DENIS CURRY May 7 - 30 | 2021 - 50 Years of SCULPTURE & PAINTING - The Gallery Yr Oriel Newport Pembs

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DENIS CURRY
        50 Years of SCULPTURE & PAINTING

                        May 7 – 30 | 2021

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1. Escaped Elephant Bristol 1968, Oils on canvas, 70 x 70cm framed - £3,500
2. S.S. Great Britain Return to Brunel Dock 1970, Oils on canvas, 72 x 85cm framed - £4,500
3. Eagle Sunning 1976, Water colour, 46 x 65cm framed - £1,800
4. Owl in Takeoff 1981, Bronze 3/9, H40 x W50 x L75cm - £9,500
5. Girl carrying Jacob Lamb 1983, Water colour, 44 x 34cm, framed - £1,400
6. Cat & Kittens 1984, Bronze 1/9, 30 x 23cm - £4,250
7. Standing Girl 1985. Bronze 2/9, H23 x D3cm - £2,500
8. Sheep in Shade 1987, Water colour, 47 x 48cm framed - £1,750
9. Sheep Flock 1989, Water colour, 54 x 69cm framed – £1,950
10. Equus Red dots 1991, Water colour, 72 x 55cm framed - £2,250
11. Two Riders 1992, Water colour, 70 x73cm framed - £2,750
12. Full Fathom Five 1993, Oils on canvas, 58 x 79cm framed - £3,800

13. Study for Daedalus 1997, Bronze 1/9, H19cm - £3,400

14. Horse and Rider on Red 1998, Water colour, 59 x 47cm framed - £1,750
15. Novilhiero 2002, Bronze 3/9, H76 x W84cm - £10,000
16. Figures in Red 2005, Water colour, 46 x 42cm framed - £1,850
17. Celtic Eagle 2007, Bronze 2/5, L46 x H24cm - £6,950
18. Girl in Red Hat 2009, Water colour, 78 x 60cm framed - £1,850
19. Equus Red and Blue 2010, Water colour, 76 x 58cm framed - £2,150
20. Does the Eagle Know 2011, Oils on canvas, 102 x 102cm framed - £7,900
21. Foal 2, 2013, Bronze 4/9, H15 x W17cm - £3,550
22. Daedalus and Swan Graffitied 2018, plaster/watercolour, 60 x 103cm - £5,000

Denis Curry RWA, Dip. F.A. Slade, b.1918
Denis Curry is a Pembrokeshire based artist who utilises his direct involvement with animals and his environment in West Wales as a
powerful source of inspiration for his painting and sculpture. An exceptional draughtsman, painter and sculptor, he has integrated
aesthetics, aeronautics and natural sciences as a process in his art work, combining an extensive knowledge of nature’s engineering
structure with poetic vision.
As a child, Curry showed artistic flair and a passion for creativity. In a discussion with John Sansom in 1985, Curry describes how ‘drawing
has been the central thing in my life from about the age of three. I drew on every possible surface, even on my mother’s black skirt with
white chalk.' Curry also said his father showed him books, which included reproductions of paintings, and details how he then tried to copy
these works, including Turner’s Bay of Baie in watercolours, at the age of seven.
After leaving school, Curry went on to study architecture at Durham and, after two years, joined the Royal Engineers and saw active service
during WWII in North Africa and Monte Casino. At the end of the war, Curry went to the Slade School of Fine Art, where he won a number
of prizes for drawing and sculpture. From 1963 – 1978 Curry was the Head of Department of Foundation Studies West of England College of
Art. During this period, Curry collaborated with John Elliot, Head of Aeronautical Research at Farnborough and Colin Pennycuick of Bristol
University’s Department of Zoology. Curry’s involvement with both scientists displays how his artwork was heavily influenced by a keen
interest in scientific study, the dynamics of flight, and the natural world.
Since 1976 when he moved to West Wales Denis Curry has had a number of one-man shows, plus many commissions for painting and
sculpture, drawing inspiration from his environment to produce exceptional sculptures, drawings and paintings. The Contemporary Arts
Society of Wales (CASW) bought his work in 1999 and 2010. Tenby Museum and Art Gallery have two of the works, Celtic Eagle and Juvenilis
Volans, on permanent display. Curry’s work has been exhibited widely, with his most recent shows including Tenby in 2011 and Capel y
Gwraig in mid Wales in 2012. He is continuing to show at the RWA and The Gallery Yr Oriel Newport Pembs.

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