Overview
Openly decorative and anxiety free: In these paintings and coloured sculptures we are reminded of the guiltless museum art of 60’s America and the post Matissean paintings of Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland whose shapes were a prop for colour. Nolan said in 1969 “I want to have colour be the origin of painting” - like Noland, Irwins works tease us with gorgeous colour - formal hedonism.
Bernard Irwin, British, born in Malaya in 1953, grew up in England and Germany. In 1981 he returned to England following studies in the Netherlands. He worked in Bristol, painting and making sculpture and ceramics until moving to Cornwall in 1996 where he now paints.
Works
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Bernard IrwinAh me, if this be loveAcrylic on canvas168 x 201 cmView more details -
Bernard IrwinAnd then, in the airAcrylic on canvas36 x 28 cmView more details
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Bernard IrwinEvery angel sends a flowerAcrylic on canvas170 x 120 cmView more details
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Bernard IrwinHigh flyingAcrylic on canvas108 x 208 cmView more details
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Bernard IrwinI call your nameAcrylic on canvas150 x 120 cmView more details
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Bernard IrwinIf I were a blackbird I’d whistle and singAcrylic on canvas168 x 201 cmView more details
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Bernard IrwinMoving slowly between, touching nothingAcrylic on canvas36 x 45 cmView more details
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Bernard IrwinNocturneAcrylic on canvas170 x 120 cmView more details
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Bernard IrwinShe imagined she could hear the starsAcrylic on canvas234 x 168 cmView more details
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Bernard IrwinStill lifeAcrylic on canvas78 x 108.5 cmView more details
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Bernard IrwinThe nearness of youAcrylic on canvas36 x 28 cmView more details
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Bernard IrwinTouchAcrylic on canvas40 x 30 cmView more details
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Bernard IrwinYellow birdAcrylic on canvas64 x 80 cmView more details
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