Milton Keynes-based artist Joss Whittle has been exhibiting his work for more than four decades, and the creativity isn't waning any - in 2019 he still has lots of ambitions he wants to realise...
He talked Total MK through his career, and when you've finished reading, go see his work - it is being exhibited at the Church of Christ the Cornerstone through to February 28, 2019.
Name: Joss Whittle.
Medium used: Acrylic paint and charcoal on paper and canvass.
What fuels your creativity?
Recently working from pieces by other artists. They kick start the engine.
Like working from life but with their muse at my shoulder.
History: Lived in Brighton 1975 - 1980.
Worked along side Mary Barnes, John Skinner, Dennis Creffield, John Epstein, Roy Oxlade and Rose Wylie.
At that time exhibited with Young Contemporaries 1975.
London Group 1976.
R.A. Summer Show 1977.
One-person Show at Brighton Polytechnic 1980.
Taught at Tunbridge Wells A.E.C 1978 - 80.
Barry [Mid Glamorgan Poly] Summer School 1976.
Paphos [Cyprus] Summer School 1977 with various artists incl. Terry Frost.
I.Cezanne - Still life
Self-employed furniture designer and manufacturer in Milton Keynes 1981 - 2009.
Headway MK Art and activities coordinator 2009 - 2014.
Recently returning to painting with one-person shows at Norfolk House, CMK 2016
and currently at Church of Christ the Cornerstone, CMK 2019.
Which piece of work are you most proud of and why?
At school [Chatham Technical High Sch. for Boys] age 14 did a large painting of the rock group, the Doors [really cool]. Only piece of work by any pupil that was ever hung on the wall in the main schools hall for me and the entire school to see and admire every morning at assembly.
Proud? Not half!
C. Olympia & TV
Did you choose art or did art choose you?
My father worked supplying art materials. So that's what I got at Christmas.
And Meccano, of course.
If you could choose 3 artists, living or dead, to create a masterpiece with, who would you choose, and why?
Van Gogh, Matisse and Rose Wylie.
To make wall art and put Banksy out of business, or least beat him to the best spots.
Tell us about your creative ambitions?
Possibly, some landscapes. Architecture of Milton Keynes. There's ambitious!
And I want to put piece in to RA Summer show this year.
A. Look - Back in Ingres
Where will be able to see your work?
Showing at Church of Christ the Cornerstone until February 28, 2019.
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