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 Irwin, Ah me, if this be love£ 10,000.00 -
Bernard Irwin, And then, in the air£ 850.00
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Bernard Irwin, Every angel sends a flower£ 7,500.00
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Bernard Irwin, High flying£ 8,000.00
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Bernard Irwin, I call your name£ 6,400.00
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Bernard Irwin, If I were a blackbird I’d whistle and sing£ 10,000.00
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Bernard Irwin, Moving slowly between, touching nothing£ 1,200.00
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Bernard Irwin, Nocturne£ 7,500.00
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Bernard Irwin, She imagined she could hear the stars£ 12,000.00
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Bernard Irwin, Still life£ 3,500.00
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Bernard Irwin, The nearness of you£ 850.00
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Bernard Irwin, Touch£ 950.00
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Bernard Irwin, Yellow bird£ 2,500.00
Installation shots
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