Mervyn was born in 1945 in the county of Essex. He decided in 1977 to change direction and pursue his interests in the world of fine art. He enrolled on a Foundation course in his home town of Loughton followed by a fine art degree at Nottingham College of Art. There was no going back. He had arrived, exploring and digging deep into all that is ‘art’. On his return to London he lived and became a part of the growing creative community of Metropolitan Wharf, Wapping and this led to his first one man show at Moira Kelly Fine Art, London. He was now a part of the London art community of the time with shows at home and abroad. Mervyn’s work is an exploration fuelled by his love of reading, films, music, and all that is creative. He gets on the train and visits exhibitions of the great painters past and present, a historical context is an important part of the platform on which his work in the studio flourishes.
All is transitory, the imagery of the 1980 and 1990 periods has now shown up as abstract in his current portfolio. His paintings can be found in private and commercial collections, to include Achim Moeller Limited, Coopers and Lybrand, Universal Marina Southampton, Tim Sayer, European Parliament Luxembourg, Nancy Balfour, National Art Gallery Kuala Lumpur, Towner Art Gallery Eastbourne. |
Solo Exhibitions
1981 Moira Kelly Fine Art, London 1982 Moira Kelly Fine Art, London 1983 Festival Gallery, Bath 1985 Sally Hunter/Patrick Seale Fine Art, London 1988 Anne Berthoud Gallery, London 1989 Sally Hunter Fine Art, London 1991 South Hill Park Arts Centre, Surrey 1992 Boundary Gallery, London 1994 The Economist Building, London 1994 The Yehudi Menuhin School, Surrey 2004 Lewis Elton Gallery, University of Surrey 2009 Exhibit A Gallery, Frome, Somerset 2010 Chapel Row, Bath Selected Group Exhibitions 1980 Whitechapel Open, London 1981 Subjective Eye, Midland Group Tour 1983 Tolly Cobbold/Eastern Arts Exhibition & Tour 1983 Eight in the Eighties, New York 1984 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1984 London Group, Royal College of Art 1985 British Council, National Gallery Kuala Lumpur 1987 Bath Festival 1987 Vorpal Gallery, New York 1991 CAS Art Market, London 1991 Ikon Gallery, Birmingham & Tour
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