Online Gallery - Winter 2005/6 Exhibition

Our Winter 2005/6 Exhibition featured watercolours and pastels by Derek Batty. Please scoll down the page for further information about the artist. Click a picture to view a larger version in a new window.

Before the Cannon Pastel, 24 x 17cm £150	Blades P astel, 47 x 35cm, unframed £150
Crown of Leaves W ax resist, ink and watercolour, 43 x 34cm £250	Novice W atercolour, 38 x 28cms, unframed £150
Red Runner W atercolour, 31 x 32 cm £220	Rower W ax resist, ink and watercolour, 43 x 43 cm £250
Shadows I nk and watercolour, 28 x 22 cm £220	Willow W atercolour, 35 x 24 cm £250

Derek Batty - Profile

Derek Batty studied Fine Art at Edinburgh University and moved to Cambridge in 1980. He first specialised in portrait and figure sculpture and copies of commissions can be seen in his studio. More recently he has
concentrated on painting and life drawing; he teaches adults in two long-running art classes at Parkside College and Buchan Street Neighbourhood Centre, Cambridge. In addition he is a painting tutor at Cambridge Arts and Sciences College.

Volatile shadows of rowers in colour are at the centre of this online exhibition. Scenes from rowing races on the Cam are the creative inspiration for images combining colourful figures, water reflections and indigo skies. Quick sketches were made in pastel by the river in all weathers. Extremes of snow, cold and wet often provided the most telling stimulii of light, gesture and emotion. Later in the studio, with additional reference from models and photographs, pictures were worked up in casual watercolour to create a moment of observation.