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Artist Statement:
Colin Bailey is an artist and
printmaker living and working
in Hastings, East Sussex after
living in Rye for ten years
and Kings Cross, London for
fifteen years. Originally an
etcher, and still with a
printmaker’s instinct for
multiple images, Colin has
embraced the advance of recent
technology through the use of
digital photography, high
resolution scanning and
archival quality giclée
printing.
As a popular Rye artist Colin
Bailey realised the wider
appeal of this small
picturesque area of the south
east coast and set up this
website as a showcase for his
Rye and Kings Cross etchings.
Now in Hastings, with a
growing reputation as a
Hastings artist he has
expanded his portfolio and has
produced a series of paintings
which he scans and reproduces
as limited edition fine art
giclée prints, handling this
whole process himself in order
to maintain artistic
integrity.
As well as traditional views
of Rye & Hastings, there is
also a section of work
exploring the textures and
structures of Rye Bay (the
East Sussex coast between
Hastings and Dungeness).
Ancient groynes, banks of
constantly shifting shingle,
fishing boats drying on the
beach, and the prehistoric
coast at the foot of the ...
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Colin Bailey Biography:
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Age
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51
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Committed
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
Non-committed |
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| Education |
Professional Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Films, writings songs |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Postmodernism - (1975 - )
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
John Martin, Francis Bacon
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| Favorite Work of Art |
After the Deluge
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Mezzotints of John Martin |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
Just was! |
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| Your Personal Biography |
1957 Born Southend, Essex
1967-1977 Lived in Singapore, Epsom, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zambia
1978-1981 BA (Hons) Communication Design; North East London Polytechnic
1984-1990 Teaching Etching and Photography at the Working Men’s College, Camden
1979-1993 Living on the Hillview Estate, Kings Cross, London
1993 Moved to Rye, East Sussex
2005 Moved to Hastings, East Sussex
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