Geoffrey Key

A recent exhibition on display at the Whalley Art Decor Gallery was of the artist Geoffrey Key. Born in Manchester, 1941 he lives and works in the North West of England and has built up an international following. His work can be found in galleries, public and private, all over the world. He is regarded as one of the most important artist working in Britain today.

The vivid use of colour and the bold, confident lines that flow within his paintings capture and hold the viewers attention. The subject of Key's paintings are usually of landscape, factoryscape, nude, jester, clown, hore or figure subjects. The compositions Key uses, the bold lines and the figures in his paintings remind me of the work of Picasso and the Cubism movement. However, Key's work still manages to create individuality and displays his diligent expression of form, light and colour.

Two Girls
2009, Oil on Canvas
20in x 24in


Church and Trees
2009, Oil on Canvas
20in x 30in


Window Dancers II
2010, Oil on Canvas
20in x 30in