john smith & anthony lewis-dowell

asda, by john smith

two new artists to get very excited about - john smith and anthony lewis-dowell.

interestingly, these two studied art together and there is definitely a similarity in their styles - their use of colour and the looseness of their brush strokes for sure, and the nod to liam spenser too - but none of this takes away from their original talent.

john smith's oil paintings of stockport are quite beautiful, making the ordinary extraordinary with his use of light and colour, and his impressions of bollington and white nancy - a landmark entirely new to him - are inspired.

white nancy, by john smith

anthony lewis-dowell describes himself as a former 'bad-boy biker' but you see only good things in his oil paintings. trained in graphic design, you can see influences of this in his paintings of iconic objects like a marmite jar and a kodak camera. then he takes you by surprise, painting a beautiful city scape of manchester.

refuge building, manchester by anthony lewis-dowell

all these paintings are available to buy at thewhitegallery, prices on request.