Gareth Edwards RWA: Four Seasons

This autumn, we present a solo exhibition by contemporary landscape painter and Royal West of England Academician Gareth Edwards. Gareth is a graduate of Goldsmiths College, elected RWA Academician, a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists and a resident of St Ives’ prestigious Porthmeor Studios in West Cornwall.

Born in London and resident in Cornwall since 2000, he is noted as a painter of contemporary landscapes. Created with his 60th birthday year celebrations in mind, this new collection can be viewed as what the artist calls “a metaphor, for a life lived, a life entangled with nature, beauty, art and atmosphere”.  20th century abstract artist Cy Twombly’s Four Seasons, 1993-94, have long been a major influence on Gareth’s work, as have the Duino Elegies by Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and composer Max Richter’s reworking of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. This, Gareth’s own Four Seasons collection, brings together painting, nature, time and beauty into a powerful series of four large pieces of work, and eight smaller works, accompanied by a sound installation by artist Paul Lewin that will lend an additional layer of atmosphere to the audience’s experience of the exhibition.

Gareth Edwards exhibits regularly in London, Paris, Toronto, New York, Australia and the Far East.