About

PAUL LETCHWORTH (b 1966)

Paul Letchworth grew up on the south coast and received his BA in Fine Art Painting from Winchester School of Art. From 1994-2023 Paul taught Art in secondary schools and worked out of his studio in Lincolnshire. Completing an MA in Fine Art in 2023-4 at Lincoln University. 

Paul Letchworth’s latest paintings capture the energy and excitement of the peloton and the spectacle of the Grand Tours. Drawing inspiration from live TV broadcasts and first-hand experience, Paul begins the painting process by investigating ways to interpret and decipher a realistic start point, which offers exciting disruptive possibilities through paint. 

How we respond to our world through the screen, whether it be a fan holding high a camera at a live event or the live sporting event streamed into our front room, is the focus of Paul’s work. By using drone images, HD TV, recordings of live tv and YouTube on an iPhone, and GoPro, Paul explores ways to disrupt the images. Rewatching and rewinding cropping and editing of sources, overlaying and reworking all contribute to the ambiguity of movement, line and shape within his paintings. 

Central to his painting is the exploration of the gestural mark, balance of colour and geometric abstraction. His practice focuses on the physical performance of painting with the instinctive decisions and the “art of adjustment” encountered in the “flow state”, manipulating colours and pace of brushstrokes, seeking a balance between spontaneity and precision. His paintings are layered, overpainted and adjusted, leading to an abstracted end, leaving remnants of the different decisions made through time.

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