Art and artists

Malcolm Wilson studied art and architecture in Durham and Newcastle in the early 70s, winning a diploma in rendering and measured drawings by the Association of Northern Artists at only 16.  This set him on a course of further education in architecture, to eventually become a chartered architect and to partner an award winning London Mayfair practice of over 14 designers.

He has contributed to several books on conservation in the Middle East and Southern England and has had past urban work nominated in the Aga Khan Awards, for excellence in architectural design.

He moved to Cumbria 17 years ago and with submitted work at the Royal Academy, The London Portrait , private galleries in the West End, Brighton and a forthcoming exhibition in Glasgow, has now  concentrated on West Cumbria as a media source. 

Early sea paintings of Brighton and Hove included sky and cloud studies and sketchbooks of over two hundred pencil and oil renderings.

He has since found the raw light of West Cumbria a fascinating source and at present is working upon a series of twenty studies of which the example Allonby DM  is one.  Allonby DM is currently on loan to a private collector in Italy with more to follow.  Paintings vary in size from 15 x 10cm sketches to the main studio work of 180 x 200cm. 

He still practices in Carlisle but now combines architecture with seascapes and landscapes.

Words and pictures courtesy of Malcolm Wilson.