Luke Knight
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Cloud Study Low TideLuke KnightOil on Canvas BoardSold -
Evening Swim Walk HomeLuke KnightOil on BoardLuke Knight, Evening Swim Walk Home£ 495.00
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High Tides and HolidaysLuke KnightOil on BoardLuke Knight, High Tides and Holidays£ 1,800.00
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HightideLuke KnightOil on BoardLuke Knight, Hightide£ 750.00
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I Like the Summer but I Like the Winter TooLuke KnightOil on BoardLuke Knight, I Like the Summer but I Like the Winter Too£ 3,500.00
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Paddle Out Night VersionLuke KnightOil on BoardLuke Knight, Paddle Out Night Version£ 785.00
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PorthtowanLuke KnightOil on BoardSold
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Reset Warm SeaLuke KnightOil on BoardLuke Knight, Reset Warm Sea£ 4,350.00
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Spring TideLuke KnightOil on BoardSold
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The BlushLuke KnightOil on canvasSold
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Western SkyLuke KnightOil on Canvas BoardLuke Knight, Western Sky£ 425.00
Artist Luke Knight graduated in Fine Art from Howard Gardens, Cardiff, and studied at L'École Des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, through the Erasmus Exchange. In 2008 Luke returned to Cornwall where he grew up, rekindling his love for being in the surf and absorbing the stunning Cornish landscapes.
Much of Luke's work is created on robust board, allowing for a very physical approach. He uses paint sculpturally, wrestling to create built texture, painting, scraping, continually reworking, losing, finding, and working back into each painting, crafting each one into a representation of a memory and observation of what was.
‘Many of my paintings are informed by time spent in and around the sea, swimming or surfing in Cornwall, particularly at the end of the day, making the most of the last few hours of sunlight, sitting between waves, being immersed in cool fresh saltwater and smelling and tasting the sea. Watching the colours transform, the white water of the waves subtly changes to pinks and purples, the clouds moving and changing overhead. These are the moments that I want to internalise but also to share: sometimes beautiful, sometimes foreboding. Whenever I have lived away from the coast, these are the moments that I have missed, the memories that I have remembered. Whenever I am in the sea these are the glimpses I want to capture; they are the building blocks of the paintings.
My work is created, in large part, on a robust board – which allows for a very physical approach to painting. I use paint sculpturally, wrestling to create built texture, reflecting the skies and cliffs. I like to play with surface, negative space and reflective areas of calm, to balance the scapes. My work is created from memories and loose sketches rather than photographs and I try to capture landscapes where I paint, rework, sand, lacquer, strip, scrape, and continue to rework. All of this time and energy builds a history into the painting and aims to craft the painting into a representation of a memory of what was.’
Arts Education
Fine Art at Howard Gardens, Cardiff
Four month Erasmus Exchange at L'Ecole Des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
Joint and Solo Exhibitions
Barcelona International Gallery Awards 2019 1st Place
From this Land, Thrown Contemporary, Highgate, 2019
St Ives Society of Artist Christmas Open Exhibition, 2018
166 RWA Open Exhibition, 2018
Cornish Maid, Mawnan Smith, 2015
Fowey River Gallery, 2013
Beside the Wave, Falmouth, 2012
Style 88, Paintworks, Bristol, 2007
The Awning Project, Spyglass Gallery, Bristol, 2007
The Olive Shed, Bristol, 2006
The Small Gallery, Hereford, 2006
Centerspace Summer Show, Bristol, 2005
Adam Gallery, Penarth, 2003
Howard Gardens Summer Show, Cardiff, 2003
Hans Brinker Trophy Prize Exhibition, Amsterdam, 2002
L’École des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, 2002
Awards:
Barcelona International Gallery Awards, 2019, 1st Place
Hans Brinker Trophy Prize (Short List)
