White Court Art

Description

Newlyn Harbour
Simeon Stafford

This is an archetypal Stafford painting. Cheery tugs and Cornish fishing boats bobbing about in the harbour as they busy themselves with their days routine and the townsfolk watching the proceedings as they also go about their business. Here we see Stafford at his best, the artisan painter unafraid to use surreal distortion to celebrate the workaday routines of the life in which he is immersed.

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CONDITION

In excellent condition, gallery framed and ready to hang.

PROVENANCE

Purchased by us directly from the artist.

ARTIST INFORMATION

Simeon Stafford was born in Dukinfield (a small northern town bordering the Pennines) in 1959. As a young artist, his landscapes were similar to the gritty northern landscapes of L.S.Lowry and other northern English artists. At the age of 14, Stafford met L.S Lowry who encouraged him to paint. Lowry became a family friend and remains a constant source of inspiration to the artist. Simeon moved to Cornwall in 1996, where he met the artists Terry Frost & Patrick Heron. Thus his northern roots fused with the influence of colour & light from Frost & Heron and the magnetism of West Penwith to create an expressionism within his work which is both powerful and alluring. Not concerned with angst and soul searching, in his own words "there is enough of that in the world of news today", Stafford's work is deeply idiosyncratic and reflects a world full of incident and accident, with splashes of vibrant colour and amusing compositions. He charmingly combines reality and imagination, with many of his paintings featuring characters from his family, including Auntie Dot, the little girl who is constantly doing a handstand, Trixie, the family Jack Russell, who lived until she was 28 and is now stuffed and a resident of Simeon’s bedroom and the black seaside donkey. Widely regarded as one of the country's leading living artists, Stafford exhibited at the Royal Academy in 2001 and in 2003 he became a member of The Birmingham Society of Artists. His work can be found in numerous private collections, including those of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

ABOUT US
White Court Art specialise in high quality British and European Fine Art. We are passionate about art, and the pieces we offer reflect this. Most of the paintings are by high quality, listed artists. However, if we discover a piece by an unknown artist that we believe is of merit then we will also offer these works. We are constantly searching for new talent and quality pieces to offer our clients. We endeavour to provide a friendly, efficient and safe forum to enable you to acquire fine art online. Our company was formed in 2006.

POSTAGE & PACKAGING
All of our paintings are carefully and appropriately packaged to ensure they reach you safely. We do pride ourselves on the care taken with packaging. Orders to the UK mainland are sent using insured courier service or appropriate Royal Mail service. Orders to the rest of the World are sent promptly via signed for courier service. Unless stated prices exclude shipping costs.

RETURNS POLICY
We offer a 14 day returns policy and money back guarantee on all items (excluding postage costs) should they be found to be not as described. Additionally White Court Art fully guarantees for a period of 1 year from the date of sale our descriptions relating to age and medium. Our warranty will only apply to the original buyers as named on our invoice issued at date of sale.

PAYMENT
Our preferred method of payment is via internet Bank Transfer. Please contact us for our details at point of purchase. Of course we also accept payments through Paypal, Postal Order and personal Cheques.

ITEM INFORMATION & TERMINOLOGY
Every item we sell is fully guaranteed to be as we describe. We use the same cataloguing terms as most major auction houses The cataloguing terms that we use have the following meanings
1. where the text which forms reads "'by" and is followed by the artist's full name (or the artist's initials, if his full name is unrecorded), the work is in our opinion by the artist
2. where the expression "attributed to" is used, the work is in our opinion possibly a work by the artist, in whole or in part
3. where the expression "'circle of'" is used, the work is in our opinion a work of the period of the artist and showing his influence
4. where the expression "'follower of"' is used, the work is in our opinion a work executed in the artist's style but not necessarily by a pupil
5. where the expression '"manner of"' is used, the work is in our opinion a work executed in the artist's style but of a later date
6. where the term "after" is used, the work is in our opinion a copy or pastiche (of any date) of a work by the artist.
7. Where the term 'signed...' is used in our opinion the work has been signed by the artist, where the term 'with signature...' or 'bears signature...' is used in our opinion the signature is by a hand other than that of the artist.