YOU may have seen his work, but here is your chance to meet renowned Australian artist Ian Hansen.
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His original paintings will be showcased alongside that of fellow romantics Werner Filipich, James Hough, Max Mannix and Ramon Ward-Thompson at Morpeth Gallery, from Thursday, October 19, to Sunday, October 22.
Originating in the late 18th Century, romanticism is an artistic movement that stresses strong emotion, imagination and freedom.
Romantic artists aim to capture these ideals in their work, hoping to inspire an emotional response to their audience.
“From its inception, romanticism was preoccupied with landscape,” Morpeth Gallery’s Trevor Richards said.
“It evokes feelings of nostalgia, stirs life’s mysteries and portrays a grandeur of nature.
“Nature has the ability to transform the artist’s inner most thoughts onto the canvas, portraying a breathtakingly fresh look of the beauty in the world around us.
“Werner Filipich is one of Australia’s last traditional artists who practices in the true tradition of the Heidelberg School of Impressionist Artists – packing up his easel and ‘going bush’, painting in the environment he wishes to capture.
“Werner takes regular painting trips to refresh his eye on the colours of the natural environment from season to season.”
For Hunter Valley artist James Hough, his passion lies with capturing Australian wildlife and the environment.
Mr Richards said Max Mannix was an Australian living legend, who painted stories based on his years growing up in Victorian country towns and working on cattle stations in the Queensland outback.
“His time spent living in these rural landscapes have given him endless inspiration with colourful characters enabling him to depict life in a light-hearted vein with keen insight and gentle humour.
“Softness and subtlety are Ramon Ward-Thompson’s key attributes.
“Ramon has the ability to capture the soft romantic mood of any setting like no other artist.
“His paintings ooze romance in all settings from busy urban cities, the romantic lanes of Paris or the flowing streams of the Cotswold’s in England.
“Each of his painting are truly intimate and romantic.”
Renowned marine artist Ian Hansen has won the Award of Excellence for his painting ship “Dreadnought” at the 38th Annual International Marine Art Exhibition at Mystic Seaport Connecticut, USA.
“Ships and the sea are a big part of Australian marine Artist Ian Hansen’s life both on the canvas and in his everyday life,” Mr Richards said.
“His paintings have travelled the world and now he’s won his seventh award in a marine art exhibition in the United States.
The exhibition is a comprehensive, juried show that showcases the most recent works of more than 100 award-winning marine artists from around the world focusing on the most intricately researched historical and contemporary images which document the relationship between man and the sea.
The award winning artist is one of The Romantics and will be at Morpeth Gallery 21st and 22nd October for The Romantics Exhibition.