Artist's Statement

"Graham's response to landscape is contemplative. Like an elaborate game of chess, works evolve through time. Creation becomes a challenge as every mark is considered as the aesthetic process unravels towards sublime resolution. Graham's preoccupations are undoubtedly formal, but his technique relies on more than simply a conscious arrangement of shape and colour. Graham aims to intuitively distil the essence of his visual experience in a much more unlimited way. Landscape provides the ideal motif; unrestricted by figures or buildings, an exploration is permitted which ultimately pervades pure creation."

Sally-Ann Schilling
MA History of Art
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Former Art Historian and Lecturer
Tate Modern, London

"All my work is created through an open process of contemplation."  Graham Swain

Graham read Architecture at the University of Portsmouth. As well as his architectural background his significant influences include his experiences as treble soloist at St. Georges College, Weybridge, singing in the major cathedrals in France, Holland and Belgium, including Rheims, Chartres, Laon, Notre Dame Paris and the Palace of Fontainbleau

Graham has worked as a professional painter since his early twenties

His passion for gardening has led in recent years to a successful business restoring neglected gardens incorporating design and build

Earth Architecture was formed in 1998 to reflect both Grahams creative and professional talents

Graham is married to Emily from an acting family, The Royal Shakespeare Company

His green eyes reflect his Irish blood


Graham Swain
Wild hellebore wood, Austria

Winner of the BBC Radio 4 TODAY programme’s Peace Cartoon idea. Graham was interviewed for BBC TV South Today news and The Tablet. The winning cartoon can be viewed online on the TODAY website or via Google

Exhibitions Include

Beau Monde, Soho, London. Solo exhibition

Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, The Mall Galleries
London. Group exhibition

The Sanctuary Café and Gallery, Brighton, East Sussex
Solo exhibition

Farnborough Air Show, Surrey
Private Client: B.T.R in Aerospace. Solo exhibition

Chichester Open Exhibition, West Sussex
Group exhibition

The New Contemporary Gallery, Ebury St., London
Group exhibition

Royal Institute of Painters in Oil
The Mall Galleries, London. Group exhibition

Mountbatten Gallery, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Solo exhibition

Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth, Hampshire

Charity launch. Group exhibition

Creative Focus Conference

Portsmouth University Business Centre

Public Collections
Unilever plc, Unilever House, Blackfriars, London

Publications
RISK, International financial magazine (front cover)

Represented by
Arts Council England, Axisweb and Saatchi Online

Artist's Blog

Artists Newsletter...paste this link:

http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/412546

Forthcoming Exhibitions

Salzburg, Austria 2009

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How to Order a Print

it's easy...

All images are available as a print. 50cm x 50cm approximately, depending on the proportion of the original. Each print is only £210 including worlwide postage, packing and recorded delivery. Watercolours are printed onto paper with a plain border ready for framing. Oils are printed onto canvas with a plain border ready for stretching and framing if so desired. Your print is sent rolled in a strong tube

Payment is accepted by cheque only. Delivery is made after your cheque has cleared. Please make your cheque payable to: Earth Architecture and send to:

20, Playfair Road, SOUTHSEA, Hampshire, PO5 1EQ. UK

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How to Commission an Original Watercolour

(watercolour and oil pastel)

there are four sizes to choose from...

  1. Tiny fragment (2cm x 5cm approximately) £20 only

  2. Very Small fragment (5cm x 10cm approximately) £40

  3. Small fragment (10cm x 20cm approximately) £80

  4. Large and complete (59cm x 73cm approximately) £700

These are original contemporary landscape pictures, not prints, painted on acid free museum quality watercolour paper

Price includes worldwide postage, packing and recorded delivery. Delivery is made after your payment has cleared

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What to do next...

If you are open to trusting Graham, please proceed by phone or email. Please ask any questions any time

Important

Graham Swain paintings is moving to: www.artswain.com soon, an entirely separate site

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