https://olliead.com Oliver Akers Douglas Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:16:15 +0000 https://olliead.com en https://olliead.com/Home Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:28:01 +0000 Oliver Akers Douglas https://olliead.com/Home Lights UpBritish Paintings 16 Feb - 5 March 2023 <img width="4113" height="2931" width_o="4113" height_o="2931" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d94a1bb30c128737192dbb8ea4b4880e8a95de15d541ca695b8d4c68b8ab65b/Last-Run-to-Klosters-150ppi.jpg" data-mid="240363917" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d94a1bb30c128737192dbb8ea4b4880e8a95de15d541ca695b8d4c68b8ab65b/Last-Run-to-Klosters-150ppi.jpg" /> <img width="2090" height="1636" width_o="2090" height_o="1636" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6fdce9d4eb98c642bc5ec79ee843f75147b136d4867c8fa3548d35c1921f3a87/Schlappin-River-150ppi.jpg" data-mid="240334565" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6fdce9d4eb98c642bc5ec79ee843f75147b136d4867c8fa3548d35c1921f3a87/Schlappin-River-150ppi.jpg" /> <img width="3520" height="4170" width_o="3520" height_o="4170" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f933e2986f72b3b392bb91bd87fcffae946a8a4d0279b429f961cc57a4746ec6/Sertig-150ppi.jpg" data-mid="240334566" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f933e2986f72b3b392bb91bd87fcffae946a8a4d0279b429f961cc57a4746ec6/Sertig-150ppi.jpg" /> <img width="2091" height="1636" width_o="2091" height_o="1636" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e6d8a1a59c9fbed30c5efc3c02bc829a14e5dc21b83f4f79d26806bbd726105/Teufi-150ppi.jpg" data-mid="240334567" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e6d8a1a59c9fbed30c5efc3c02bc829a14e5dc21b83f4f79d26806bbd726105/Teufi-150ppi.jpg" /> Paintings of Klosters and Beyond Hangs:&nbsp; 16 February – 1 March 2026 Christian Bolt Studio, Doggilochstrasse, 121 7250 Klosters SEE WORKS ︎ https://olliead.com/Lights-Up Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:16:15 +0000 Oliver Akers Douglas https://olliead.com/Lights-Up LIGHTS UPNEW BRITISH PAINTINGS18 — 22 November 2024 Gurr Johns 16 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5LU Open Monday to Friday 10am – 6pm, or by appointment A 44 page catalogue has been published to accompany this exhibition and available while stocks last. Images of the pictures in their frames can be emailed upon request. For all enquiries: info@olliead.com&nbsp; Back to exhibitions&nbsp;︎ About the showRead Less We are delighted to announce Oliver Akers Douglas’ forthcoming London exhibition. It will include some 40 new paintings – dynamic interpretations of the British landscape, with works from Wiltshire and the west coast of Scotland featuring most prominently. As one of the country’s best known landscape painters, his works are characterised by sophistication of colour and accomplished handling of paint while also demonstrating a shift towards a more abstract and heightened colourist approach. Describing himself as an ‘unapologetically romantic’ artist, Oliver spends long periods in the remote and empty locations that inform his art. The resulting works are not only records of his experience, responding to the shifting conditions he finds there, but riveting explorations in paint itself. Using brushes and palette knives, the pigment is applied spontaneously with great gestural freedom, creating fluid and textured surfaces that pulsate with energy. The resulting works have a passionate connection with landscape while also demonstrating the transformative power of painterly expression. Described by art critic Matthew Dennison as ‘the foremost landscape painter of his generation’, Oliver has an international reputation with works in both public and private collections around the world. In the two years since his last major solo exhibition, Oliver has been busy with private commissions and produced a successful exhibition of Alpine paintings in Klosters, Switzerland. <img width="2750" height="2075" width_o="2750" height_o="2075" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0debf22bae6fd9a299712427f65fa2c92cd5bf6e058433d85974603807a4b041/Charity-Field-300ppi.jpg" data-mid="220119128" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0debf22bae6fd9a299712427f65fa2c92cd5bf6e058433d85974603807a4b041/Charity-Field-300ppi.jpg" /> Charity Field, 24 x 32 inches, oil on canvas .content_container{min-height: calc(100vh - 210px);}[data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 50px 0px 50px !important;} @media only screen and (max-width :783px) { [data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 25px 0px 25px !important;} https://olliead.com/Paintings-of-Klosters-2023 Fri, 13 Jan 2023 19:41:48 +0000 Oliver Akers Douglas https://olliead.com/Paintings-of-Klosters-2023 Paintings of KlostersSWISS ALPINE SCENES16 February – 5 March 2023 Atelier Bolt Doggilochstrasse 121 7250 Klosters CH Switzerland Open daily 10am – 5pm, or by appointment Images of the pictures in their frames can be emailed upon request. It is possible to pay in either Pounds Sterling or Swiss Francs. (£1 : CHF 1.14) The exhibition can be viewed by appointment in the UK until 9 February. For all enquiries: info@olliead.com&nbsp; Back to exhibitions&nbsp;︎ About the showRead Less Leading British landscape artist Oliver Akers Douglas is delighted to announce an exhibition of new work depicting the Swiss Alps. Several years in the making, this show comprises over 30 new works, painted in both summer and winter, around the area of Klosters in the Graubünden region. These mountains represent pure romance and escape to Oliver, and the prospect of actually exhibiting here is a long-held dream. Having shown his work in famous London galleries, Oliver is best known for his dramatic evocations of British landscape – distinctive paintings of English skies and Scottish coastlines particularly. His work is remarkable for the fact that he chooses to undertake most of his work outside en plein air, often in remote and inhospitable locations. As a keen explorer of Swiss mountains, Oliver is often to be found carrying his heavy equipment to great altitude to capture his subject. Many of the works for this exhibition were committed directly from life, even in winter. As a result there is a captivating sense of energy and urgency that can only be achieved through direct observation. His work is highly collectable and found in collections around the world, both public and private – most notably in the collection of HM King Charles III who he has accompanied on a number of trips as an artist. <img width="1000" height="725" width_o="1000" height_o="725" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05af50f4d332c28e8c45c5395fd31c50db11546c4840d434b12e4d9b557fbc7b/Cloudburst-Weissfluhjoch-copy-alt.jpg" data-mid="164647600" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/05af50f4d332c28e8c45c5395fd31c50db11546c4840d434b12e4d9b557fbc7b/Cloudburst-Weissfluhjoch-copy-alt.jpg" /> Cloudburst, Weissfluhjoch, 67 x 92 cm, oil on canvas <img width="1000" height="1422" width_o="1000" height_o="1422" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b19e5ff69f57896a55e6d98ad8e8a7cf5dd2d5bb17eed5b1f2fe67893da5c3d/Klosters-2023-press-release-final-PDF-3.jpg" data-mid="164647759" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b19e5ff69f57896a55e6d98ad8e8a7cf5dd2d5bb17eed5b1f2fe67893da5c3d/Klosters-2023-press-release-final-PDF-3.jpg" /> .content_container{min-height: calc(100vh - 210px);}[data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 50px 0px 50px !important;} @media only screen and (max-width :783px) { [data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 25px 0px 25px !important;} https://olliead.com/And-then-its-gone Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:46:33 +0000 Oliver Akers Douglas https://olliead.com/And-then-its-gone And then it's gone...RECENT BRITISH PAINTINGS11 - 21 October 2022 Gallery 8 Duke Street St James’s London SW1Y 6BNMonday to Saturday 10am — 6pm Images of the pictures in their frames can be emailed upon request. For all enquiries please contact: info@olliead.com&nbsp; Back to exhibitions&nbsp;︎ About the showRead Less We are delighted to announce the latest exhibition of paintings by Oliver Akers Douglas. Nearly two years in the making, this body of new work comprises mainly inland and coastal landscapes of Britain. A seasoned plein air painter, Oliver’s work attracts a wide and dedicated following. Best known particularly for his vivid and dramatic depictions of Wiltshire, Dorset and the West coast of Scotland, many of the works featured in this collection are painted in precise spots that he returns to year after year in the manner of a pilgrimage. While his paintings are recognisably of actual places and things, the power of his work is fuelled by an intense emotional attachment to his subject. Both his expert handling of paint and his use of colour are distinctive, transforming the fleeting effects of light and season with an incomparable boldness and immediacy. The title of this show refers not just to the ephemeral moments he attempts to capture in paint but to the temporal nature of all things - a heightened awareness of impermanence and mortality inspired by the landscapes he inhabits. These paintings are a full-hearted attempt to pause the racing effects of time and celebrate the experienced world, to create images that burn themselves on the mind’s retina - at least for a while. Artist’s Statement “The mood of this collection feels to me particularly bittersweet, or perhaps more precisely I should call it joyful-sad. This phrase goes a little way to describe the poignant mix of feelings that British landscape seems to inspire. ‘Summers lease is all too brief’, as the sonnet goes. I like the idea of painting serving no grand purpose, other than to convey what it is like to be alive at a certain time and place. So if there is any point to my work, it is in distilling that rush of excitement I experience on encountering a dynamic effect in the landscape, tinged as it always is by the certain knowledge of its passing. These days we look at the entire natural world with an added sense of jeopardy. It is almost too painful to acknowledge the precarious nature of these different environments where I spend my time, even while I revel in their distinctive charms. Several of the pictures in this collection feature ash trees – for many centuries a characteristic fixture of the chalklands where I live and which are of course rapidly disappearing as the dieback disease spreads through the species. I have always loved their ragged glory, their buff colours in winter and the way they are often engulfed heroically in ivy. I feel in part that these pictures celebrate their final hurrah before, like the fate of the elm tree before them, they finally disappear from the British landscape altogether.”&nbsp; ‘An artist who will pursue landscapes like a storm chaser tracking a tornado’&nbsp; Artists and Illustrators ‘The greatest landscape painter of his generation’&nbsp; Writer Mathew Dennison .content_container{min-height: calc(100vh - 210px);}[data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 50px 0px 50px !important;} @media only screen and (max-width :783px) { [data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 25px 0px 25px !important;} https://olliead.com/Land-Sea-Sky Mon, 28 Sep 2020 19:11:12 +0000 Oliver Akers Douglas https://olliead.com/Land-Sea-Sky Land Sea SkyDo contact us if you would like to book a viewing of the remaining works. Images of the pictures in their frames can be emailed upon request.Also available is a beautifully printed 48 page catalogue containing all the works in the show. For all enquiries please contact: info@olliead.com Back to Exhibitions&nbsp;︎ Read MoreRead Less Leading landscape artist Oliver Akers Douglas is holding a substantial exhibition of recent work at Gallery 8 in the heart of London’s St James’s. Two years in the making, the exhibition includes 50 oil paintings of landscape and coastal scenes. The subjects range from where he lives in Wiltshire, to the Jurassic coast of Dorset, the West coast of Scotland and Connemara in Ireland. The many followers of Oliver’s work will recognise the familiar boldness and dynamism of his paintwork. Best known for his dramatic interpretations of English weather and chalk downland scenery, Oliver has in recent years travelled further afield to find ever wilder and more atmospheric locations. As a plein air painter for whom direct experience is central, Oliver’s practice often involves long hikes with all his equipment to reach the ultimate spot. “So much of my current work is about searching out unique places that really excite me. And then in waiting for the conditions that set off the scene to best effect. Season, time of day, weather and tide all come into play. And of course, it’s not just about finding the right scene, it’s also about how the scene finds me.” Not only are Oliver’s paintings infused with light, drama and scintillating colour, but they possess a strong emotional charge. They communicate a kind of romanticism rarely seen in contemporary art, and place him within a long tradition of British landscape painting. The paint is applied vigorously with palette knife and brush, creating surfaces that are rich with texture and plasticity, and lend an urgency and vivacity to the final images. His ability to capture the ever-changing interplay of light and shadow, be it across land or sea or sky, is something for which Oliver is particularly renowned. .content_container{min-height: calc(100vh - 210px);}[data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 50px 0px 50px !important;} @media only screen and (max-width :783px) { [data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 25px 0px 25px !important;} https://olliead.com/Paintings-of-Klosters-2020 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:14:58 +0000 Oliver Akers Douglas https://olliead.com/Paintings-of-Klosters-2020 Paintings of Klosters 2020Location:&nbsp;Messums Wiltshire,&nbsp;Place Farm, Court St,&nbsp;Tisbury, SP3 6LWDate:&nbsp; 21 March — 11 AprilBack to Exhibitions&nbsp;︎ Read MoreRead Less Leading British landscape artist Oliver Akers Douglas is delighted to announce his first exhibition in Switzerland. Best known for his dramatic paintings of the English and Scottish landscape, he has in recent years increasingly spent time painting in the Swiss Alps where he has become transfixed by the romance of this enormous landscape. The exhibition will be hosted near Davos in the Swiss ski resort of Klosters and will include 30 previously unseen oil paintings from recent trips to the region. While the subject matter will be new to his audience, the paintings will demonstrate Oliver’s signature exuberance of style. Many of the smaller pictures, even those in winter, are painted from life en plein air. As a keen explorer of the mountains, Oliver is often found carrying heavy equipment to great altitude to capture his subject - be it in hiking boots in summer or on skis in winter. Despite the difficulty of doing this, he believes there is no substitute for direct observation. His paintings have a sense of energy and urgency that is spellbinding. They also have an intense awareness of colour and shifting light. His work is followed by a loyal audience and highly collectable. It is found in both public and private collections worldwide, most notably in the collection of HRH Prince of Wales who he has accompanied on a number of trips.<img width="1102" height="967" width_o="1102" height_o="967" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2189798eb2f746c43a9c0b967bbbfb2f2f0100078f459b4aebb433a69cfd0b54/Oli.jpg" data-mid="62443251" border="0" data-scale="91" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2189798eb2f746c43a9c0b967bbbfb2f2f0100078f459b4aebb433a69cfd0b54/Oli.jpg" /> .content_container{min-height: calc(100vh - 210px);}[data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 50px 0px 50px !important;} @media only screen and (max-width :783px) { [data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 25px 0px 25px !important;} https://olliead.com/Recent-Work-November-2018 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:09:13 +0000 Oliver Akers Douglas https://olliead.com/Recent-Work-November-2018 Recent Work, November 2018Location:&nbsp; Portland GalleryLondon SW1A 1RPDate:&nbsp; 29th November — 21st December Back to Exhibitions&nbsp;︎ Read MoreRead Less Following a sell-out exhibition in 2016, Oliver Akers Douglas, one of britain’s youngest collectable landscape artists, has spent the last two years pushing his plein air painting to the limit for his fourth solo show at portland gallery in 2018. Largely self-taught, oliver works predominantly from life. He deploys paint in bold strokes with both brush and palette knife to create textured and dynamic surfaces. His paintings are pure material records of his personal experience and deep engagement with the landscape - his knowledge of cloud formations is particularly extraordinary and helps to make his work so distinctive. Oliver’s quest for wild and beautiful scenes is increasingly forcing him further afield. Battling extreme weather and getting to remote spots with his kit in tow can be gruelling – he recently hiked up a glacier to find the perfect vista in switzerland. Back home, he scouts for locations using his specially adapted land rover, so he can paint straight onto a canvas attached to the side. Finding new solutions to the problems posed by plein air painting is all part of his process. For locations in this exhibition only reachable by foot oliver has adapted a golf trolley! As well as painting dorset, wiltshire, connemara and switzerland, oliver has made several expeditions to the scottish isle of iona in the hebrides to create this body of work. In doing so, he is painting in the footsteps of the scottish colourist painters - most particularly cadell and peploe. Their famous paintings of the astonishing white sands, clear waters and breath-taking landscape have made the island a mecca for artists. Since cadell and peploe’s visits to iona in the early 20th century, few artists have captured the island’s atmosphere as convincingly as oliver. A possible idea for a feature would be to compare the colourists’ iona with the one that oliver finds today. Given the specificity of rocks and distant features it is possible to identify exactly the spots they stood in to paint their pictures. Oliver has created dozens of paintings that would offer intriguing comparisons to the colourist's own. Furthermore, portland gallery represents and works with the estates of cadell and peploe – obtaining pictures rights would not be an issue. .content_container{min-height: calc(100vh - 210px);}[data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 50px 0px 50px !important;} @media only screen and (max-width :783px) { [data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 25px 0px 25px !important;} https://olliead.com/Recent-Work-November-2016 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:26:49 +0000 Oliver Akers Douglas https://olliead.com/Recent-Work-November-2016 Recent Work, November 2016Location:&nbsp; Portland GalleryLondon SW1A 1RPDate:&nbsp; 6th — 28th November 2016&nbsp;Back to Exhibitions&nbsp;︎ Read MoreRead Less Best known as a painter of dramatic english landscape, oliver akers douglas’ second solo show at portland gallery is a tribute to the chalk downland of south wiltshire. Renowned as an area of outstanding beauty, the landscape where oliver lives and works is distinctive for its unusually steep-sided hills. The title of the show makes reference to this topography while also echoing the type of place names one might encounter there. Painted exclusively outdoors in front of the scene, oliver's landscape paintings place him within a grand tradition of en pleine aire artists. However, being largely self-taught oliver's techniques and practice are all his own. With the use of a land rover which doubles as an outdoor studio, oliver is able to produce large works which previously artists would have had to complete indoors. The results are ambitious paintings displaying all the boldness and urgency of being produced directly from life. They bear witness to fleeting weather conditions and often include wonderful towering skies. Applied thickly with a palette knife, the paint is handled with a rare boldness and freedom of gesture, creating sumptuous textured surfaces bursting with energy and life. The exhibition will include more than 50 new works painted in both colour and in monochrome, and includes several still lifes. Described by critic matthew dennison as 'the foremost landscape artist of his generation' oliver's work is keenly followed and can be found in numerous public and private collections. .content_container{min-height: calc(100vh - 210px);}[data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 50px 0px 50px !important;} @media only screen and (max-width :783px) { [data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 25px 0px 25px !important;} https://olliead.com/Under-Hill-Over-Coombe-November-2014 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 20:03:32 +0000 Oliver Akers Douglas https://olliead.com/Under-Hill-Over-Coombe-November-2014 Under Hill Over Coombe, November 2014Location:&nbsp; Portland GalleryLondon SW1A 1RPDate:&nbsp; 6th — 28th November 2014&nbsp;Back to Exhibitions&nbsp;︎ Read MoreRead Less Best known as a painter of dramatic english landscape, oliver akers douglas’ second solo show at portland gallery is a tribute to the chalk downland of south wiltshire. Renowned as an area of outstanding beauty, the landscape where oliver lives and works is distinctive for its unusually steep-sided hills. The title of the show makes reference to this topography while also echoing the type of place names one might encounter there. Painted exclusively outdoors in front of the scene, oliver's landscape paintings place him within a grand tradition of en pleine aire artists. However, being largely self-taught oliver's techniques and practice are all his own. With the use of a land rover which doubles as an outdoor studio, oliver is able to produce large works which previously artists would have had to complete indoors. The results are ambitious paintings displaying all the boldness and urgency of being produced directly from life. They bear witness to fleeting weather conditions and often include wonderful towering skies. Applied thickly with a palette knife, the paint is handled with a rare boldness and freedom of gesture, creating sumptuous textured surfaces bursting with energy and life. The exhibition will include more than 50 new works painted in both colour and in monochrome, and includes several still lifes. Described by critic matthew dennison as 'the foremost landscape artist of his generation' oliver's work is keenly followed and can be found in numerous public and private collections. .content_container{min-height: calc(100vh - 210px);}[data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 50px 0px 50px !important;} @media only screen and (max-width :783px) { [data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 25px 0px 25px !important;} https://olliead.com/Recent-Work-November-2012 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:26:52 +0000 Oliver Akers Douglas https://olliead.com/Recent-Work-November-2012 Recent Work, November 2012Location:&nbsp; Portland GalleryLondon SW1A 1RPDate:&nbsp; 8th — 28st November 2012&nbsp;Back to Exhibitions&nbsp;︎ Read MoreRead Less Best known as a painter of dramatic english landscape, oliver akers douglas’ second solo show at portland gallery is a tribute to the chalk downland of south wiltshire. Renowned as an area of outstanding beauty, the landscape where oliver lives and works is distinctive for its unusually steep-sided hills. The title of the show makes reference to this topography while also echoing the type of place names one might encounter there. Painted exclusively outdoors in front of the scene, oliver's landscape paintings place him within a grand tradition of en pleine aire artists. However, being largely self-taught oliver's techniques and practice are all his own. With the use of a land rover which doubles as an outdoor studio, oliver is able to produce large works which previously artists would have had to complete indoors. The results are ambitious paintings displaying all the boldness and urgency of being produced directly from life. They bear witness to fleeting weather conditions and often include wonderful towering skies. Applied thickly with a palette knife, the paint is handled with a rare boldness and freedom of gesture, creating sumptuous textured surfaces bursting with energy and life. The exhibition will include more than 50 new works painted in both colour and in monochrome, and includes several still lifes. Described by critic matthew dennison as 'the foremost landscape artist of his generation' oliver's work is keenly followed and can be found in numerous public and private collections. .content_container{min-height: calc(100vh - 210px);}[data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 50px 0px 50px !important;} @media only screen and (max-width :783px) { [data-view="Content"] .content_padding { padding: 88px 25px 0px 25px !important;}