ムードを選ぶだけで、空間がそれに応えます。光は冷たさや温もりを帯び、空気の流れが変わり、その感情を宿した作品だけが暗闇の中から浮かび上がります。それ以外のすべては、影の中へと退いていくのです。
Peter Leonard Folkes: A Lifelong Observer of Southampton’s Landscape Peter Leonard Folkes (3 November 1923 – 7 January 2019) was an English painter whose artistic journey spanned sixty years, primarily focused on capturing the essence of Southampton and its surrounding environs. Born in Beaminster, Dorset, he possessed a profound connection to his region, which profoundly shaped his distinctive style and subject matter—a blend of metic
ulous realism and subtle modernist experimentation. His career began with formal training at the West of England College of Art in Bristol during World War II, interrupted but not diminished by military service where he served as a draughtsman in the Signal Corps, earning recognition for his dedication. Early Influences & Education: Folkes’s artistic sensibilities were nurtured by classical Renaissance ideals and developed further t…
