TONY BRITNELL

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Tony Britnell a travaillé dans les arts toute sa vie – très tôt il a remporté de nombreux prix de dessin.
Musicien professionnel, il a vécu à Berlin à l’époque de l’Allemande divisée. Il s'est installé ensuite en Hollande ou il a écrit de nombreuses pièces populaires de musique.
En pleine notoriété, il a totalement changé de vie pour s’installer dans une partie proche du parc national des balises de Brecon au Pays de galles
C’est dans cet endroit plein de solitude et proche de la nature qu’il a commencé à peindre.
Il s’est ensuite installé dans le sud-ouest de la France. Son travail a pris une nouvelle direction et il a commencé à combiner la peinture et la sculpture dans ses panneaux, en utilisant du vieux bois de construction récupéré et du bois flotté.


Tony Britnell has worked within the arts all his life – from his early days of childhood model making and winning local drawing prizes.
It was in those days that he first of all began to play the piano and discovered his love of the saxophone.
He became a professional musician, living in Berlin during the time of German division. His work took him far and wide, until years later he settled in Holland gaining considerable acclaim producing and writing many popular pieces of music.
After a time of high public profile he chose an entire life change and moved to a remote part of the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales. It was here that he was able to relax and live very close to nature. He had the ability to always see first - the owl hidden high in the firs, the elusive otter and fox. To tickle trout, dappled and hidden in the fast flowing streams. He became one of the very few people able to call a wild fox off the mountain side and feed her by hand.

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It was from this place of solitude that Tony Britnell began to paint. Sometime ago he settled in South West France and it was here that his work took a new direction and he began combining painting and sculpture into his panels. Using old reclaimed timber and driftwood - a piece of wood that has had a former life, that has been worked by other hands that has perhaps even travelled many kilometres. He has received great encouragement from close colleagues whom he holds in high esteem and finds this new format is proving to be most successful and very exciting.

Collectors include:
Professor Sir John Krebs (Jesus College, Oxford)
Sir Eric Ellis (Bordeaux)

Exhibitions:
Chelsea Art Fair, London.
Kensington Art Fair, London.
Lineart, Gent, Belgium.
National Museum of Wales.
Meridian Art London.
Meridian Art Hay-on-Wye.
Courcoux Courcoux Gallery.
St Pierre France.
Galerie de l’Echarpe.