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Interested in nature and the re-evaluation of its painterly tradition, Sole’s work explores painting as a process using the great outdoors as a subject matter. To gain inspiration he places himself into the environment he paints, enabling him to bring thoughts, ideas, and the physical presence of the landscape back into the studio as a transferral process.
“The sea and the sky are fascinating to me, especially in extreme circumstances, storms etc. In painting I feel very strongly that energy must be met with energy. By this I mean big seas and powerful subject matter benefits from energetic, physical and confident painting which usually includes allowing the paint to have its own way, without using a brush. Dripping, pouring, throwing, lifting, shaking etc all add to these involuntary effects. Through these processes and techniques I hope to capture the power and atmosphere of the environment that I have placed myself into”.
Since graduating from a BA in Fine Art from Wimbledon College of Art in 2008, Michael has gone on to exhibit in group and solo shows across England and France. In 2010 he was awarded “Young Artist of the Year” by the Royal Society of Marine Artists for his work exhibited in a group show in the Mall Galleries, London. An artistic maturity belies the youth of this rising star.
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Michael Sole
Whitby No. 9 (sold)
oil and acrylic on canvas
18x17cm
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Michael Sole
Sea Study No. 3 (sold)
oil and acrylic on paper
40x30cm
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Michael Sole
Sea Study No. 21 (sold)
oil and acrylic on canvas
42x30cm
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Michael Sole
Sea Study No. 2 (sold)
oil and acrylic on paper
42x30cm
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Michael Sole
Chapel By the Sea (sold)
oil on canvas
122x91cm
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Michael Sole
Cap d'antibes, West (sold)
oil and acrylic on canvas
240x93cm
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Michael Sole
Askerswell (sold)
oil on canvas
67x50cm
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Michael Sole
Wootton Fitzpaine (available)
oil on canvas
65x50cm
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Michael Sole
Seaspray, Rocks No. 9 (sold)
oil and acrylic on canvas
71x75cm
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Michael Sole
Sea Study No. 42 (available)
oil and acrylic on canvas
50x40cm
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Michael Sole
Out Over the Sea No.3 (available)
oil and acrylic on canvas
102x76cm
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Michael Sole
Emerald storm (available)
oil and acylic on canvas
92x60cm
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Michael Sole
Emerald No. 4 (available)
oil and acrylic on canvas
65x55cm
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Michael Sole
Emerald Cooled Pebbles (available)
oil and acrylic on canvas
79 x 61cm
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Michael Sole
Colour study, Emerald (available)
oil and acrylic on board
90 x 72cm
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Michael Sole
Chapmans Pool (available)
oil and acrylic on canvas
145 X 105cm
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Michael Sole
Sandbanks No. 2 (available)
oil and acrylic on canvas
92 x 81 cm
£ 2800.00
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Michael Sole
Emerald No. 2 (sold)
oil and acrylic on canvas
104x93cm
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Michael Sole
Promenade des Anglais No. 4 (sold)
oil and acrylic on canvas
79x53cm
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Michael Sole
Seaspray, Rocks No. 3 (sold)
oil and acrylic on canvas
71x69cm
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Michael Sole
The Downs (sold)
oil on canvas
103 x 99 cm
£ 3200.00
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Michael Sole
Whitby No. 3 (sold)
oil and acrylic on canvas
150 x 90 cm
£ 2500.00
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Michael Sole
Rocombe No. 2 (sold)
oil on canvas
51 x 28 cm
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Michael Sole
Askerswell No. 2 (available)
Oil and Acrylic on Paper
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Michael Sole
Deepsea Spray No. 2 (sold)
oil and acrylic on canvas
126 x 108 cm
£ 4200.00
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Michael Sole
Sea Study No. 10 (available)
Oil and Acrylic on Paper
150 x 148 cm
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Michael Sole
Whitby No. 5 (available)
240 x 100 cm
oil on canvas
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Michael Sole
Sea Study No. 31 (sold)
oil and acrylic on paper
40x30cm
Solo Exhibitions
2011
‘Horizons – Home and Abroard’, MST Gallery, Bournemouth, Dorset ‘Power, Light and Luminosity’, GX Gallery, London
2010
A Celebration of Marine Art, Sea Pictures Gallery, Suffolk, England La Côte, Auberge de la Croix du Pape, Eze, France ‘La Côte d’Azur’ Antibes, FranceLe Mer et Le Ciel, Les Vieux Murs, Antibes, France
2009
PACA, Juan Les Pins, France
Seascapes, 23 Haven Rd, Canford Cliffs, Dorset
2008
Sea, Land and Sky, The Pelly Gallery, Lyme Regis, Dorset
2006
Horizons, Lyme Regis Boys Club, Dorset
2003
Gap year show, Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Devon Gap year show, Axminster Arts Café, Axminster, Devon
Group Exhibitions
2011
Group Exhibition, GX Gallery, London
‘Spirit of the Coast’, Sea Pictures Gallery, Suffolk, England
2010
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annuel Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
ArtMonaco 10, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
2009
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annuel Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Dorset Perspective, Mulberry Tree Gallery, Swanage, Dorset
2008
Coast, Mulberry Tree Gallery, Swanage, Dorset
Flock, GX Gallery, London
Wimbledon College of Art Summer Degree Show, London
2007
Misguided Souls, Covent Garden, London
Juicy Picnic, Great Suffolk ST. Gallery, Southwark, London
Education
2005 - 2008
BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting, Wimbledon College of Art, London
2004
Foundation in Art and Design, Bournemouth Arts Institute, Bournemouth
2003
Gap Year
1998 -2003
GCSE’S, AS and A-levels – Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Devon.
Fairs
2012 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2011 Windsor Art Fair, Berkshire, England
2009 NEC, Birmingham Blanchard Collective, Wiltshire
Prizes
2010
‘Young Artist of the Year’, Royal Society of Marine Artists Mall Galleries, London
2009
‘Young Artist of the Year’, Royal Society of Marine Artists Mall Galleries, London
1998
Blundell’s School Art Award
2013 - Earth, Sea & Sky, GX Gallery, London
2012 - Michael Sole, GX Gallery, London
2011 - Power, Light and Luminosity, Solo Show, GX Gallery, London
