Original Oil on Canvas by Val Pitchford – One Day of Glory

One Day of Glory by VAL PITCHFORD    R B S A

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Val has always worked in design.  Originally as a designer and maker of commissioned jewellery in gold and precious stones.  Her ultimate aim was to be a full time painter.  This was finally realised after extensive and invaluable study at the Lydgate Art Research Centre.

She now works full time in her studio on the Malvern Hills.  If her work has to be put into a named category perhaps abstract impressionism could be used.  She aims to embody a sense of immediacy and freshness, distilling something of the majesty of the landscape through form, colour and the exploratory use of paint, mostly oil on canvas.  However the following words of Pablo Picasso are most salutary:

“Why do two colours, put one next to the other, sing?

Can one really explain this?

No.  Just as one can never learn how to paint.”

Her work is constantly on show in galleries in London and the Midlands.  It is also in collections in America and on the Continent.  A Cork Street Exhibition was well received, as have several solo and group exhibitions in which she has recently participated.

Val was a prize winner in the 2008 ING ‘Discerning Eye Exhibition in the Mall galleries.

Painting Size -  94cm x 68cm  (incl frame)