Martin Laurance
Works
‘1. Harbour, Cornwall’
Mixed media
‘3. Houses near Tintagel’
Mixed media
‘4. Winter Light, Happisburgh’
Oil on canvas
‘5. Stony Ditch, Orford Ness’
Oil on panel
‘6. Winter Landscape, Norfolk’
Oil on canvas
‘7. Houses by the Sea’
Mixed media
‘8. Holme Next The Sea’
Oil on board
‘9. Coast Road to Zennor’
Mixed media
‘10. Orford Ness from the Marshes’
Oil on panel
‘11. Snowfall, Orford Ness’
Mixed media
‘12. Harbour’
Mixed media
‘13. Cart Gap, Happisburgh’
Mixed media
‘14. Winter at Orford Ness’
Oil on panel
‘15. Headland Sea Treyarnon’
Mixed media
‘16. Headland near Porthcothan’
Mixed media on canvas
‘17. Study for Trevose Head’
Mixed media
‘18. Port Quin’
Mixed media on board
‘19. Study for Coast Path, North Cornwall’
Mixed media
‘20. Clifftop near Treyarnon’
Mixed media
‘21. From Wheal Coates Mine, North Cornwall’
Mixed media on board
‘23. Abandoned Mine Workings, Rosedale’
Mixed media on board
‘25. Blue Harbour’
Mixed media
‘26. Low Tide, Walcott’
Mixed media
‘27. Hillside Track, Wharfedale’
Mixed media
‘28. Estuary Boats’
Mixed media
‘30. West Beach, North Berwick’
Mixed media
‘31. Harbour Houses III’
Mixed media
‘32. Summer Sea, Trebarwith’
Mixed media
‘35. Sea Study, Grey Sky, Treyarnon’
Mixed media
‘37. Harbour Houses II’
Mixed media
‘38. Summer Harbour II’
Mixed media
‘Bromholm Priory, Winter’
Indian Ink
‘40. Disused Quarry Workings, North Cornwall’
Mixed media
‘41. Sea and Sky, Norfolk Coast’
Mixed media
‘42. Trevillick, Tintagel ’
Mixed media
‘43. Quarried Cliffs, Penhallic Point’
Mixed media on canvas
‘44. Fishing Boats’
Mixed media
‘46. Summer Harbour’
Mixed media
‘47. Hardley Marshes, Evening’
Mixed media
‘48. Sea Study Treyarnon’
Mixed media
‘49. The Yellow Boat’
Mixed media
‘52. After the Storm Bacton II’
Mixed media on Board
‘55. Winter Fields’
Oil on canvas
‘58. Swaledale’
Mixed media
‘59. Evening Sky Greenhow’
Mixed Media
‘63. The Munitions Building, Orford Ness’
Mixed media
‘65. Orford Ness, the Road to the Street’
Mixed media
‘64. Mine Working, West Cornwall’
Mixed media on canvas
‘66. Orford Ness Looking North’
Mixed media
‘Dark Headland’
Mixed Media on panel
About
About
From Land to Sea A solo exhibition of recent works by Martin Laurance at Mandell’s Gallery 12 Jan – 8 Feb 2020.
Martin began his career as an engraver and graphic designer, before taking a B.Ed in art and design. After graduation Martin concentrated solely upon drawing, particularly life drawing and rarely exhibited work at this time.
By the early 1990’s Martin became interested in landscape. After the discipline of the figure and the austerity of pencil and charcoal the scale of his work became large with vibrant colour replacing monochrome. His recent work has seen a return to monochrome and it’s expressive possibilities, but colour still remains central to most of his work.
‘Martin Laurance has a unique style, not derivative of, or in the manner of any other artist. His artworks can contain found paper pertaining to the subject, a shipping chart used as the basis for a coastal view, with layered paper and collage. These elements provide a strong textural feel, this combined with his confidence in using strong colours result in highly individual work. Martin Laurance is equally happy with monochrome work. His oil paintings, at first glance, could be read as abstract works but on closer examination become more representational. His recent paintings of the Norfolk coast feature strongly in this exhibition.‘ John Allen, Mandell’s Gallery
Artist’s Statement
In my paintings, I try to convey the spirit and reality of a place. Going beyond the immediate sensation to something felt and experienced. Many of my locations are very well known to me and have been walked over and drawn many times. In the studio, I use this raw material to create a work that is true to my experience. By allowing other elements such as memory to enter the picture making process at this stage the work becomes richer, and to me, more meaningful. I work in a variety of mixed media; oil, acrylic, collage, ink, charcoal, watercolour and gouache, singly or in combinations on paper or canvas.