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大象传媒
Hereford and Worcester Rachel Willis finds out more about Charles
Willmott.
Charles
works from his studio attached to his home in the rural borders
of Herefordshire and Worcestershire where he lives with his wife
Susie and their youngest son Hague.
He
has been painting since the early 60鈥檚 and in the mid to late 80鈥檚
he acquired a passion for the Orient and its cultures. During 1991
his first one-man show was staged at London鈥檚 Mall Galleries and
was unique in featuring Japan鈥檚 national sport, Sumo.
In
more recent times Charles has worked with the Royal Shakespeare
Theatre on a number of productions including Tim Albery鈥檚 'Macbeth'
and Michael Attenborough鈥檚 direction of 'The Herbal Bed'. Charles
has also been working with principal dancers of The Royal Ballet
including Miyako Yoshida and Darcey Bussell.
As
a contemporary figurative realist he prepares graphite and charcoal
studies before painting in oils.
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Darcy
Brussel By
Charles Willmott |
When
asked about his success Charles said, "My most successful work
in critical terms is probably a series I prepared in collaboration
with Darcey Bussell, but my female form work has achieved some degree
of commercial success, a number of pieces having published as limited
edition issues."
"I'm
currently working with the Birmingham Royal Ballet covering a number
of productions, particularly Romeo and Juliet. My plans in the future
are really to continue to develop my main disciplines of ballet,
female form and portraiture."
"As
you may be aware I'm a figurative realist and as such these areas
continue to provide me with much inspiration."
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Jeanne
D'Arc by
Charles Willmott |
In
2000 this dedication to the stage and performance achieved him a
finalist place in the prestigious Garrick/Milne Prize and today
Charles鈥檚 work disciplines are divided fairly equally between Portraiture,
Female Form and Dance.
For more
information on exhibitions, commissions, examples of work or published
work, contact: charleswillmott@aol.com |
