Eric Gaskell was born in Wigan, England in 1957 and studied painting and printmaking at Wigan College and Sunderland University. He left art college in 1980 winning two painting scholarships, one to New York and one to Istanbul, as well as the Sunderland Echo Fine Art prize. He is a member of the Society of Graphic Fine Art.
My work is about the process of making a picture. I let the works swap ideas each picture influencing the next. When an idea, a mark, or a colour works on one, I use it on others. I work on board (mdf) were I like to feel the resistance of the surface and I use acrylics which lets me reform the painting, block out areas and change colour balances fast, but I also use canvas and oil, when the picture lets me. I am interested in letting the picture develop from within itself. Allowing shape and colour, texture and mark to suggest the next, letting the image dictate and change the form. The lino cut has become an important part of my work, where the graphic and immediate mark-making suit the way I think. So far.
Norwich Arts Centre (1980, 01)
Sunderland Arts Centre (1980, 81)
Alnwick Arts Centre (1981)
Hull City Gallery (1981)
Middlesborough Arts Centre (1981)
Luton Open (1989)
Association of Illustrators(Best unpublished 1990)
Pentagon Typography Gallery (1992)
Eakring Gallery (1992, 93)
The Rugby Gallery Open (2000, 01, 02, 05, 06. 08, 09, 10)
Robbins Building (2000, 01)
Rugby School Art Gallery (2001, 03)
12x12 Newcastle (2004)
Society of Graphic Fine Art - Bath (2003, 04)
The Wonderwall Gallery - Cirencester (2003, 04)
Montserrat Gallery - New York (2004)
Ghent Expo, Belgium (2004)
The Salon, Greenwich, New York (2005)
Society of Graphic Fine Art, London (2005, 06, 07, 08. 09, 10, 11)
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Open (2006)
Warwickshire Arts Week (2006, 08. 10)
Family Line, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum (2008)
Society of Graphic Fine Art - Kenilworth (2008)
Solihull Arts Complex (2008)
Salisbury Arts Centre (2009)
Queens Park Arts Centre, Aylesbury (2009)
The Drumcroon Arts Centre, Wigan (2009)
Royal Leamington Spa Open (2009, 11)
The Canal Museum, Stoke Bruerne (2010)
Rugby Artist's Group, Rugby (2010, 11)
The Mill, Little Shrewley (2010)
RBSA Print Biennial (2010)
4 women, 1 bloke, Lewis Gallery, Rugby (2010)
Charlecote House, Warwickshire (2010-11)
Small Print: Big Impression - Touring show (2011)
Audlem Mill, Audlem (2011)
Nantwich Museum & Gallery, Cheshire (2011)
Nantwich Arts Festival, Cheshire (2011)
Ellesmere Port Museum (2011)
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