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James Gillick (born 1972, Norfolk) 〔Jonathan Cooper Park Walk Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibition Catalogue〕 is an artist working in the figurative tradition. He works from his studio in Louth, Lincolnshire.〔''The Journal for Lincolnshire Homes of Distinction'' 'Brush strokes of Beauty and Pure Genius' Mason pp.4–6 October 2009〕 He paints still-lifes, including game paintings, portraits, horse paintings, as well as church (building) re-ordering and gilding.〔''Lincolnshire Pride Magazine'' August 2009 http://issuu.com/lincolnshirepride/docs/pride_aug_lr_with_crops_and_webs〕 ==Life and work== Gillick gained a degree in Landscape Architecture from Cheltenham and Gloucester College in 1993.〔 He is the son of social critic Victoria Gillick 〔''The Catholic Herald'' 'Catholic Artist shows new work' Brown April 10, 2009〕 and theatre set designer Gordon Gillick.〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/26/newsid_2499000/2499583.stm〕 James has an identical twin, the sculptor Theodore Gillick.〔''Lincolnshire Pride Magazine'' August 2009〕 James is cousin to 2002 Turner prize nominee Liam Gillick, and his great uncle and aunt were the sculptor Ernest Gillick & medallionist Mary Gillick.〔''Artists & Illustrators'' 'The Shock of the new' Wood p.34 February 2007〕 Using techniques that date back to the 17th century, Gillick handcrafts all the materials he uses within his studio;〔http://www.bridgemanartondemand.com/artist/6831/James_Gillick〕 from the oil paints, waxes and glues, to the varnishes, canvases and stretchers.〔''Leisure Painter'' 'Today's Artists' Capon p.34 March 2006〕 He uses a limited palette of six colours plus black & white, having prepared the oils from ground pigments. In 1998 he won a commission to paint the Rt. Hon Baroness Thatcher. The three quarter length portrait was commissioned by the University of Buckingham to commemorate her six years as the chancellor of Britain’s only private university. Baroness Thatcher was, ‘absolutely delighted’ with her portrait and commented, ‘Can I thank the artist for doing the impossible – a kind portrait of me in a way I would like to be remembered.’〔''The Times'' 'The Portrait of a lady that united old foes' Lee p.7 September 4th 1998〕 2005 saw the completion of a portrait of Pope John Paul II commissioned by The Bishop of Nottingham, England, the Rt Rev. Malcolm McMahon, O.P. The portrait now hangs in the Lady Chapel at St Barnabas' Cathedral in Nottingham〔http://www.ratcliffecollege.com/admin/news_PDF/Ratcliffian%20Association%20Newsletter%202005.pdf〕 and an identical copy tours the country’s parishes on request. Further commissions include the Most Rev. M. Couve de Murville, Archbishop of Birmingham in 1999.〔http://www.gillick-artist.com/pope.html〕 An example of church restoration work by James and his family can be seen at the church of St Gregory and St Augustine in Summertown, Oxford, the parish church where J. R. R. Tolkien was a parishioner. The work here includes a new reredos for which James has painted panels featuring the patron saints St Augustine, St Gregory and the Virgin and child, plus a further ten panels in a type of iconostasis.〔http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2009/01/interview-with-fr-john-saward-on.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Gillick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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