MARTIN SPANYOL
Martin Spanyol’s work has gone through a number of transitions, from Abstract Expressionism to Figurative painting. He is primarily a painter but has also produced a large number of ceramics and drawings.
His approach has always been spontaneous, improvisational and visceral. Influences are mostly from Southern European artistic traditions – Velazquez, Zurbaran, Goya, Van Gogh, De Chirico, Matisse, Bonnard, Picasso, Dufy and Morandi.
— WORKS —
PAINTINGS
P001 ALCAZABA 2014 160 x 250
P002 BLUE DRIVE 2014 165 x 210
P003 BLUE STILL LIFE 2015 165 x 240
P004 BULL FIGHTING POSTERS 2 2015 160 x 230
P005 CHURCH IN SHADOW 2015 160 x 220
P006 CLEARING NEAR SEA 2014 265 x 365
P007 COMPOSITE 2 2014 255 x 370
P008 CRACKED STEPS 2015 165 x 230
P009 DUSK 2014 155 x 230
P010 FLAMENCO GARDEN 2014 265 x 375
P011 FOUR DOUBLE DOORS 2014 160 x 215
P012 GREY ROOM 2015 170 x 245
P013 HIGH RISE 2014 165 x 200
P015 HOTEL RECEPTION 2015 150 x 225
P014 HOTEL 2015 175 x 250
P016 HOUSE IN SHADOW 2015 165 x 240
P017 ITALIAN RIVER 2014 265 x 370
P018 ITALIAN STREET 2015 160 x 240
P019 LANDSCAPE WITH 2 CHURCHES 2014 255 x 345
P020 LLEGADAS 2015 165 x 235
P021 LOGGIA 4 2015 160 x 235
P022 MALAGA 2014 155 x 195
P023 MOONLIGHT 2105 160 x 255
P024 OLIVE LANDSCAPE 2014 160 x 230
P025 OLIVES AND CHURCH 2014 155 x 200
P026 ORANGE CHURCH 2015 170 x 235
P027 ORANGE JUG 2015 170 x 240
P028 ORNATE PAVING 2015 165 x 230
P029 OSTUNI 2014 155 x 210
P030 PALACE SHADOW 2014 170 x 225
P031 POOL AND VILLA 2014 130 x 170
P032 POSTERS 3 2015 155 x 230
P033 POSTERS 5 2015 155 x 245
P035 RED ROOM WITH SOFA 2015 175 x 245
P034 RED ROOM 2015 170 x 230
P036 RED SHUTTERS 2015 175 x 250
P037 SAFFRON STILL LIFE 2014 170 x 250
P038 SIDE STREET AT NIGHT 2 2015 170 x 245
P039 SQUARE AT NIGHT 2015 175 x 230
P040 TERRACE SHADOW 2014 165 x 195
P041 TIO PEPE 2015 170 x 250
P042 VIEW FROM BALCONY 2014 180 x 240
P043 VIEW THROUGH HEDGE 2014 185 x 255
P044 VILLAGE RAVINE 2014 170 x 220
P045 WHITE TOWN 2014 155 x 225
P046 YELLOW GARDEN 2015 165 x 230
P048 YELLOW ROOM PAINTINGS 2015 165 x 220
P047 YELLOW ROOM 2015 170 x 225
Hotel Finix is the title of an ongoing body of small gouache paintings that depict remembered and imagined Mediterranean locations. The work explores the enigmatic moment of arrival in such places, nostalgia and the selectiveness of memory. It is also concerned with the nature of Painting itself and with how painterly gesture, pattern and abstract surfaces create illusion. These paintings are upbeat, celebratory and appeal to a shared experience of the anticipation and memory of travel – an imaginary grand tour.
CERAMICS
C002 HELMET, TORSO, BUCKET 1986 390mm high
C003 FLOWERS AND FEATURES 1986 380mm high
C004 BIRDS AND WEIGHTS 1996 370mm high
C005 DOG AREAS 1996 340mm high
C006 FIST AND TWIG 1995 390mm high
C007 FIST AND CONDOM 1996 360mm high
C008 GAZELLE AND BOW 1997 360mm high
C009 HOODED FIGURE AND SHELL 1997 380mm high
C010 BLUE TITS 1997 370mm high
C011 PAVILION 1996 380mm high
C012 FINGER AND NOSE 1996 360mm high
C013 FLOWERS AND JUMPER 1996 370mm high
C014 BIRD AND EAR 1995 380mm high
C015 FEATURES AND COLOUR CUBES 1997 360mm high
C016 BALL AND BACK OF HEAD 1996 340mm high
C017 EXPULSION 1997 380mm high
C018 LANDSCAPE 1995 380mm high
C019 FLOWER, BREAST AND EYE 1995 380mm high
C020 PARROT, IBEX AND BALL 1995 340mm high
C021 HEAD AND BLACK TULIP 1994 320mm high
C022 FOOD AND FLOWERS 1997 360mm high
C023 BOATER AND F HOLE 1997 360mm high
C024 DOG AREAS 1997 370mm high
C025 TURNED HEADS AND FLOWERS 1995 370mm high
C026 HAND AND TONGUE 1996 390mm wide
C027 ZIGGURAT 1995 400mm wide
C001 HAND, STREAM, LEAVES 1986 380mm high
— EDUCATION —
Bath Academy of Art (1970-74)
Goldsmiths’ College (1981-83)
— SOLO EXHIBITIONS —
1974 Bristol Arts Centre
1983 Brighton Polytechnic Gallery
1985 Richmond House
1990 Black Bull Gallery
1993 Thomas Neal’s, Covent Garden
2015 Linden Hall Studio, Deal
— GROUP EXHIBITIONS —
1976 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
1978 Chenil Gallery, Chelsea. 1979 Chenil Gallery, Chelsea
1980 John Moores 12. 1981 Metro Show, Wapping.
1982 Metro Show, Wapping
1983 Works on Paper, Syracuse, USA.
1983 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
1983 Woodlands Gallery, Blackheath.
1983 Goldsmiths’ College MA Exhibition
1984 Richmond House, Hackney.
1986 London Fields Artists
1984 Richmond House, Hackney. 1986 London Fields Artists.
1986 DIY Gallery, Lambeth. 1986 Art Room, Hampstead
1987 Fuente Studios, Andalucia
1990 Edith Grove Gallery. 1990 Charlotte Lampard Gallery.
1991 Designers Guild. 1991 Opus 1. 1991 Aria, Islington.
1991 Chiaroscuro, Fulham. 1992 New Hoxton Ceramics.
1992 Craftworks, Hampstead. 1992 Figure of Eight Gallery.
1993 Chesil Court Studio, Chelsea. 1993 Bery Designs, Battersea.
1993 Anna Bornholt Gallery, London.
1993 Clayton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
1993 Standpoint Gallery, Hoxton. 1994 Maxfields, Los Angeles.
1994 Beatrice Royal Gallery, Hampshire.
1995 New Hoxton Ceramics.
1995 Henry Neuman Designs, New York.
1995 Rebecca Hossack Gallery
2003 Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition.
2005 Drawing Gallery, Mayfair
—CONTACT—
Studio: 172 High Street (rear via Ivy Place), Deal, Kent CT14 6BQ
Office: 9 Cannon Street, Deal, Kent CT14 6QA
07747 075851 • 01304 368404
MARTIN SPANYOL
9 CANNON STREET • DEAL • CT14 6QA
UNITED KINGDOM
