Exhibitions at the Tech

The Collaboration with High Dailly and Alan Dalgetty

Artists:

Hugh Dailly:

I came to painting rather late with a lifelong interest in colour and shape but without any formal training other than what is on offer in the various art classes in and aro

und Holmfirth. My paintings are abstract and mostly rendered in acrylics, acrylic inks and occasionally pastels and pencil and I am interested in the layers and textures that combinations of colour and shape can generate and the infinite possibilities of accident and chance.

To sit down in front of a blank canvas is always a mystery but mostoften a joy as the act of painting leads me in unexpected directions. I hope something of that joy can be shared through the paintings exhibited here.

Alan Dalgetty:

I live in Scholes, high on the hills near Holmfirth, a typical Yorkshire town nestled in a pleasant valley. I am a landscape painter and I run weekly art courses in nearby Upperthong.

‘I am inspired by the countryside that surrounds me; the colour of it, the shape of it and the very presence of it.’

Working with mixed media enables me to explore and be more experimental with paints and inks. I enjoy exploring what the media will do and where it might lead me. Sometimes the journey leads to a more objective painting or drawing and sometimes it may lead to a more abstract representation. Always an adventure, never a chore.

“He certainly understands the colours of his beloved Yorkshire Pennines and seeks to make them come alive. His stunning landscapes are sometimes dark, sometimes vibrant but never dull!”

“His draftsman’s skill is manifest in his drawing. His artist’s eye apparent in his painting. Exciting, unpredictable, adventurous.”

“Impressions of moments wonderfully captured. You can almost see the light changing!”