Arwyn has a passion for the sense of spaciousness evoked by the countryside in and around the Derbyshire Peak, and for the coast. He is particularly fond of recording the farms, barns and fields on the edge of Chesterfield, near his home.
Arwyn QuicK was educated at the (former) Chesterfield Boys' Grammar School where he became recognised as "artistic". Unfortunately, he had to "drop" Art, early on, in order to study a foreign language.
He then entered Newland Park College of Education, Buckinghamshire, where he had the opportunity of studying Art under the late Peter Wilcockson (RCA), who happened, also, to be a former pupil of Chesterfield School.
Moving back to Chesterfield, he became a teacher at Old Hall Junior School becoming Teacher in charge of Art for 35 years. After reviving his art education, at Chesterfield College, under Paul Salt, and then helping to develop Art Education within Derbyshire Primary Schools, he went on to exhibit at the British Watercolour Society, in 1998, and sold his first picture. Taking early retirement from teaching, through ill health, in 2004, and seeking a new direction, he won immediate endorsement from the Pete Spowage Studio Gallery in the centre of Nottingham and then a series of solo exhibitions continues to this day locally.
Since then, Arwyn has exhibited at more than 40 galleries and venues, up and down the country, from North Yorkshire to Somerset, and has had work published in "Artists & Illustrators", "Paint", "Painters Tubes", "Tubes Art Gallery", "Artsbeat", Somerset Life", "Fosseway Magazine", "Derbyshire Life", "Reflections", and several other publications.
Arwyn has a passion for the sense of spaciousness evoked by the countryside in and around the Derbyshire Peak, and for the coast. He is particularly fond of recording the farms, barns and fields on the edge of Chesterfield, near his home.
He uses colour to reinforce the immediacy of first impressions and to
emphasise spatial awareness and sense of place.
By accentuating those elements caught in a play of light, he seeks to
recreate the scene with a heightened sense of depth.
Sometimes, he allows Form and Colour to evolve, (seeking to portray the
raw forces behind the scene), resulting in a rather abstract impression.