Born in Stoke, on Trent, Staffordshire, British award winning Geoffrey Wynne moved to Spain soon after completing his degree in Fine Art at North Staffordshire University of Fine Art - BA Hons in Fine Art, 1985.
Over the last 30 years this medium has taken him to many places, his aim being to try and capture the essence of what he sees and feels in each location.
In the studio watercolour painting has also taken him on another journey in the sense of an exploration of the medium and its infinite forms of expression.
Geoffrey Wynne is a full member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour and has won great acclaim in Spain for his lively depictions of Andalucian life - as is reflected in his many prizes and awards.
Geoffrey is one of the top watercolour artists in the world. He has won the very prestigious Sunday Times Watercolour competition and many national awards in Spain.
Geoffrey paints in watercolour and draws inspiration from the colour, sparkling light and vibrant culture of the Mediterranean - most notably Venice, Portugal, Morocco, Andalucia and Granada Spain, where he lives and works.
He won the Windsor and Newton 2014 RI prize for his painting ‘Thin Red Line’ and was accepted to participate in The World Watercolour competition held by the international publication ‘The Art of Watercolour’.
His latest work includes medium of watercolour and salt whilst exploring his Potteries roots including a series called Written in Dust which pays homage to the miners.
His grandfather was a miner at the North Staffordshire mine, Chatterley Whitfield.
Awards
Singer Friedlander Sunday Times Competition;
Duchess of Alba watercolour prize Sevilla, Gaudi watercolour prize;
Prizes in Malaga, Granada, Cordoba, Vitoria, Almeria;
1st Prize - awarded by the Diputation of Malaga - National Watercolour Exhibition, 2010;
1st Prize - awarded by the Cultural Foundation, Unicaja, Spain, 2009;
1st Prize - awarded by the Council of Malaga, Spain, 2007.
Method of Working
I normally work on the spot around the streets and landscapes of this beautiful city. Finish works of 57 x 37cm are completed over 2/3 days, as the light permits.
Teaching demonstrations and work done on travels are completed in 2/3 hours.
Larger works are done from photos in the studio. I use all the techniques wet in to wet, dry in to wet,dry brush and masking fluid and spray.
I make a small sketch before starting to find the simple tonal values. My flower paintings are done under a spot light, a small tonal sketch to arrange the composition and values.
All is painted with simple shapes, whites and certain colour areas are masked with masking fluid, left to dry, then emerged in the bath.
While wet, Paynes Grey, on a large brush, is placed in areas left to run, left to dry and then reworking and emphasising of colours and lastly, some white.
Sea paintings are done with a dry brush sprayed with water to run reworked and reworked plus sprays of different colours to create atmosphere.
Commissions are taken and done quickly. I also do watercolour painting holidays in Granada.
Geoffrey Wynne RI è un acclamato pittore acquarellista Britannico, noto per il suo stile impressionista che cattura la luce mediterranea ed i paesaggi urbani.
Originario di Stoke-on-Trent, vive e lavora a Granada, in Spagna, dal 1988.
Lavora prevalentemente all'aperto, completando opere di medie dimensioni in circa 2-3 ore.
Il suo obiettivo è catturare l'essenza di un luogo attraverso la luce, il colore ed il contrasto, piuttosto che una rappresentazione fotografica.
