* KELVIN GUY WAR
oil on board, signed and dated 2021 verso framed image size 86cm x 68cm, overall size 95cm x 77cm Note: Kelvin Guy was born in Leeds in 1946 and studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art. After graduation Kelvin set himself up in picture framing and then picture restoration. His inspiration to move into scene painting came in 1967 after seeing The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. Kelvin walked into the Citizens and asked for a job; to his surprise they took him on as an apprentice. Kelvin started to work for Scottish Opera in the 1970’s, which had just moved to its new home in the Theatre Royal, Glasgow. In the early days the cloths were being painted in London at John Campbell’s or Harker’s, and Kelvin would go down to work on them there. Eventually, cloths were painted in-house and this is where Kelvin as Senior Scenic Painter, has enjoyed working for more than 30 years with designers including Peter Rice (most notably on the 1980 production of TOSCA), and in recent years with John Macfarlane on The Rake’s Progress.
[ translate ]oil on board, signed and dated 2021 verso framed image size 86cm x 68cm, overall size 95cm x 77cm Note: Kelvin Guy was born in Leeds in 1946 and studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art. After graduation Kelvin set himself up in picture framing and then picture restoration. His inspiration to move into scene painting came in 1967 after seeing The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. Kelvin walked into the Citizens and asked for a job; to his surprise they took him on as an apprentice. Kelvin started to work for Scottish Opera in the 1970’s, which had just moved to its new home in the Theatre Royal, Glasgow. In the early days the cloths were being painted in London at John Campbell’s or Harker’s, and Kelvin would go down to work on them there. Eventually, cloths were painted in-house and this is where Kelvin as Senior Scenic Painter, has enjoyed working for more than 30 years with designers including Peter Rice (most notably on the 1980 production of TOSCA), and in recent years with John Macfarlane on The Rake’s Progress.
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