Herring Lee | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Herring Lee
- United Kingdom
Painter
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I love working on large scale projects; stretching physical and painterly boundaries.
Lee was born and raised in a port city in northeast England. He was attracted to the arts at an early age. At eighteen, he studied Fine Arts at the University of Chester. During his training, his teachers encouraged him to excel and push himself. In 2008, Lee graduated with honours and returned to his hometown where he began his artistic career. He worked tirelessly in search of his own artistic language, building his canvases and trying many different techniques. But an event in his life took him away from his passion for some time. Back in Chester, he returned to painting and settled in a quiet studio in the countryside. His compositions follow the rhythm of the seasons. He exhibited solo for the first time in 2009.
Through his work, Lee does not want to recreate reality, but a feeling, a thought or a sensation. Joyful and spontaneous, his landscapes offer the spectator an explosion of coloured material.
While his artistic influences have followed the evolution of his style, Lee appreciates artists such as Jackson Pollock, Gerhard Richter and Alexis Harding.
Lee uses an original mix of oil, varnish and acrylic. He uses a spatula and knife to create substance and give the painting a special energy and depth. The colour is scratched in places, revealing the background through transparency. The artist thickens the foreground of his compositions by overlapping layers of paint and adding plaster and splatters. Accidental or deliberate, each spot is involved in the overall harmony.
The artist paints from memory landscapes observed during his travels through England. By using a fleeting memory, he can focus on a more abstract and expressive approach to the subject.
Currently this artist is only exhibited in our online gallery.
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- 2013First collaboration with Carré d'artistesCarré d’artistes, France
- 2012Participation in the Manchester Buy Art FairManchester, United Kingdom
- 2008Exhibition at the Novas Contemporary Urban CentreLiverpool, United Kingdom
- 1987BirthSunderland, United Kingdom
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Herring Lee
Mountain flowers
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Autumn sun
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Amber sun
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Spring sun
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Orange glow
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Summer colour 2
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Golden light
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Magenta sky
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Poppies glow
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Calm summer
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Red mist
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Green flow
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Silver sun
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Amber light 2
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Burning sky
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Forests edge
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Magenta Night
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Neon flow
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Navy burst
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Red thunder
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Mountain spring
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Amber silhouette
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Orange light
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Pink haze
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Peach sun
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White Summer
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Yellow Light
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Sunset at night
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Red flow
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Calm light
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Spring morning
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Silver summer
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Misty Night
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Sunset Dazzle
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Spray sun
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Silhouette glow
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Twilight
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Pastel blue
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Neon clouds
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Rose Explosion
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Red Stems
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Mountain spray
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Distant sun
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Purple light
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Orange texture
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Mountains awaken
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Orange sunshine
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Pink flow
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Autumn stems
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Poppies
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Deep light
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Orange sun
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Dark night
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Red Burst
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Neon red
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Poppy spray
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Amber Blaze
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Yellow light
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Autumns dawn
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Soft lavender
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