Graham Arnold (artist)
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Graham Arnold is a British contemporary fine artist, working primarily in oil and mixed media.
Arnold, along with his wife and fellow artist Ann Arnold
, is a founder member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists
, with Sir Peter Blake
, David Inshaw
, Jann Haworth
, Graham Ovenden
and Annie Ovenden
.
Arnold's work contains a combination of realistic and surrealist elements. Subjects often include still life and landscapes. Themes such as Lewis Carroll
's Alice In Wonderland and Ophelia
have inspired his work and that of the Brotherhood as a whole.
Arnold, along with his wife and fellow artist Ann Arnold
Ann Arnold
Ann Arnold is a British fine artist and a member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists. She is a figurative artist.Ann Arnold was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and studied at Epsom School of Art . She worked as an art therapist, and founded the Association of Art Therapists.She married fellow artist...
, is a founder member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists
Brotherhood of Ruralists
The Brotherhood of Ruralists is a British art group founded in 1975 in Wellow, Somerset, to paint nature. Their work is figurative with a strong adherence to 'traditional' skills...
, with Sir Peter Blake
Peter Blake (artist)
Sir Peter Thomas Blake, KBE, CBE, RDI, RA is an English pop artist, best known for his design of the sleeve for the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. He lives in Chiswick, London, UK.-Career:...
, David Inshaw
David Inshaw
David Inshaw is a British artist who sprang to public attention in 1973 when his painting The Badminton Game was exhibited at the ICA Summer Studio exhibition in London...
, Jann Haworth
Jann Haworth
Jann Haworth is an American Pop artist. A pioneer of soft sculpture, she is best known as the co-creator of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover.-Early years:...
, Graham Ovenden
Graham Ovenden
Graham Ovenden is an English painter, fine art photographer, writer and architect. His estranged wife is the artist Annie Ovenden. Their daughter, Emily, is a writer and is a singer with the Mediaeval Baebes...
and Annie Ovenden
Annie Ovenden
Annie Ovenden is a British fine artist and a member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists. She is a figurative artist.Annie Ovenden is separated from fellow artist Graham Ovenden. In 1975, she was a founder member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists with him, Sir Peter Blake, David Inshaw, Ann Arnold and her...
.
Arnold's work contains a combination of realistic and surrealist elements. Subjects often include still life and landscapes. Themes such as Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll , was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the...
's Alice In Wonderland and Ophelia
Ophelia
Ophelia is a fictional character in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes, and potential wife of Prince Hamlet.-Plot:...
have inspired his work and that of the Brotherhood as a whole.