Tuesday 15 - Sunday 20 June 2010

10am - 5pm

Informal Gallery Talk: Thursday 17 June at 12 noon

George Fox presents his third solo exhibition at Harbour House, featuring 60 new pictures including oils, acrylics, mixed media, collage and objet trouvé

Much of his current work is based on observations made during visits over the last three years to several European cities, including Florence, Venice, Brussels, Rome, Lille, Barcelona, Amsterdam and Paris. Keen to look beyond the veneer of the tourist trail, he has been particularly interested and inspired by the symbolic, prophetic and aesthetic nature of man's interaction with his own built environment. From advertising hoardings to public signage and graffiti, man has left his mark both by design and by chance on walls, pavements and interiors.

Other works in the collection feature his typically limited palette and reflect upon the lives, beliefs, interests and belongings of people encountered during the same period, and are inspired by words, poetry, music and reminiscences.

More generally, George's work relies upon poignant observation of the human condition and its consequences, and is concerned with a personal view of life in all its forms and frailties.

"Observing the minutiae of the world around us is something that all too few of us have time to do. In my work, some pieces contain elements of humour, others pathos, tragedy and celebration. My ideas are born of personal experiences and reflect my interest in people and places I know and enjoy. In some respects much of my work is autobiographical, and in every respect it is narrative."

George has had an active career in art education, and is currently Drawing Master at the Oratory School, Woodcote, Reading, after spending a number of years as an A-Level Art Examiner. He has taken numerous groups of students and adults around the art galleries of Europe, led master classes in Renaissance paintings on location in Florence, and pursued his own Art & Design Consultancy. He has held a number of highly regarded solo exhibitions in Berkshire and Oxfordshire in recent years.