People talk about the vast skies, extraordinary light and empty landscapes of Norfolk but look at Paul Gallagher’s work and you will see these elements exist to the same - possibly even greater - extent in the north-east. The long flat beaches, rolling Cheviot hills, wide moorlands and hidden valleys have a lonely drama. Much is due to the landscape’s sheer scale (and lack of people) but it’s also to do with the intensity of fleeting moments - sun behind watery clouds, a dampness in the air, the long shadows of a copse in the corner of a field. It’s these brief images, and their bitter-sweet sensations, that Gallagher captures. His work hangs in the New House.
Biography: Born in Newcastle in 1964, Paul Gallagher is a self-taught artist. He set up a picture framing business in the city which he combines with his work as an artist, working from a studio at his home in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.
For further information, plus availability and prices of this artist's work, please contact Mara-Helen Wood, Director, University Gallery, Northumbria University, +44 (0)191 227 4424, mara-helen.wood@unn.ac.uk.
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Looking Across the Estuary towards the Obelisks, Holy Island, Early Evening (Mixed media on canvas)
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