British Artist, Russell Frampton is a well-exhibited ABSTRACT painter and jazz guitarist.

EDUCATION: 1997-99: MA Fine Art, University of Plymouth. 1979-83: BA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting, Exeter College of Art & Design.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2002:
Art Fair Miami.
Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall.
Summer Show, Highgate Fine Art, Highgate, London.

2001:
Highgate Fine Art, London.

2000:
3D Gallery, Bristol.
Ichikawa Gallery, Tokyo.
Beatrice Royal Art Gallery, Eastleigh.
The Nevill Gallery, Canterbury.
Summer Show, Highgate Fine Art.
Stark Gallery, London.

1999:
Spacex Gallery, 21 Years Open, Exeter.
Raw Art, Clapham, London.
Wahle Fine Art, Exeter.
Millfield Open, Atkinson Gallery, Somerset.
ART99, Business Design Centre, London.

1998:
Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow.

1996:
Gordon Hepworth Gallery, Exeter.

His art can also be found in private and corporate collections in the UK, USA and Japan.

SUMMARY OF ARTIST STATEMENT:

Based in the West of England, and with a passionate interest in landscape, Russell absorbs the vigorous environment of the coasts and moorlands of Devon and Cornwall. His paintings reflect his highly personal and refined vision, utilising dynamic line and colour he is able to synthesise the many elements of a place. He uses layering techniques to build up complex surface levels, which retain detail and clarity, reflecting the energy of each image.

A keen jazz guitarist, Russell finds that listening to music playing in the studio sets the mood for many of his paintings; thus critical reflection, absorption and observation, allied to the physical act of painting, permit the development of the symbolic forms and stylistic elements which provide a visual vocabulary for his works.