Art by Colin Winn The following slides are

Art by Colin Winn The following slides are just a few examples of the types of artwork I have produced and continue to produce. I dedicate them to the people who have inspired me. C. Winn March 2008

“Egerton Mill House” A highly representative illustration using technical pen, brush and black ink worked from a Victorian cracked glass photographic plate from which no copy could be taken. Certain elements of the original plate by local contemporary photographer “Spot” Botting, have been removed using ‘artistic licence’, such as unattractive paling fencing across the bridge and roadside, that originally obscured the feature van and workmen. By Colin Winn

“Tonbridge Road” Would anyone dare walk in the road at this location today? Illustrated (a long time ago) in black ink with technical pen and brush, this is one of my highly representative works, effectively copying an old postcard, scaled up to fit an A 3 board. I suspect the point of interest was that this was one of the first tram routes in Maidstone. By Colin Winn.

“Perry Cottage” – House sign design and creation. Take one useless lump of concrete, use Adobe software to design a suitable house sign, transfer to the base material and paint. This house name was painted on a very rough surface in Hammerite - then varnished. By Colin Winn

Computer Generated Line-Art You own a ‘classic’ but have only dodgy photos? Why not have them rendered as linework images? The owner could also be painted in alongside one! These have been made using Adobe Illustrator and some have been used in the US classic car website “Great Old Cars”. By Colin Winn

“Alice” Another example of ‘copyist’ technical pen linework. Commissioned by the Decorative Tileworks (DTW), Ironbridge, Shropshire, I faithfully re-drew this image from the famous Tenniel original (a method devised to overcome copyright law), including his signature. DTW then created a teapot stand packaging for their client, the “Past Times” retail chain, where they were to be found on sale. Technical pen on ‘acetate’ film. By Colin Winn.

“Harrod’s Store” Eventually bound for production as a packaged teapot stand to sell in Harrod’s, fabricated by The Decorative Tile Works in Ironbridge, I used technical pen and black ink on acetate film to create this image from an old archive photograph. By Colin Winn.

I faithfully copied this from an image by Beatrix Potter, who originally painted this scene onto a ceramic tile. Because her original tile image was crazed through age, the re-drawn image enabled the production of a teapot stand retailed by The National Trust. By Colin Winn “Beatrix”

Ceramic Stands Some of the illustrations I produced for The Decorative Tile Works in Jackfield, Ironbridge as finished ceramic tiles and teapot stands. By Colin Winn

“Kent Cottage” This elevation, obscured by the close proximity of overhanging trees was a shot impossible to take with a camera. I could only take a series of close-in frames, artificially straighten out the ‘parallax’ effect and re-illustrate very precisely, brick by brick. After all, the owner does make his own oak window frames and knows every detail of his own home! Coloured inks and brush on A 3 board. By Colin Winn

Mural. Theme: “Human Development” Asked by a developer to provide a visual feature for a long plain wall created by his church shopping mall conversion, I thought about creating something development related. Hence I illustrated this hoarding design. It depicts human development from its earliest stages to when the birds have ‘flown the nest’ and begun their own independent travels. Original design gouache on paper, brush painted. By Colin Winn.

This is the one and only piece of caricature work I have ever done and as any caricaturist can see, it does not hit the mark for a variety of easily explained reasons. Done way back in ‘ 92 I submitted it to the Radio Times editor, hoping for a series of commissions. Inks on board with brush. By Colin Winn

“America’s Cup Race” From photo. Coloured crayon, using a tick-stroke application technique, lending a ‘fluidity’ to the image. On A 3 paper. By Colin Winn.

“Ferrari and Triumph Roadster” Crayon Pencils Somehow, depicting objects with a hand-drawn ‘pencil stroke’ technique lends a wonderful feeling of movement to subjects, animate or not. Here, a couple I did in the early 90’s both of course, from photos. Yes, it’s a ‘Bergerac’ car ! By Colin Winn

“Gare de l’Ouest” Given a black and white photocopy of an early 19 th century transport ‘mishap’, I was asked to enlarge the image and if possible, render in colour. So here is my translation of that incident, using gouache & brush for the object and acrylic & palette knife for the ‘knocked back’ background on an A 2 board. By Colin Winn

“Ratatouille” Following an invite to work in the Gibson greetings card studio, Telford, Shropshire, I produced 13 recipe based images such as the one above to make a complete calendar and cover, using coloured crayon and inks for, in this instance, the background. On A 3 paper. By Colin Winn.

“Francois on the Tiles” Take one 30 cm long ancient French glazed roof tile, one much-loved ancient French neighbour and bring the two together from photograph, using gouache and a fine brush.

“Triumph Coupe” Because I also own a Triumph Herald, I have had the privilege of being visited by fellow classic car owners keen to take their vehicles for a good run; in this case a pristine Swiss Herald coupe. I was moved to paint this new friend’s car using gouache onto an ancient French glazed roof tile as a ‘Thank You’ for bringing his and another similar car to visit. By Colin Winn.

“Petite Cascades” Interpretive. When I arrived in France to run painting holidays in ’ 04, I vowed I would free myself from the almost photographic work I had previously commercially created. I loved the living water ‘fingers’ of this mossy cascade at Baume-Les-Messieurs (Jura) and set to work to see if I could convey its movement, using one old hog-hair brush, three gouache colours, time-limiting myself to 30 mins maximum to achieve that. On A 2 coloured board. By Colin Winn.

“Vouglans Voile” Interpretive; I never tire of visiting Lac Vouglans (Jura). I wanted to convey my feelings about the activities and movement on the turquoise watered lake, couched within its wonderful broad-leafed woodland setting. For this image I used a hog-hair brush and sparing choice of gouache colours, using the photograph as inspiration. By Colin Winn

“Plinth Chalking” Take a favourite image, enlarge, transfer to the plinth outside and start chalking! When you notice there’s no black in a pack of chalk, run to the BBQ and use the charcoal ! By Colin Winn

“Lavender” Interpretive. It looks sprawly. It is sprawly. It’s as ‘loose’ an image as I’ve ever created. I barely gave any conscious thought to this image; painted with the paper on the ground by my feet, while I directed a client guest to paint expressively, I realised when ‘finished’, that I had, (to my mind), given a decently expressive rendition of a young, spreading lavender plant flattened somewhat by the previous night’s rain. By Colin Winn.

“Hanging Basket” Interpretive The same afternoon as I produced my Lavender painting, I noticed our hanging baskets. Sitting working alongside my painting client (a lady vicar), I encouraged her to try to stop faithfully ‘drawing’ the flowers in paint, but rather make marks to express how she felt about the form, overall colour mass, movement and life within the subject. As with the Lavenders, I confess to not having concentrated hard on this image, but sometimes this is the essence of simplicity. Acrylic on A 3 cartridge paper, using palette knife application. By Colin Winn.

“Lac Vouglans” Interpretive Mixed Media. In my quest to find a pleasing combination of media mixes, I revisited Lac Vouglans to experiment. Not claiming massive success in this instance, I still had fun dropping, splashing and blowing coloured inks across this A 3 paper surface to create the woodland water. I then laid in the foreground trees, stones and skies in acrylic paints, using my favourite palette knife. I’m still searching for the mix I enjoy most working with and looking at. By Colin Winn

Baume Les Messieurs Interpretive Mixed Media Another attempt to find a pleasing combination of media interpreting how I feel about this wonderful location in weakening September afternoon valley sunlight; here, I used oil pastels and coloured inks on A 3 cartridge. I wondered what would happen when oil pastel meets ink which should repel each other. Not entirely exclusively, I allowed the ink runs to dry, no matter how densely I laid them, then blocked in with pastel here and there, using outline for definition, something I normally rarely espouse. By Colin Winn

“Plainoiseaux Raisins” Interpretive. A bunch of Sauvignon grapes painted with feeling from photo reference. Plainoiseaux is where this bunch was growing. It’s in the Jura not far from where Vin Jaune, a local speciality yellow wine is made and sold. It rarely escapes the region as production is, in wine volume terms, limited. Acrylic, using palette knife, on A 3 heavy cartridge paper. Note: this image was left somewhat unfinished, as with many images I make when working alongside client -guests. By Colin Winn.

“The Peace Within” Interpretive. Ignore detail, simplify objects. Apply colour as required to convey feelings about subject. Acrylics, palette knives and brush on 80 x 40 cm canvas. By Colin Winn

“Hen House Studio” Yes, you’ve guessed it; Acrylic and palette knife, on A 3 canvas board. Painting with an American client-guest with a prodigious appetite for producing at least two paintings per day (especially after having discovered acrylics and palette knives), I struggled to keep up. I was caught back in the realms of creating something vaguely representational again! By Colin Winn

Graphic Design. CD Cover For over 15 years, I was a self-employed graphic designer, producing annual reports, magazines and similar. I was recently asked to produce a design for a Cincinnati based group, “Fizzgig”. (www. myspace. com/f izzgig myspace. com/fizzgig) Wouldn’t it be good if we could press the “Reset” button and have another go? Game over?

Some certification of child -artist display and exhibition, through national competition.

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