The material upon which I draw lies almost entirely in the natural landscape. Since the early 60's my main concern in both painting and sculpture has been to create images of landscape.
Human activity and the presence of people does occur, but it tends to be implied. However, in some works I have used many forms representing both human and non-human element - for example, the ankh-like form in 'The sea, surf and sandy coast'.
In attempting to give my sculpture a more evocative character, I acquired pigments which had been designed to produce the range of effects found in my source material. Using these pigments with a cellulose medium, I began to explore their potential in 2D imagery; this led to a long and continuing concentration upon painting.
Biography
Public Collections
1934
1952-56
1956
1956-59
1959
Born in Leeds
Studied at Leeds College of Art
Travel scholarship to Spain
Studied painting and lithography at
the Slade School, London
Abbey Minor Travel Scholarship
At present lives and works in Hull
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Leeds City Art Gallery
Leicester Education Committee
Hull Education Committee
Seattle Art Museum, USA
Yorkshire Arts Association
Property Services Agency
Abbott Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
Lincolnshire and Humberside Arts Association
Museum Studki, Lodz, Poland
Ferens Gallery, Hull
Group Exhibitions
1958
1959
1961
1963
1964
1965
1966
1969
1970
1975
1976
1980
1982
1989
1991
1997
2012
'Young Contemporaries' RBA Galleries, London
'Contemporary British Paintmakers', St George's Gallery, London
'The Graven Image' Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
'Tomorrow's Artisits', Grabowski Gallery, London
'Malerei and Plastik aus Leeds' Stadhaus Untere Galerie, Dortmund
'Six Artists' Leicester Museum and Art Gallery
'The Inner Image' Grabowski Gallery, London
'Chilton, Leeson, Newsome' Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
'Structure 66' National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
'Abrahams, Chilton, Sandle' Grabowski Gallery, London
'Painting becomes Sculpture become Painting'
Arts Council Gallery, Cambridge
'Play Orbit' ICA, London
'Leeson and Chilton' The Gallery, Market Weighton
Suzanne Fisher Gallery, Baden-Baden
'Painters North of the Humber' Usher Gallery, Lincoln
'Burke, Chilton, Pettenuzzo' The Gallery, Market Weighton
Harleys Open Exhibition, Boston
'Bruce, Chilton, Moss' Grape Lane Gallery, York
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
TRANSITION. The Inner Image Reunited. Art Space, Islington, London
One Man Exhibitions
1975
1976
1978
1981
1984
1991
1992
1992
1993
The Ferens Gallery, Hull
The Whitechapel Gallery, London
Usher Gallery, Lincoln
Posterngate Gallery, Hull
York University
Hull College of Higher Education
Posterngate Gallery, Hull
Fermoy Centre, Kings Lynn
Stamford Art Centre
Scunthorpe Museum and Art Gallery
An Image of Landscape, Usher Gallery, Lincoln
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
Scarborough Art Gallery
Reg Vardy Gallery, The University of Sunderland