Ivan is a retired veterinary surgeon who has become a pastel artist. He was introduced to pastels as a teenager by a friend of his father’s and in fact he still have remnants of his first set of pastels. He passed A level art at 16, then went on to complete a veterinary science degree - his understanding of animals allows him to add that something extra to his artwork.
Ivan has completed a large
number of his detailed and realistic artworks in the past 20 years, many of which can be seen on his website and social media. Ivan feels that pastels have a great vibrancy and richness of colour that is often under appreciated. He work largely from photographs and undertake commission work as well as create artwork in a wide range of subject matter. Ivan likes to give each piece a three-dimensional effect and detail is of importance to him - each 12in by 16in artwork takes him 25 to 30 hours to complete. Ivan admires the work of many artists including the Impressionists, Pre-Raphaelites, David Shepherd, Simon Coombes and many of his contemporaries. He has exhibited widely in Herefordshire and his next exhibition will be during Herefordshire Art (H-art) week in September 7th to 15th 2024 at his home in Wigmore.
umber of his detailed and realistic artworks in the past 20 years, many of which can be seen on his website and social media. Ivan feels that pastels have a great vibrancy and richness of colour that is often under appreciated. He work largely from photographs and undertake commission work as well as create artwork in a wide range of subject matter. Ivan likes to give each piece a three-dimensional effect and detail is of importance to him - each 12in by 16in artwork takes him 25 to 30 hours to complete. Ivan admires the work of many artists including the Impressionists, Pre-Raphaelites, David Shepherd, Simon Coombes and many of his contemporaries. He has exhibited widely in Herefordshire and his next exhibition will be during Herefordshire Art (H-art) week from September 6th to 14th 2025 at h.Art@LEINTWARDINE CHURCH.
