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11 Hassocks Road, Hurstpierpoint BN6 9QT
01273 835210        
         

Mike lives in Hurstpierpoint. He has been painting in a variety of media for about 20 years. Not having attended any full-time art course, he could be described as self-taught, but he has attended numerous part-time courses, and is a member of two local art clubs and two painting groups.

He has displayed and sold work at exhibitions throughout Sussex, including the Sussex Open Exhibition in Brighton in 1996. He initiated and organised successful “Open Studio” events for a number of Hurstpierpoint artists and himself during the Mid-Sussex arts festivals in 2003 and 2004, during which were sold several thousand pounds worth of paintings.

He describes his style as “Naive Expressionist”, and influenced by the Germans , such as Gabrielle Munter and also by the Fauves, such as Raoul Dufy, de Vlaminck, and Derain, plus Fernand Leger and various 20th Century artists such as the Scottish Colourists, Patrick Caulfield, and John Piper, but particularly the Welsh artist Gwilym Prichard. Most people find his work original, and different from most other living painters.

For many years, the main medium he used was acrylic paint, often applied impasto with the palette knife, and on to canvas laid down on MDF board. However, lately he has often adopted Indian and acrylic inks and mixed media on paper.

He has a permanent display of paintings in his studio at in Hurstpierpoint, and welcome visits by anyone who takes the precaution of phoning first.

         
   
Key:
Size in inches, including frame, where applicable.
" F" = framed; "F&G" = Framed & Glazed; "U/F" = unframed.
"Mixed Inks" = Indian Ink, for the drawing and Acrylic Ink for colour.
         
         
   
         
Isleworth over the Thames   Tenby Beach   Behind Langstone Harbour
35 x 27.5   23.5 x 19   26 x 21.5
F & G   F   F & G
Mixed Inks   Acrylic Impasto   Mixed Inks
SOLD   £120   £100
         
         
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Following Their Leader   Our Favourite Tree   A Churchyard Cottage
19.5 x 16   35 x 29   25 x 20
F & G   F & G   F
Indian Ink   Mixed Inks   Acrylic Impasto
£90   SOLD   £120
         
         
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The Slate Fence Path   West Dean Fantasy   Maple Sapling Abstract
25 x 22   31 x 25   31 x 24.5
F   F & G   F & G
Mixed Inks   Readymix Gouache   Mixed Media
£100   £150   £150
         
         
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A Jevington View   Tenby at Low Tide   White Tree Fantasy
27.5 x 20   24 x 19   28 x 21.5
F   F   F
Acrylics   Acrylic Impasto   Acrylics
SOLD   £120   SOLD
         
         
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Applecross Boats   Tenby Harbour Sketch   Jevington Churchyard
28.5 x 22.5   16 x 13   30 x 24.5
F & G   U / F   U / F
Mixed Inks   Mixed Inks: Framed and Glazed   Mixed Media
SOLD   £90   £60
         
         
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Mevagissey Boats   Mini Abstract 2   Arc de Triomphe View
23 x 19   16 x 14   20 x 16.5
F & G   F & G   F & G
Pastels   Mixed Media   Mixed Inks
£75   £80   £75
         
         
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Tott Farm from the stile   Belgian Coast Sunset   Mont St. Victoire
24 x 19   30 x 24   26 x 22
F   F & G   F
Acrylic Impasto   Mixed Media on 'Yupo'   Acrylic
£120   SOLD   £90
         
         
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Reed Reflections   Toward Tott Farm   Wolstonbury Sheep in the Snow
29 x 23   22 x 15   26 x 22
F & G   F   F
Mixed Media on 'Yupo'   Acrylic Impasto   Acrylic
£150   £105   SOLD
         
         
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Bolney Lake   The Angel, Henley   On the Seine, Paris
24.5 x 19.5   20 x 16   22 x 18
F & G   U / F   F & G
Mixed Media on 'Yupo'   Mixed Inks: Framed and Glazed   Mixed Inks
£105   £90   £105
         
         
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Montreuille View   Painters at Berwick   Severn Sisters View
28 x 22   25 x 20   21 x 17
F & G   F   F & G
Mixed Inks   Acrylics   Mixed Inks
£100   £65   SOLD
         
         
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Fishing Boats, Hove     Wallingford Bridge
22 x 17     18 x 14
F & G     U / F
Mixed Inks     Mixed Inks
£65     £30