Louis Turpin, the British contemporary artist, who has worked since 2003 from a studio in Wittersham, Kent, will be exhibiting some 22 horticultural paintings of Great Dixter, until October 30. The exhibition, entitled Visiting Dixter, will include works in oil on canvas and two Indian ink drawings. All work will be on sale. It will be displayed in the magnificent medieval Great Hall and will be open to all visitors to the house.
Louis Turpin was born in London, the eldest son of artists who lived in Brixton. He studied Fine Art Painting at Falmouth School of Art, and has worked full time as a painter since 1977. He exhibits widely, with solo shows in London, Bath, Oxford and Rye, to name but a few. He has also often shown abroad, for example in Greenwich Connecticut and Paris.
Turpin’s paintings deal with colour and form, bold gestural areas of colour jostle with each other, held together by fine confident lines. Since 2008, he has produced a series of works on paper with ink and brushes, on show in this exhibition.
It will be fascinating to see these pictures of the garden, which he first used as a subject as early as 1979. Fergus Garrett, Head Gardener and Chief Executive of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust, said of Turpin in 2013 “ Louis Turpin, with his broad brushstrokes, vivid use of colour that captures the spirit of Dixter, and the depths of his paintings, brings floral tapestries alive on the canvas”
Do come and see what you think of this exhibition, which Great Dixter is proud to host, and see the gardens from an artist’s perspective and through Turpin’s eyes.
Great Dixter House and Gardens. Open until October 30, 2016. The gardens are open 11am to 5pm, and the house and exhibition are open 2pm to 5pm Tuesday to Sunday. Ticket price: House and Gardens Day ticket – adult entry £11.55 gift aid (£10.50) child entry £1.10 gift aid (£1.00)
Reference: A Passion for Gardens.2013 Bohun Gallery
Images: Louis Turpin