This fine art fusion, digitally manipulated by my friend and collaborator Paul David Gilman is based on a Banksy style painting which started the whole process of manipulation
About the Artist
Horatio Conington
I have painted since childhood. Whilst still at infant school I won a local art competition and spent the prize money on a toy steam roller. During my childhood I was privileged to watch two well known artists, one in his studio, the other at work on an altarpiece in a private chapel. Bryan de Grineau was one, Eve Kirk the other of these artists. Bryan de Grineau is best known for his dramatic illustrations of the racing cars hurtling round the Brooklands race track, but he undertook all manner of illustrations, many in meticulous detail. Eve Kirk is best known through the portrait of her by Augustus John and her paintings of London during the blitz. Their styles and technique were very different. Eve Kirk was an impressionist. She worked very rapidly, even resorting to her fingernails as well as brush and palette knife to move the paint around. In the summer holidays I enjoyed the company of an Italian boy of about my age. He, too, painted. His style was more Kirk than de Grineau. He eventually studied at the Slade and went on to be a professional artist. His name is Antonio Mucchi. I did not pursue a career in art but resorted to it as an escape from a demanding career in engineering. I did however get the odd commissions when word got around that I was handy with pencil and brush -- illustrations for school and college magazines, company letterheads and logos, brochures etc.. As time went on and my technique improved I began to sell my pictures. As a result I have pictures in private collections at home in the UK, in north and south America, in Europe and Australia. Landscapes were my first interest, but I then tackled marine paintings, followed by all manner of different subjects. I have recently ventured into the world of Fine Art Fusion in which digital manipulations of my fine art are transformed by a close friend and collaborator Paul Gilman into images which spur me on to new things, not least the widening of my palette and an uninhibited degree of dramatization. Such a new lease of life at eighty plus, is proving to be very rewarding. I am exceedingly grateful that God saw fit to bestow on me an ability to see the beauty and drama in His universe and to capture such in a graphic manner.
Horatio ConingtonI have painted since childhood. Whilst still at infant school I won a local art competition and spent the prize money on a toy steam roller. During my childhood I was privileged to watch two well known artists, one in his studio, the other at work on an altarpiece in a private chapel. Bryan de Grineau was one, Eve Kirk the other of these artists. Bryan de Grineau is best known for his dramatic illustrations of the racing cars hurtling round the Brooklands race track, but he undertook all manner of illustrations, many in meticulous detail. Eve Kirk is best known through the portrait of her by Augustus John and her paintings of London during the blitz. Their styles and technique were very different. Eve Kirk was an impressionist. She worked very rapidly, even resorting to her fingernails as well as brush and palette knife to move the paint around. In the summer holidays I enjoyed the company of an Italian boy of about my age. He, too, painted. His style was more Kirk than de Grineau. He eventually studied at the Slade and went on to be a professional artist. His name is Antonio Mucchi. I did not pursue a career in art but resorted to it as an escape from a demanding career in engineering. I did however get the odd commissions when word got around that I was handy with pencil and brush -- illustrations for school and college magazines, company letterheads and logos, brochures etc.. As time went on and my technique improved I began to sell my pictures. As a result I have pictures in private collections at home in the UK, in north and south America, in Europe and Australia. Landscapes were my first interest, but I then tackled marine paintings, followed by all manner of different subjects. I have recently ventured into the world of Fine Art Fusion in which digital manipulations of my fine art are transformed by a close friend and collaborator Paul Gilman into images which spur me on to new things, not least the widening of my palette and an uninhibited degree of dramatization. Such a new lease of life at eighty plus, is proving to be very rewarding. I am exceedingly grateful that God saw fit to bestow on me an ability to see the beauty and drama in His universe and to capture such in a graphic manner.
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