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Ron Coleman “from studio to gallery” The driving force behind Ron Coleman’s work is colour and form. He seeks to imbue balance achieved through colour harmony that results from his handling of colour relationships, texture and the brushwork. The subject matter he employs may have had it’s origin in a sort of remembered landscape of a journey, but he uses colour, form, and texture to create his own visions. The resulting semi-abstract work. He says that one of his aims is to create work that appeals to the visual senses, balancing form and to perhaps hold the viewers gaze to and allow them to engage more with the painted surface rather than simply an image. Many artists and movements have influenced his work, ranging from the St. Ives abstract artists to the Scottish Colourists. He takes inspiration from the American expressionists and contemporary British artists. ref:PRC22 His brush work has become more fluid over the years, the images produced and the application of paint seem spontaneous and more free and his colour palette is typically strong and vivid. Ron is an active artist outside his own work and supports his fellows with his work with the Stockport War memorial Art Museum where he had been took a deep interest and was instrumental in bringing the Open Art Exhibition to Stockport Art Gallery (UK). More recently he was noted in the 100 year anniversary book of the Stockport Guild of Artists along with some of the most influential painters in the UK (i.e. L.S Lowry and Harry Rutherford). above: portrait painting of Ron Coleman by Peter Davis ©2018/19 www.peterdavisartist.com - email: [email protected] Summary by Denis Taylor- ©TUBES magazines 2019 ref:PRC