Neil Hipkiss
AGAvA
Aviation Artist
- Automotive Artist
Exhibitions:
Aviation Paintings of the Year Exhibition
Years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007
My preferred subject matter is anything mechanised such as cars,
motorcycles and boats, although my number one passion is aviation,
mainly military.
I joined The Guild of Aviation Artists in 1997 and have subsequently
exhibited many times at their annual ‘Aviation Painting’s of the Year
Exhibition’, with my work being chosen to
illustrate exhibition catalogues and promotional pamphlets.
My paintings hang in the collections of the R.A.F. Club, the R.A.F.
Museum Cosford and an English Rally Champion as well as numerous
private collections.
With my paintings I generally endeavour to produce an overall feeling
or theme rather than just an aircraft or car portrait and enjoy
painting background details such as houses, churches and countryside
as much as the main object of the picture.
I am passionate about my art and constantly study the surroundings
wherever I go, making a mental note of what may make a good theme for
a new painting.
My
preferred choice of medium is oils on stretched canvas and I rarely
use anything else. For me personally there is no substitute for this
medium, which gives the same feeling of expression and quality to an
original picture.
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