Catalogue. Fairfax Chelsea, October 2007

JOHN MARSHALL "The Cow Painter"

Solo Exhibition 4 - 20th October 2007 at Fairfax Gallery Chelsea

John Marshall has achieved recognition as ‘The Cow Painter’; resulting from his devotion to this one subject over the past ten years. In doing so he has created his own cow genre.
His highly sought after work proves enduringly popular at national art fairs, has been the subject of solo exhibitions in London and Paris, and can be found in collections across America and the rest of the world. He has regularly exhibited with the Fairfax Gallery since 2000, who now act as his exclusive representatives in London.

Recently he has taken his work into a grander scale – working on large canvasses for maximum impact. Broadly painted in a fluid style, these monumental paintings nevertheless reference the old masters in size and due to the use of a traditional glazing technique which the artist admits has been a ‘revelation’ in his working practices. In a recent article in the Guardian newspaper, his work drew comparisons with George Stubb’s paintings of horses; both reference an English tradition and have plain backgrounds; which in Marshall’s case allows the artist to focus on drawing out the individual characteristics of his bovine subjects to humorous, affectionate and dramatic effect.

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