Artist Focus - John Durham

John Durham

Our first featured artist for March is John Durham. You can visit Johns Feature window at the Wynd Gallery from March 3 - 15 and find out more about John and his work below.

The Wynd Gallery is a

co-operative art gallery

run by local artists.

The gallery offers an

ever-changing exhibition

of contemporary prints, paintings, sculpture, jewellery, photography, ceramics and textiles.

The gallery promotes the Arts in Letchworth Garden City and provides an exciting venue suitable

for artists working across

a range of contemporary visual arts media. Throughout the year our artists will share their work through our feature window programme

You are our current featured artist at the Wynd gallery, with our featured artist window. Please tell us about what we can expect to see when we visit the gallery?

The Wynd Gallery exhibits a range of interesting work from local artists, including paintings, glasswork, ceramics, jewellery and woodwork. My window will show some of my paintings and prints which are based on geology and also the landscape of the Chiltern Hills.

Can you tell us a little about your journey into art?

My journey into art is based on my lifelong love of rocks and stones. My current style has developed from many years of painting starting with watercolour, pen and ink and into acrylics which has enabled me to use vivid colours to bring out the structure and geology of the landscape.

What materials or techniques do you most enjoy working with?

I use many layers of acrylics to build up the intensity and opacity of the rocks I am exploring.

Where do you draw inspiration from? Nature, people, emotions, or something else?

Rocks, stones and geological structures from the local area, the British Isles and further afield.

What projects or ideas are you excited to explore next? I am planning to explore a more abstract approach to my work, as a complete contrast to my current practice. It may or may not work. Watch this space!

Coffee, tea, or something else while you create?

Nothing in case I spill it on my work.

What advice would you give someone who wants to start exploring craft or art themselves?

Just do it, you have nothing to lose