BEVERLEY WAS
BORN IN ZIMBABWE AND FIRST STUDIED WITH DULCIE WESSIEK AND PETER BIRCH THE
FOUNDERS OF THE SALISBURY SCHOOL OF ART.
IN THE MID 60'S BEVERLEY CAME TO LONDON TO CONTINUE HIS STUDIES, AT FIRST
WORKING AS A DRAUGHTSMAN, BUT FOR THE LAST FEW DECADES HE HAS BEEN PAINTING
FULL TIME.
BEVERLEY'S STYLE DERIVES MUCH FROM HIS EXPERIENCES OF HIS NATIVE AFRICA AND
HE RETURNS THERE ONCE A YEAR TO RENEW HIS INSPIRATION.
INFLUENCED BY THE ART FORMS OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY,
THE ARTIST REFLECTS THIS IN HIS IDIOMATIC USE OF AN EARTHY PALETTE, EXPANSIVE
COMPOSITION AND UNREFINED TEXTURE.
ALONGSIDE HIS
MANY COMMISSIONED WORKS, BEVERLEY'S OUTPUT HAS ENABLED HIM TO MOUNT SEVERAL
ONE MAN SHOWS IN LONDON, AS WELL AS EXHIBITIONS IN CALIFORNIA AND FRANCE.
HIS WORK IS NOW IN COLLECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD.
ADDITIONAL
WORK :
http://www.bevart.co.uk
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