Frank Creber

Joined Artfinder: Aug. 2020

Artworks for sale: 79

(3)

United Kingdom

Updates from Frank Creber's studio

  • Sailing Paintings

    A short video of sailing and paintings from my experiences.

    08 November 2024
    Drawings at Canary Wharf

    Drawings at Canary Wharf

    Part of a residency in 2014

    08 November 2024

    Sailing Paintings

    my exhibition of Sailing Paintings is open At The Viewing Room Thames-Side Studios Harrington Way, Warspite Rd,  London SE18 5NR 9 Nov – 20 Dec 2024 The Preview is Friday 8 November, 6-9pm. These sea paintings come out of the memories I have from sailing on and off for thirty years. My wife Margy and I sailed a boat from the east coast of the UK to Kusadasi in Turkey, a discontinuous trip made over a period of several years, we also made numerous trips around the UK coast and across to France and the Netherlands. The many hours spent standing at the helm looking at calm waters and still skies as well as dramatically strong winds and menacing waves has been etched on my psyche. A number of these paintings capture the last few hours of a sailing trip, when the navigation will take the vessel close to a headland, before turning towards a safe harbour. It is this situation of sailing round a headland, where the waves kick up, the wind changes direction, the current becomes confused, there maybe changes to the depth of the sea at these places, rocks to avoid that adds a feeling of danger. Other Painting are about the memories of being out of sight of land sailing overnight with gale force winds, leaving a harbour, or crossing the English Channel in dense fog with no radar. This series of paintings has also been inspired by the works of great sea painters, J.M.W. Turner, Winslow Homer, Andreas Achenbach and Willem van de Velde the Younger. Each painting is about a particular place:- The Cliffs at Tropea - Calabria, The Raz de Sein - Brittany, San Vito Lo Capo - Sicily, they are places that remind me of a particular event, a thunderstorm, the boat engine not starting, close encounters with large ships at night, a fore sail getting tangled whilst arriving in harbour or a fast sail with a good wind.

    08 November 2024
    Solo exhibition 2020

    Solo exhibition 2020

    A photo of me with my dogs and one of the works in my Solo show at Solo exhibition at Thames-Side Studios Gallery, Greenwich London UK.

    05 August 2020
    Solo exhibition at Thames-Side Studios Gallery

    Solo exhibition at Thames-Side Studios Gallery

    A photo of me with my dogs and one of the works in my Solo show at Solo exhibition at Thames-Side Studios Gallery, Greenwich London UK.

    05 August 2020
    Working in the Studio

    Working in the Studio

    Preparing for an exhibition, working on a series of 2 metre long Paintings.

    05 August 2020

    Painting a Face part 3

    The third part of this video where I am working on a face and using a wide variety of tones and colours to create a sense of volume and emotion.

    05 August 2020

    Painting a Face Part 2

    The second part of a video talking about warm and cool colours while painting a Face.

    05 August 2020

    Painting a Face

    In the studio, I am talking about the colours I am using to paint a face in the composition.

    05 August 2020

    Talking about painting in layers

    Talking about painting in layers, in my studio. My paintings are made in layers of translucent paint, so that there is a luminosity, the whits of the linen shines through the layers of colours. Under-painted layers of warm bright colour for example shine through top layers of colder desaturated colour to create the desired final effect.

    05 August 2020
    My studio

    My studio

    This is me with some of my current paintings surrounding me, my Studio is in Greenwich London.

    05 August 2020