DEREK
BALMER P.P.R.W.A. (born 1934)
“Room with a View”
Acrylic and Collage on textured
board. Signed & dated ‘94
18” x 24” (457mm x 610mm). Overall framed size 26 ˝” x 33” (673mm x
838mm)
Exhibited Anthony Hepworth
Gallery, Bath 1994 (bears their label to reverse)
Illustrated in Derek Balmer, a Singular Vision published
2012 – page 110 titled at Chinese
Restaurant IMAGE
Derek
Balmer, painter and photographer, is noted for his richly coloured abstracts
and painterly landscapes of Britain and abroad.
Balmer was born and lives in Bristol where he became a noted
photographer, closely associated with the Bristol Old Vic. John Boorman, later a Hollywood director,
used Balmer as his photographer during the making of television
documentaries. Aged 15, Balmer was
accepted at the West of England College of Art by Donald Milner and his
teachers included Paul Feiler. He
exhibits at the Royal West of England Academy of which he is a Member and
where, in 2001 he became the Academy’s 18th President. He also held his first public exhibition
there in 1958, Other group exhibitions include Fimbarrus
and Arnolfini Galleries in Bath and Bristol, Bear Lane Gallery in Oxford,
Louise Hallett Gallery and New Art Centre.
He had a solo show at Fimbarrus Gallery in
1959, with later ones including the Sharples Gallery at the RWA in 1980, Gisela
van Beers in 1991 and Anthony Hepworth, Bath in 1992. Ancient
Places was held at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden in 2005. In 1965 he
won the Prix d’Natalie in Provence and following other
successes was the 1983 finalist at the Avon Open Exhibition at Arnolfini
Gallery, Bristol. Work by Derek Balmer
is in public and private collections in the UK, Canada, USA, Holland, Germany,
France and Switzerland.
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