Nicholas Woodhead - "Birth of the Animals"

Birth of the Animals
Oil, US$ 184
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Birth of the Animals

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Oil

W: 500mm x H: 280mm x D: 12mm
W: 20" x H: 11" x D:

Approx. Weight: 2kg

This work is framed (but can be supplied either framed or unframed)

Price

US$ 184 SOLD

Scale

About "Birth of the Animals"

Inspired by a San legend that goes as follows: "When all the animals were created, they emerged from a hole in the ground beneath an enormous tree. The last to emerge was man." I have them all forming from out of the roots of that very tree. I have implied the birds through the ostrich eggs handled by the San men - which came first, the ostrich or the egg?

Nicholas Woodhead

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About Nicholas

Nicholas Jonathan Woodhead: Born on 15 January 1963, in Redruth, Cornwall, England. As a child, I lived in England, Kenya and Iran before settling in South Africa in 1974. I Matriculated from the Johannesburg High School for Art, Ballet & Music, in art, before earning a BA (Fine Arts) from the University of the Witwatersrsrand in 1987. I lived in England from 1987 to 1990, where I earned a certificate in colour therapy and worked as a graphic designer.

My studies in colour therapy had a subtle, yet profound, effect on my painting and drawing: my use of colour and light became less intellectual and more intuitive, to convey special, often ineffable, meaning to the viewer.

The son of a helicopter pilot, my formative years in a variety of countries around the world has enriched my artistic vision, bringing a wide range of cultural influences into my work, as well as a wide variety of memories of the places in which I lived. These memories are combined with the everyday things that occur in the present to create surreal and fantasy pictures which convey my thoughts, feelings and ideas. My training has made me very flexible; apart from surreal and fantasy works, I paint almost anything, including landscapes, interiors, portraits, pets and wildlife, as well as the occasional abstract work.

I work in oils, watercolours, pastels and all drawing media. Occasionally, I sculpt. I take commissions.

In addition, I teach art and make computer graphic designs.

Price Range

US$ 51-1,657

Exhibitions

Chappel Gallery, Chappel, Essex, England, 1987.
C.C.C.T.E. Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Exeter, Devon, England, 1989.
Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, Group Exhibitions, 1994, 1995, 1996.
Everard Read Contemporary Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, Group Exhibition, 1995.
Arts & Crafts Fair, Dullstroom, Mpumalaga, South Africa, 2000.
Depictions Gallery, Marina Beach, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, “SCAGS” Group Exhibition, 2006.
Jabulisa 2006, Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, & toured South Africa.
Art With A Heart, 2008, New Village Galery, Kosmos, Hartebeestpoort Dam, Northwest Province, South Africa.

Collections in England, France, California (U.S.A.), New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.

Education

BA (Fine Arts) Wits 1987

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