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Venetian Red By Douglas Gray

Douglas Gray’s artistic objective is to create light, mood and a sense of atmosphere in his work. His attraction to figurative art enables him to portray human nature in all its emotional complexities. There is a strong narrative in his paintings that takes us to a place and a time where a story is about to unfold and the see motions become evident. In these new editions, Douglascaptures a moment of time, and we observe lonely contemplating females in realistic, yet dreamy locations. The surroundings are as important as the characters, as they give shape, context and tone to the setting. Douglas is much a master of the architectural as he is of the figurative form, and it serves to heighten the emotion imbued in the work. We are invited to wonder and question the scene and to bring the stories to life in our minds.

Award-winning Douglas Gray began his professional artistic career in the study of illustration and has enjoyed significant success over a 20-year period with clients including Saatchi and Saatchi, Warner Brothers and Universal Studios. He now concentrates on fine art, specialising in contemporary figurative and cityscape genres. His commissions include the prestigious Savoy Hotel in London where his painting ‘Cloud break, River Thames’ is permanently displayed in the hotel’s River Room.