Alan Cotton - on a knife edge
Alan Cotton - On a knife edge by Jenny Pery
Hardback, 144 pages, Published by Halsgrove
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On a Knife Edge presents a richly illustrated survey of Alan Cotton's
career, from his early years in the industrial Midlands to his present
life centred on his home and studio in rural Devon. It tells the
story of a 'local boy made good' a boy whose passion for painting
came apparently out of the blue, and whose optimistic, buccaneering
approach to life enabled him to pursue this passion. It charts his
development as a painter from student experiment to mature style,
culminating in the use of rich impasto pigments laid onto canvas
with a painting knife. It follows him on his travels in France, Italy,
Cyprus, Ireland, and Morocco, and explores the painterly challenges
that he encountered in each new location. It shows him developing
into a gifted teacher, a skilled communicator, and an extremely successful
artist. The book offers a wide ranging retrospective overview of
Alan Cotton's work, with telling illustrations of seminal paintings
to highlight important moments in his career.
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