in the USA, with one man shows and
mixed exhibitions, including the World of Watercolours in London; Whaletail
Exhibition in Nairobi, where he was an award winner; International Animal
Exhibition in France; Nature in Art, Gloucester; The Tryon and Swann, London;
and the prestigious Birds in Art exhibition in Wisconsin, America. Hanlon has
been Artist in Residence at Wallsworth Hall, Gloucester and has taught art at
Marlborough College Summer School. Hanlon also works on many commissions
including designing cover jackets for and illustrating books (Gerald Durrell's
Army and Conservation published in 1997). His commissions
include Altarpiece, a 10 x 5 foot triptych inspired by a verse by St. Francis
of Assisi, and a commission from the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust for a
painting depicting endangered species to commemorate their
25th anniversary. His work was featured in Leisure Painter, December 2012.
He is represented
by the Wykeham Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire, and the Jerram Gallery,
Sherborne, Dorset.
Bryan Hanlon lives
and works in rural Wiltshire, surrounded by the type of environment that has
inspired his work.
Medium: Pastel; acrylic; oil; tempera; watercolour; sculpture.
Style: Realism. Hanlon’s paintings are all his own, even if you can see
glimpses of Hemingway, or Nicora Gangi.
Publications: Birds and Beasts of Africa: Observations of a Wildlife Artist, Swan Hill Press, 1997. ISBN-10: 1853103632; ISBN-13: 978-1853103636
Navigation: Clean, uncluttered.
Gallery: Painting: Birds (no pastels); Mammals (one pastel); Landscapes
(no pastels); Still Life (oil and pastels).
Image View: Thumbnails open in a scrollable viewer and may be downloaded.
Information of medium and dimension is supplied both on the thumbnails and the
enlargements. Tree Sparrow and Plum is 25 x 30 cm, 500 x 408, 55 KB.
Demo/Blog: No
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