| Derek Eland |
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Derek Eland, who was born in Cumbria and now lives near Penrith, has recently been described one of Cumbria's best new contemporary artists.
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| About the Artist |
Derek Eland is a UK artist who has exhibited his work nationally.
He looks for tension and patterns within landscape, which he highlights with strong dark lines, stark black and white images and occasional slabs of colour. His work is currently focused on the seemingly unstoppable growth of the world's global cities. This is the central theme of his current Contemporary Fine Art MA studies. Derek has held a number of successful solo exhibitions at Neo’s Gallery in Cockermouth, where he is a gallery artist and where his work frequently sells out. In 2007 his work was short-listed for the Celeste Art Prize.
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A capriccio of the City of London and St Paul's on the shores of Ullswater II
2007 Oil, acrylic and ink on canvas 70 x 55 |
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Part of a long term study of capriccio in the Lake District |
The Acropolis of Wealth I (Carlisle)
2007 Oil on canvas 76 x 102 |
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Journey to the Acropolis of Wealth I (Carlisle)
2007 oil 51x61 |
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The Acropolis of Wealth III (Liverpool)
2008 Oil on canvas 50 x 70 |
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Grand Canyon III
2008 Oil and collage on canvas 50 x 70 |
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The Acropolis of Wealth IV (Carlisle)
2008 Oil on canvas 44 x 56cms |
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Carlisle juxtaposition I
2008 Wax and Ink |
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Wythop Mill
2008 Oil on canvas |
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Lowca III
2006 Oil on canvas |
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One Paul Smith carpet equals the price of one house |
Lowca I
2006 |
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One Paul Smith carpet equals the price of one house |
Lowca II
2006 |
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One Paul Smith carpet equals the price of one house |
Acropolis of Wealth Triptych I
2008 Oil on canvas 183 x 244cms |
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Acropolis of Wealth Triptych II
2008 Oil on canvas 183 x 244cms |
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Acropolis of Wealth Triptych III
2008 Oil and household paint on canvas 183 x 244cms |
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The Struggle IV
2005 |
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The Struggle V
2005 |
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The Struggle IX
2005 |
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The Struggle VIII
2005 |
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Metamorphosis I
2009 Pencil,ink and wax on paper 120 x 270cms |
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| Education and biography |
Originally trained as a watercolourist Derek has previously exhibited work at the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art in Wales, the Royal Watercolour Society in London and The Lowry, Manchester. His work was short-listed for the 2007 Celeste Art Prize. Derek Eland has an honours degree in Politics from the University of Durham and is currently studying for an MA in Contemporary Fine Art at the University of Cumbria.
Selected Exhibitions:
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, Wales 2001
The Lowry, Manchester 2006/2007
Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery London 2006
Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition -The Mall Galleries, London and Manchester 2005
Cumbrian Open Exhibition Winner 2005
Neo's Gallery, Cockermouth
Lake Artists� Society Summer Exhibition, Grasmere 2005
The Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright, Scotland 2005
Pinfold Gallery, Bowness 2005
Slaley Hall, Northumberland 2005
The Yorkshire Art Circus 2007
In the 1980s Derek worked for Saatchi and Saatchi. |
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| Future shows |
| Neo's Gallery, Cockermouth October 2009 |
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Website: www.derekeland.com |
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