Mick Manning and Brita Granström : High Tide - Low Tide...and everything in between
This autobiographical exhibition celebrates 30 years of relentless creativity by this artistic double-act. It will be their third exhibition at The Open Eye.
Swedish-born Brita Granström is primarily a painter but also a well-known illustrator. Her solo figurative painting exhibitions include sell-out shows at Kings Place Gallery and Thompson's Gallery in London. In a recent book about Brita's work The Leaves of Lockdown the art historian Philip Vann discusses a lyricism and humanity in her paintings akin to poetry; '…like Gerard Manley Hopkins focussing on the inscape and instress of dappled things.'
Mick is an exhibiting artist, a writer and an illustrator who studied at the Royal College of Art before serving as a Course Leader at The Glasgow School of Art between 1988 - 1998. His paintings are inspired by personal encounters with the natural world and gently touch on issues that should concern us all. He was made an Honorary Fellow of Bradford College in 2015 and is currently collaborating on an exciting project with Simon and Angie Lewin's collective St Jude's.
As well as exhibiting new paintings, Mick and Brita will be displaying some of their award-winning collaborative work as author-illustrators with clients that include: The Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts, the Bronte Parsonage Museum, The Natural History Museum, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and Sussex Lustreware.
