Patrick Haughton NAPA
Patrick Haughton was born in Devonport in 1942. He studied Fine Art at Exeter College of Art and the West of England College of Art in Bristol, where Paul Feiler was head of painting, and visiting tutors included William Scott and Karl Weschke. He has exhibited widely in the UK, with solo exhibitions in Cornwall, Bristol and York and has been included in group shows in the UK, France and Italy. In 2004 Patrick was artist in residence at “La Grande Vigne”, Dinan, France, and his work is included in the permanent collection of “Les Amis de la Grande Vigne”. His work is also included in significant private and public collections in the UK, Europe and USA. In the recent past his work has been shown in The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol; The Penwith and Porthminster Galleries in St. Ives, and Falmouth Art Gallery. He is a member of the National Acrylic Painters Association, Newlyn Society of Artists (1995 – 2021) and Plymouth Society of Artists. He became an academician of The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts in 2022 and is also an Associate Member of Penwith Society of Arts,
Artist’s Statement:
I seek to share my perception of the world we inhabit, the traces of the natural forces which shape our world, the impact of the physical and social activity of humanity upon it, today and in the past.
Works evolve in the process of making; of constructing, assembling, drawing and painting, using a variety of graphic media on paper, canvas and board. In some cases I integrate fragments of found objects and documents with the graphic media, introducing an element of physical reality into the imagery.
Influences on my painting are many. Visual artists such as Picasso and Braque, Nicholson and Hepworth, Feiler and Weschke are clearly important to me.
More than half a century ago, as a young art student, I first visited Cornwall. I had no idea at that time that the work of our tutors; then prominent members of the St. Ives artistic community, would come to affect me profoundly. That experience took many years to mature, and developing my personal imagery, building on the work of my predecessors, is an ongoing process.
The music played in the studio – anything from the baroque to the 20th century composers and contemporary jazz music also has an effect on the structure and content of my work. Particular pieces have referenced the music of Shostakovich (“Isca” 1 & 2), Rautavaara (“Cantus Arcticus”), Arvo Part (“A Single Note: Levant”) – and a quartet celebrating the International Musicians’ Seminars (IMS) of Prussia Cove.
In the final analysis I would hope that the work is an honest reflection of my own personal experience of life.
