Star Brewery Gallery
Castle Ditch Lane
Lewes BN7 1YJ
‘Plein air painting on a large scale has heightened my sense of involvement. My use of colour is instrumental in expressing my feelings about form and light within the landscape. Inspired by some new subjects, a shift in my work has transpired.’
Julian Le Bas 2023
‘Julian Le Bas is a painter, perhaps the contemporary painter, of the Sussex section of the South Downs. His work bears witness to this characteristically splendid and captivating geography of chalk hills, meadows, woodland and the adjoining coastline. What lessons we might learn from his life-long project is that every day and every scene presents a seemingly revived landscape offering a new vista, and a fresh encounter. Le Bas’s paintings celebrate, exalt and revere the various locations and unequivocally express awe at the natural world. The role of shamanic consort, expressing the elevating metaphysical aspect of the everyday through the ordinarily magical presence of the landscape is his task.’ [read the full text here]
Geoff Hands 2023
