Art Auction - Arms Around the Child, Timed

“Bartholomew Beal draws on myth, folklore and poetry in the process of conjuring his distinctly atmospheric figurative paintings. His starting point is usually a textual source pared down into a reductive sketch. There may be a specific starting point for each work, but the creative journey is far from certain, one canvas may show traces of several other ‘ghost’ paintings which are crucial fragments of the story of that work. Beal walks a fine line between referencing the specifics of his poetic source material and surrendering himself to the possibilities of a beautiful accident inherent in the process of painting” Beal’s work is held in prominent private and corporate collections in the UK and the print in the auction is from a limited edition (100) series of each work, created by I.P. Arts in collaboration with the Fine Art Society.

Bartholomew Beal passed on Boxing Day 2019, aged 30, leaving a unique body of work from 2012 which acts as an outstanding inspiration to his contemporaries.