ASHTON CHADWICK is a Royal Academy Schools Post Graduate, former Head of Putney School of Art and former Principal of Blackheath School of Art. He is particularly interested in the qualities of light in landscape, which he expresses in a variety of ways, from cast shadows to reflections. The actual activity of creating paintings or drawings is often the primary dynamic for his work, when his images are about mark making and the layering of colours or tones, as in his recent series of oil pastel drawings.
In all his work Ashton constantly uses drawing to inform his creativity and the Devon coast and countryside is a wonderful source of inspiration. He uses a range of materials, from charcoal, pencil and oil pastel to watercolour, oil paint, ink and acrylic.