By the Grace of God by Gary Bunt
By the Grace of God features paintings, sketches and sculptures by Gary Bunt. His artwork is inspired by the Christian narrative and numerous Bible stories; the teachings of Christ feature as the subject for his art. Bunt's collection includes: The Temptation of Adam, The Ten Commandments, The Nativity, The Ark and The Feeding of the Four Thousand. This collection of paintings was born from contemplative experience and each piece of artwork is accompanied by a short poem written on the back of each canvas. "Gary brings humour into the sanctuary he digs it into the footings of fidelity, of reverence and light and shade revealing what binds us and in doing so what sets us free. These are not straightforward pieces of work, it is not possible to place a man underneath a sunflower unless you have stood there yourself." Peter Owen Jones
Gary Bunt was born in 1957 in East Peckham and grew up in Golden Green in Kent. Always an avid reader and keen musician, he wrote lyrics for his group The Alice Banned, in which he played guitar. In his mid-twenties, Gary began to teach himself to paint in watercolour. Then in the late 80s he established a picture framing business in Maidstone, which was the first outlet for his paintings. In 2001 Gary’s ambition to be a full-time painter led to his first exhibition at The Red Leaf Gallery in Tunbridge Wells. However, just as his artistic success beckoned, he was diagnosed with cancer. Once in remission, Gary was fired by a new passion for painting and his mature style began to emerge. His lyric writing led naturally to the poems which now complement his paintings written on the back of canvases. The first paintings in the new style were shown with Nicholas Bowlby in 2004. Then in 2008, The Portland Gallery in London began exclusively representing him. Gary continues to paint in the little clapboard cabin, known as ‘The Shed’, in the garden of his home in Golden Green. He is married to Lynn and has two children, Henry and Georgia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910787656 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910787655 |
| Title | By the Grace of God |
| Author | Gary Bunt |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2016-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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