Gordon Barker
b.1960 - Gibraltar
Landscape Artist
"I was born in Gibraltar in
1960. My father was in the army so we moved a few times over the
years until we finally settled in Northamptonshire when I was
twelve.
On leaving school I continued to
paint in oil, but I was always experimenting with different materials
such as glass. I had a few local exhibitions but also ventured
to London with my work.
In 1981 I began to paint landscapes
for the first time. Initially these were mostly sunsets and silhouettes,
but in time I began to paint pictures with more colours and many
different subjects.
In late 1983 I sold my first painting
to a recording company in Milton Keynes. This was just the start
and gave me the confidence to promote my work to a wider market..
Over the next few years I sold about five hundred originals to
companies like MTV Europe, The Gap and also many private collectors,
many of these being commissions which have helped to develop my
unique style of painting.
The landscapes I paint are mostly
ones that I’ve created in my imagination. I like to ensure
that the pictures are ‘busy’ so that each time they
are looked at the viewer notices something else going on. I prefer
bright vivid colours that grab people’s attention rather
than drab and boring."
The Colomb Art Gallery currently
has a number of available original paintings on canvas and numbered
limited edition prints on canvas by Gordon
Barker