Water Colour Painting of a now demolished farm house at Kings Norton, Birmingham by Bill Bannister.
The paintings of houses and buildings have always been of
interest to me no doubt due to me watching my father, Bill Bannister, spend
many hours painting his watercolours on the living room dining table. Many of
these paintings, like the one above were of buildings, particularly the older
timber framed buildings. He had been a carpenter by trade apprenticed in carpentry
and joinery through a company that fitted out public houses. Although highly
skilled he always qualified any conversation with the fact he was not a Cabinet
Maker which was considered the pinnacle of the wood working profession. His
best mate Eric, who lived in Yorkshire, was a Cabinet Maker by trade and he
always considered his wood working skills far superior to his own. Bill died in
1995 well before artists looked to publish their works on the internet using
apps like Instagram as their go to site to share their artwork.
Here we just want to look at some artists who specialise
in painting houses on a commission basis. They were included in an article by
Lisa Grainer published in The Times on Saturday 16th May 2020. I
have just come across this whilst searching through my “Newspaper Cuttings” filing
system which consists of labelled Document Wallets stored in a Filing Cabinet. I
have decided to make this a post because with all the internet links stored below
it can become a really relaxing way of viewing these artist's work. That is
provided the links still exist. But firstly we start with the website for the Society of
Architectural Illustrators.
Now the artists featured in the article.
Susie Lidstone is Farnham based and likes watercolours
Claire Henley is Stratford-upon-Avon based but likes
Devon and Cornwall
Max Kerly is Epsom based like working in black liner pen
Minty Sainsbury is London based and an Instragram star
works in pencil
Claire Brierly will do a painting from a photograph
Michael Wallner prints a photo on aluminium then adding
colour
Anna-Louise Felstead painted in motor racing pits
including vintage cars
Liam O’Farrell based in Somerset looks to capture people
and their daily life
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