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An example of work by Barry John Raybould
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Barry John Raybould (1956)
He grew up in the countryside of England which instilled in him a love of the landscape that he never lost. "I've painted as long as I can remember and my earliest influences were painters such as John Constable who showed me the beauty of the fields, trees and skies of the English countryside."
Other early influences include JMW Turner whose dramatic landscapes had an abstract quality that could still be considered contemporary today, Corot, and Monet. In 1991 he was drawn to the light of California where he became influenced by the work of the California Impressionists, and in 1999 he was accepted as a member of the prestigious Carmel Art Association.
"I feel fortunate to belong to the historic Carmel Art Association whose earlier members William Ritschel and S.C. Yuan, as well as Edgar Payne of the Laguna Beach Art Association, are artists I particularly admire for their subtle use of grays and loose brushwork. Also I love the color in some of the work of Franz Bischoff. His beautiful color harmonies I rarely see in contemporary work except for master colorists such as Ovanes Berberian, an artist from whom I have learned much."
Although many of these influences are fairly representational, he is also interested in those artists who have created more abstract representations of the landscape yet still capture its essence, in particular Oakland's Society of Six and the landscape work of the Canadian artists known as the Group of Seven.
His work doesn't really fall into any one category such as impressionist, expressionist, abstract, realist, or tonalist. He doesn't strive to create or re-create any particular style, but rather has naturally evolved his own style in the process of trying to capture some feeling about the landscape, whether it is the powerful energy of the surf on the Pacific Shore, or the tranquil mood of a flat ocean shrouded in fog. His art is all about communicating a feeling.
In his work he is trying to capture four key elements. The first and most important is the feel, mood or atmosphere of a specific place or time. He feels his paintings only succeed if they communicate to the viewer what he was feeling at the time he was painting it. That is one reason why he finds it so hard to paint in the studio - the emotion has passed.
The second is to translate that feeling into an abstract design of shapes and colors on the canvas that is aesthetically pleasing, independent of subject matter.
The third element, related to the previous one, is to leave evidence of the process of creation in the finished work. He often uses fairly loose brushwork and impasto passages of paint, not to mention the occasional grain of sand or blade of grass! This makes the painting more interesting because it lets the viewer bounce between seeing the painting as an abstraction of reality and seeing the scene it represents.
The final element is to leave some of the interpretation up to the imagination of the viewer by not rendering or describing everything. This lets the viewer get involved in the painting by bringing his or her own experiences into it in a more personal way.
In setting himself this challenge, his work is constantly evolving and each painting is a frozen moment on a journey may never end. Indeed, he is constantly travelling and painting different areas of the world, including Italy, England, Egypt, and the United States.
"It is this journey that I share with those who have been collecting my work." He also teaches a limited number of plein-air workshops.
Awards:
2007 Gold Medal Arts for the Parks Online
2007 Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine Award 96th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art Pasadena, California
2006 First Prize, Landscape Seaside Art Competition Seaside, California
2006 Second Prize, Portrait Seaside Art Competition Seaside, California
2005 First Prize, Artists' Choice Award Terruride Plein Air Event Telluride, Colorado
2004 First Prize, Figure & Portrait Seaside Art Competition Seaside, California
2002 Honorable Mention Carmel Plein-Air Festival Carmel, California
2002 First Prize, Landscape Seaside Art Competition Seaside, California
2001 Outstanding Achievement Award Pacific Grove Arts Commission Pacific Grove, California
2001 Third prize & Honorable Mention Carmel Plein Air Festival Carmel, California
1999 Outstanding Achievement Award Pacific Grove Arts Commission Pacific Grove, California
1998 Second Prize Carmel Plein Air Festival Carmel, California
Publications:
2009 100 Artists of the West Coast II Tina Skinner, Schiffer Publishing
2005 Virtual Art Academy Art Instruction Virtual Art Academy
2004 100 ways to paint People and Figures, Volume 1 International Artist Magazine
2004 100 ways to paint Seascapes, Rivers & Lakes, Volume 1 International Artist Magazine
Selected Juried Exhibitions:
2007 Arts for the Parks Exhibition & Calendar Arts for the Parks Online
2007 Celebrating the Golden State California Art Club, Old Mill Gallery San Marino, California
2007 96th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club Pasadena Museum of California Art Pasadena, California
2005 American Artists Abroad Bennington Center for the Arts Bennington , Vermont
2005 Biennial Exhibition Monterey Museum of Art Monterey , California
2005 Salon International Greenhouse Gallery San Antonio , Texas
2005 Northern Views: California Painting in the Plein Air Tradition Napa Valley Museum Napa, California
2004 94th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club Pasadena Museum of California Art Pasadena, California
2004 NOAPS Best of America The National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society Osage Beach, Missouri
2004 Salon International Greenhouse Gallery San Antonio, Texas
2004 Marin Society of Artists National Exhibition Marin Art Center Ross, California
2003 Bienalle Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea Fortezza di Basso Florence Italy
2003 93rd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club Pasadena Museum of California Art Pasadena California
2003 San Juan Capistrano Mission Exhibition California Art Club San Juan Capistrano, California
2002 Juried exhibition Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Laguna, California
2002 Juried exhibition "Painting the Wild Blue Yonder" California Art Club Pasadena, California
2001 Juried all-media exhibition Monterey Museum of Art Monterey, California
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2004 "One Person Show" Carmel Art Association Carmel, California
2000 "Plein-Air Landscapes of California and Italy" Carmel Art Association Carmel, California
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2003 "Moods of Monterey Peninsula", with Joseph Nordman and John McWilliams Carmel Art Association Carmel, California
2001 "China Exhibition" Chinese Cultural Center El Monte, California
2001 "Informal Views" with Jeff Daniel Smith, Mark Farina, Richmond Woodson, Cyndra Bradford and Gerard Martin Monterey Conference Center Monterey, California
2001 "Home and Abroad" with Jeff Daniel Smith and Edward Norton Ward Carmel Art Association Carmel, California
2000 "The Informalists of California" with Jeff Daniel Smith, Mark Farina, Richmond Woodson, Cyndra Bradford Miller Gallery Cincinnati, Ohio
1997 "The Informalists" with Jeff Daniel Smith, Mark Farina, Richmond Woodson, Cyndra Bradford Galeria de la Paz Pacific Grove, California
1995 "The Informalists" Pacific Grove Art Association Pacific Grove, California
Other Exhibitions:
2002 Big Sur Land Trust "Land & Legacy" Monterey Museum of Art Monterey, California
1999 Capture the Spirit Pacific Grove Art Association Pacific Grove, California
1999 Whalefest Carl Cherry Center for the Arts Carmel, California
1998 Artists of the Monterey Peninsula Monterey Art Museum Monterey, California
1997 Group show The Grove Homescapes Pacific Grove, California
1989 Group show Northborough Art Association Northborough, MA
1988 Group show Northborough Art Association Northborough, MA
1987 Group show Northborough Art Association Northborough, MA
1985 Group show Southborough Art Association Southborough, MA
1983 Group show Stevenage Art Association Stevenage, England
Memberships and Education
2003 California Gold Artists California
2002 Election to California Art Club California Art Club Pasadena, California
1999 Election to Carmel Art Association Carmel Art Association Carmel, California
1979 Master of Arts Cambridge University Cambridge, England
1974 Bachelor of Arts, First Class Honours Degree Cambridge University Cambridge, England
Information provided by the artist.
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Barry John Raybould is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
The California Art Club
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