Paul Horton was born in Harborne, Birmingham. "Looking back on my childhood it seems I was always drawing and painting, I think it was my destiny to become an artist. By the mid-70s I was taking my art very seriously and studied Life Drawing and History of Art at Bournville School of Art, I also began exhibiting my work at regular intervals. .... My early work was in a different style to what you see today and I would describe myself as a figurative artist. Growing up in the industrial heartlands of Birmingham during the 60s and 70s has given me so many memories to draw upon, it has also given me my identity and working class ethic which has had a profound influence on my work to the present day.... My distinctive paintings are informed by a love of colour, influenced by artists such as Degas, for his wonderful pastel studies and great sense of composition and Chagall, who created his own world of myth and magic drawing on his own recollections and experiences, which is something I like to do with my own work.... From Palette to Picture Each and every painting begins its life as a small sketch, a visual reference captured in a fleeting moment. Working and playing with these ideas are critical to all of the paintings and I’m often amazed how closely the finished work mirrors these visual notes. I work from my imagination as much as possible and having chosen my subject matter I begin to work on the composition, and already have a strong idea in my mind of how the final painting will look. I work on grey pastel paper which I mount onto board; this allows me full control of the tonal values, I use a variety of high quality pastels, blending and drawing on the surface of the paper creating the vibrancy of colour and atmosphere inherrent in my work. There is no greater thrill than seeing the finished painting, having created something that never existed, I have a great sense of pride in my... http://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com/2016/04/Paul-Horton.html undefined

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