Paul Ashwell - recent artworks

Paul Ashwell studied at the Bath Academy of Art and Chelsea School of Art. He spent much of the late 70s and 80s working as a graphic designer and printer with various community print/arts projects and workers co-ops. Nearly all of Paul’s artistic work was destroyed during the 1981 Brixton riots.

He moved to Sheffield in 1990, where he shared looking after his two sons while working as a graphic designer. Throughout the 80s and 90s he produced a smattering of paintings. Now his sons have grown up and he works part-time, Paul is enjoying a late burst of creativity.

Artistic influences include: Byzantine Icons, Piero Della Francesca, Ingres, Paul Klee, Mark Rothko, Robbyn Denny. He is inspired and affected by music including: Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Rossini, Mahler, Stravinsky, Messiaen. He is fascinated by number patterns and physics.

Exhibitions • June 2010 - Open Up Sheffield Open studio weekends

• December 2009 - January 2010 - ICE Group exhibition - Cupola Gallery, Middlewood Road, Sheffield

• March 2009 - Ten Artworks Solo exhibition - Union, Greek Street, Soho, London

• February - March 2009 - There is Hope Group exhibition - GV Art, Chiltern St, Marylebone, London

• April 2008 - Open Up Sheffield Open studio weekends

Original Digital Prints