User:Brian ronald west

BRIAN WEST (Artist)

As the son of an amateur artist Brian became familiar from a very early age with the strange smell of linseed oil and turpentine. He attended classes at a School of Art from the age of 10, when his involvement in both studying figurative movement and playing sports combined, for if not playing football or cricket every daylight hour he was sketching some athletic action or other - then inevitably found himself subsequently painting much more than playing.

Brian still remembers that his earliest vivid experiences were of being moved by the paintings of the fauvists and impressionists. This set a strong mental reference to which he still aspires. His application has developed over 35 years or so by mostly being more concerned with the loose block-building application of positive colours rather than clinical line and detailed illustrative precision. It has proved a steep learning curve attempting to impact an emotion in this way ... he calls it the ‘colour of movement’.

While Brian is probably best known as a sports artist he applies his particular imagery style to other subjects especially wildlife and music icons and has a website devoted to images of Bob Dylan at www.dylanart.co

"Sports artist to the sports elite".................The Independent "The UK’s leading football artist"................... The Daily Mail "His paintings capture the game’s allure" ............The Times

BOOKS CONTENT Sleeve Cover picture on ‘Canto del Cigno - Marco Van Basten’ ... pub.2004 Sleeve Cover picture on ‘ISIS Bob Dylan Anthology’ ...pub by Helter Skelter Comment contained within ‘The Real Mackay’….by Dave Mackay & Martin Knight Picture of Villa debut goal commissioned painting... ’Walking Tall, My Story’ ...by Peter Crouch Sleeve Cover picture on ’Sports In Society’ ... by Prof.Jay Coakley & Dr.Elizabeth Pike. OU Press MAGAZINES The Outside Favourites -  featured in joint profile ...  Artists & Illustrators. June2008 Front & Back Covers featuring Bob Dylan paintings ... Isis Magazine, issues 95/2001 & 146/2009 It’s All About You Magazine...issue 6 2009  ... ’Real Life, Real People’ double page feature VHS VIDEO ‘The Gordon Strachan Story...Good Times, Hard Times’....his favourite goal - painting commission comment & video appearance

From SOTHEBY’S ‘FOOTBALL SALE’ CATALOGUE  JULY 1998 “Brian West began painting at in oils at an early age later attending Mansfield College of Art. In his      professional career West has specialised in sporting  imagery,  seeking to portray  the drama, colour and spectacle of the sporting world. He has exhibited widely with great success and has been commissioned by many famous names from the world of sport, including Gary Lineker OBE, Peter Shilton MBE.OBE,  Gordon Strachan OBE   Sir Alex Ferguson CBE,  Sir Jack Haywood,  David Gower OBE  and many others;  as well as painting commissions for sporting institutions such as The Football Association, The Sports Council, Wembley Stadium plc, The British Olympic Sailing Team  and various football, cricket and rugby clubs. Brian is a very active artist and I’m sure there will be a lot of interest in his work in the future." Graham Budd, Sotheby’s, New Bond street, London

EXHIBITIONS, OWNERS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Mansfield Museum Art Gallery...solo exhibition Harlequins Football Club Gary Lineker OBE Osborne Studio Gallery, Belgravia, London 90’s Peter Shilton MBE.,OBE National Football Show 94, G-Mex Centre, Manchester..solo display Will Carling Ashfield Council Leisure Centre Ice Rink Murals John Barnes MBE Lords Taverners Charity Auction David Gower OBE Wembley Stadium Plc... The Football Association...Wembley Banquet Hall solo exhibition Sony Music Entertainment Europe, London Sir Alex Ferguson CBE The Sports Aid Foundation Kenney Jones...Hurtwood Park Polo Club, Surrey Lord Whitelaw...for Lady Cunliffe-Lister family, Burton Agnes Hall Royal Yachting Association, 96/2000/2004/2008 Olympics, Sail For Gold, London Hilton England 1966 World Cup Team Reunion commission Glenn Hoddle The International Sailing Federation (ISAF UK) Presidents montage Gary McAllister MBE Sir Bert Millichip...courtesy The FA, Lancaster Gate The Sports Council..East Mids Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire...solo exhibition Gordon Strachan OBE...featured on 92 video release Rachael Heyhoe-Flint MBE Sotheby’s, New Bond Street, London Michael Lawrence Galleries, East Yorkshire Sir Jack Hayward...Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Alfred East Art Gallery, Kettering...solo show ’The Colour Of Movement’ Gordon Taylor, Professional Footballers Association The SportsAid Ball Auction, Intercontinental, London Dave Mackay...Spurs & Scotland The National Football Museum, Preston Newark Town Hall - The Spotlight Gallery ..solo show ’Sporting Life’ Aug/Sept 09 British Olympic Association - ’Legends’ montage Beijing 08 Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford, Lincs... solo show Peter Crouch Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham ...’The Art Of Sport’ June-Sept 2009