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M J FORSTER GALLERIES
The Artist MJ Forster is recognised as one of the most innovative young watercolourist in Britain today. Forster seeks to challenge the traditional watercolour technique with a bold and innovative approach. Foremost a landscape painter, his paintings reflect the changing landscape of the British Isles. Forster has spent extensive study periods in various locations around the world and as a accomplished painter his aim is to create paintings that "break the boundaries of 21st century watercolour".
Over the past 7 years he has pioneered a new and specific painting style called His first collection - ŰBERPAINTINGTM.
His first collection -ŰBERBRITAINTM- will launch nationally in 2009. Matt recently entered an Uberpainting preparatory study in the A1 Summer Art Competition and won the best show for watercolour and the First Pize and Judges Choice.
M J Forster is represented by THE ART WORKS GALLERIES and the M J Forster Gallery in Hexham, Northumberland.
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M J FORSTER GALLERY | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
M J FORSTER GALLERY | THE ART WORKS GALLERIES | OUSEBURN |
NEWCASTLE | NE1 2NP T 0191 2619922 E info@theartworksgalleries.com
Gallery Opening: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm Sun 11am-4pm
ÜBERBRITAIN Launch Event
April 2nd 2009 | 6 - 9pm
The current exhibition at the M J Forster Gallery Newcastle represents the opportunity to view and buy new works by the contemporary watercolourist MJ Forster. In the 4000sqft gallery you can view landscape subjects ranging from Nortumbria, The Lake District, The Cotswolds and Dartmoor.
M J Forster Gallery Newcastle also holds extended collections of work by M J Forster such as the series North American Mountains, South American Bull Fights, North American Rodeos, Mexico on Horseback, New Zealand Fiords, Thailand Studies, his exploratory non-representational, figurative and abstract works.
If you are interested in attending a preview or would like to arrange a meeting with the artist please contact Rachel E Brown 0191 2619922 info@theartworkgalleries.com
M J FORSTER GALLERY | HEXHAM | NORTHUMBERLAND
M J FORSTER GALLERY | 3 ST MARY'S CHARE | HEXHAM | NORTHUMBERLAND | NE46 1NQ
T 01434 609309 E mjforstergallery@googlemail.com
Gallery Opening: tuesday- saturday 10am - 5pm
ÜBERBRITAIN Launch Event
April 3rd 2009 | 6 - 9pm
The current exhibition at the M J Forster Gallery Hexham, showcases new works from the 2009, UBERBRITAIN collection.
The show represents an opportunity to share a glass of wine, meet the Artist, and have the option of taking home a vision of 21st Century watercolour.
Drop by to browse his latest paintings or if you would prefer to make an appointment to view the works we can provide you with refreshments - please contact the gallery on 01434 609 309 or email mjforstergallery@theartworksgalleries.com.
F1RST SATURDAYS
The artist paints from the M J Forster Gallery Hexham and is available to talk to on the F1RST SATURDAY of every month.
GALLERY one: A Collection of his Latest Work
GALLERY two: Traditional Northern Landscape Exhibition
GALLERY three: Exhibition of Still Life, Abstract and Overseas Work
GALLERY four: ÜBERPAINTINGTM
GALLERY five: ÜBERPAINTINGTM
Please note only the ground floor of the M J Forster Gallery is wheel-chair accessible. We will endeavour to bring any requested paintings from the exhibitions upstairs to the ground floor and can offer to lift a pram upstairs or to look after it for you.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
M J Forster (b. 1975, Matthew John)Born in Oxford in 1975, MJ Forster initially studied a foundation in the arts at Newcastle College of art and design before pursuing a degree in Sports Science. The artist spent much of his spare time continuing to paint and draw and upon graduation, quickly resumed his artistic career. Following an extremely successful solo show in his now native North East, he instantly established his own gallery space in Northumberland, exhibiting and selling his work to a local audience.
Continuing his artistic progression, Forster has developed a distinct style and technique associated with the medium of watercolour, reinvigorating what is traditionally perceived as a conventional medium. The work has an almost graphic quality, and contains a feeling of enhanced hyperreality, perhaps intimating something close to a utopian ideal. The fascination and inspiration for the paintings though, is deeply rooted in the artist’s immediate and wider environment, and in particular the unique and varied landscape of the British Isles.
Initially, Forster’s work has a sense of perceived simplicity. The heightened colour values are realised by a series of controlled watercolour washes empathetic to the screen-printing process. The methodical layering of the separate washes, applied dry on dry, allows the surface to open up a much broader palette. Forster likens the work to a sonnet in the sense that they are created within a restrictive framework and out of that limitation a greater creativity emerges.
The artist’s process is one of reductionism. Likened to a sculptural form, the pictorial space is put through a rigorous design process until what remains is the very core of a place. Through this Forster explores the quintessence of a landscape, painstakingly executed over a series of studies, every one an advancement on the last.
Over the past ten years, interest and demand in Forster’s work has grown considerably. During this time the artist has traveled extensively to develop his watercolour technique. Over a period of two years he lived, worked and exhibited his paintings in South East Asia, Mexico, Northern America and Canada eventually reaching the Arctic Circle before spending an intensive developmental period painting in Otago, New Zealand. Working Plein Air in these challenging yet inspiring locations has defined the way the artist has sought to find the very soul of the landscape.
ÜBERPAINTINGTM
Silver Birch 2009 South Downs 2009
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- Call 0191 261 9922 or email info@theartworksgalleries.com to experience art that oozes opportunities.
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