Derek Sprawson
1955    Born Liverpool, England
1977    BA Fine Art, Newport College of Art
1979    MFA, Reading University

Presently lives and works in Southwell, Notts and is Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University

Forthcoming solo exhibition with Bend in the River 2007

Exhibition history includes: Bernard Jacobsen, London; Biennale Internacional, Caldas de Rainha, Portugal; Liverpool Biennial; and most recently at Chung-Ang University, South Korea

Sharply lit studio tableaux constructions painted on meticulously prepared grounds on various sized canvases, from the vast to the very small. Painter motivated by a sense of yearning and searching.


Solo show with Bend in the River 2007 (click here) .



Fruit, 2004, oil and wax on canvas, 180 x 188 cm