Jules George
The Oak / Oil on paper / 38 x 54cm /£2,200
The Path / Oil & Acrylic on Linen / 85 x 115cm/ £4,750 SOLD
Little Japan 2022 /Oil on linen/
50 x 100cm/ £3,700
The Colours /Oil on Linen/ 40 x 50cm / £1,750
The Castle / Oil on Linen /60 x 80cm /£3,750
The Castle (Study) 2022/Oil on board/24 x 30cm/£975 SOLD
Sunset on the Alde /Oil on Board 24cm x 30cm /£975
2.4 Miles to the Hoo 2022/
Oil on board / 24x 30cm/£975
Following the Light 2022 /
Oil and acrylic on linen on board/
85 x 115cm/£4,750
Breeze (Southwold Beach) 2022/
Oil on linen/30 x 40cm/£1,300
Free 2022 /Oil and acrylic on linen /50 x 70cm/£3,000
Leaving the Woods (Foxburrow) 2022 /Oil on board /30 x 24cm/
£975
Blossom (The Roman Road) 2022 /
Oil on board/ 30 x24cm /£975 SOLD
Beast from the East 2018 /33 x 33cm & 34.5 x 26.5cm/
Oil on boards /£1,700
Ancient (Following the Light) 2021 /30.5 x 23cm/Oil on board / £975
Ancient Trail (Foxburrow Wood) / Woodcut on paper (edition of 9) / 22.5 x 30cm / £345 framed/£295 unframed)
Message for You 2022 (edition 9)/
Woodcut on paper /22.5 x 30cm/
£345 framed /£295 unframed
Winter Sky 2022 (edition 8. 7 remaining)/
Woodcut on paper /22.5 x 30cm/
£345 framed /£295 unframed
Good Friday Moon 2022/
Oil on board/22 x 30.5cm/
£975
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Jules George has been a professional artist since leaving Staffordshire University in 1992. He completed his masters at Edinburgh College of Art in 1998 and now lives and works in Suffolk. He has exhibited in a number of one man and group shows in the UK and abroad. Highlights include ‘Into the Valley – Scenes of an Afghan Conflict’ shown at Bonhams, London 2011 and Bonhams, Edinburgh 2012, ‘Promenade’ at the Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh 2008 and ‘It’s No Palm Beach’ shown at The City Arts Centre, Edinburgh 2004/05. His work has been commissioned and collected by individuals and organisations including Edinburgh City Council, Laing O’Rourke, National Army Museum, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Southampton University and York Art Gallery.
Exhibition history: 2022 Two Ways of Seeing, Gallery East, Suffolk 2018 Portrait of Ewen Bremner included The Modern Portrait exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery 2016 Pipes and Drums, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh following his work as official artist in residence at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2015 2014-2015 Weighing Anchor, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth 2013, 2014 Unseen Enemy, the National Army Museum, London 2012 ‘Into The Valley: Scenes of an Afghan Conflict’ Bonhams, Edinburgh, ‘Drawn To Danger: Artists in Conflict’ Snibston Discovery Museum, Leicestershire 2011-2013 ‘Contemporary Interventions’ (War Drawings) York Art Gallery 2011, ‘Into The Valley: Scenes of an Afghan Conflict’ Bonhams, London 2011, ‘It is Always Morning Somewhere in the World’ Snape Maltings Gallery,Suffolk 2008 ‘Promenade’ The Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh 2006 ‘Oxford Prints’ Said Gallery, Oxford University, ‘Originals’ Mall Galleries, London 2002, 2005 ‘Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Mall Galleries, London 2005 ‘Garrick Milne Portrait Prize’ Christies, London, It’s No Palm Beach’ City Arts Centre, Edinburgh 2003 ‘It’s No Palm Beach’ Archives & Museum of Black Heritage, London, ‘A Printer’s Miscellany’ Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh 2000 'Prints ': Hans Masreel Centre, Kasterlee, Belgium 1999 'It’s No Palm Beach’ : Huntly House Museum, Edinburgh 1998 Discerning Eye Mall Galleries, London,‘Discerning Eye’ : Williamson Museum & Art Gallery, Birkenhead 1997 Morrison Scottish Portrait Awards’ Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 1996 ‘Brent & Jules’ : Cyberia Gallery, Edinburgh, African Journeys’ : Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh 1995 Society of Scottish Artists Pier Gallery, Stromness, Orkney 1994 Society of Scottish Artists ,Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 1991 ‘A Broad Horizon’ Stoke-on-Trent Museum & Art Gallery. For sales enquires please contact [email protected] 
Jules painting in his studio April 2022
Artist’s statement:
For several years I worked on various projects with elements of both the British Army and Royal Navy, visiting in the process places such as Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf and the Falkland Islands. These were greatly evocative and profound experiences and I met many extraordinary and remarkable men and women. Not being a soldier or sailor there came a time when I needed to move on. This though was not as simple as it appeared, I had become used to the associated aspects of adventure and camaraderie, to the excitement and adrenaline and initially found it a challenge to find a replacement that fuelled both my life and work as an artist. Over time however, I have been drawn back to the landscape with a renewed sense of interest and purpose. It is somehow a deeper and more symbolic connection, reflecting perhaps my focus on light and life, beauty and optimism away from the darker elements or aspects of life. Like many of us, over the last couple of years, I have spent much time wondering the countryside. These have been spiritual journeys to contemplate and commune with the natural world around, whilst seeking the light and a sense of the sublime through drawings of trees, pathways, beaches or seas. These drawings form the basis of my paintings and woodcut prints, often enthused with figures wandering through the landscapes, perhaps searching for some sort of message, higher purpose or meaning. Extending to this repertoire I have been making paintings ‘in situ’, studying and unravelling themes, whilst occasionally adding buildings of historical, cultural or iconic significance. Indeed, this sense of the past, routed in the ancient cultures from the estuaries and coasts of Suffolk, is an important component in my quest to realise images that speak on both a spiritual and timeless level. Jules George Suffolk April 2022 |