6 – 23 March 2013

“Jonathan Cooper Park Walk Gallery is pleased to present White, a new exhibition of watercolours by Peter Haslam – Fox in his first exhibition at the gallery.

In this new collection of paintings, Haslam – Fox continues to rejuvenate the medium of watercolour, creating paintings that depend as much on the raw paper – as paint – for their description. His painted white subjects (including, floating balloons, doves, owls, and clouds) are chosen because of their perceived lack of colour and an innate but simple strength.

The work reflects a clarity of style and a concentration of technique that the artist finds fascinating in much of Chinese painting and calligraphy. These paintings draw more on the simplicity of Eastern traditions in Ink than the more fastidious Western works on paper, though through the use of colour and scale try to merge the two worlds.

Peter Haslam – Fox, lives and works in London. He has won several awards including; The Benton Purchase Prize at ‘The Discerning Eye Exhibition’, Mall Galleries (2010) and The RWS/Sunday Times, ‘young artist’ (2008). His work has been exhibited at mixed exhibitions including; The Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries and The Royal Watercolour Society Spring Exhibition, Bankside Gallery.”

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Evite 5th March

Jonathan Cooper opened his gallery in Park Walk, Chelsea in 1988. Since then the gallery has gained a reputation for championing contemporary artists specialising in figurative, botanical and wildlife art who have gone on to become leaders in their fields.

The gallery is a member of BADA (The British Antique Dealers association) and SLAD (The Society of London Art Dealers) and regularly exhibits at art fairs in the UK, USA, Canada and Hong Kong.

The gallery continues to support the vital work of wildlife conservation charities, and in the last couple of years has been delighted to work alongside Elephant Family (elephantfamily.co.uk) and Hauser Bears (hauserbears.com) Specialties: Wildlife, Botanical, Figurative, Photography, Sculpture