Stanley Greening

Artist Stanley Greening works from his studio in Harlington, Bedfordshire, UK

Stanley is a Lancashire lad who relocated to Devon in the mid 1980s to study Fine Art at Exeter College of Art & Design, then on to Newcastle for an MA, with two international residencies in between. After a brief 22 years in London he finally settled in Bedfordshire. Drawing became the backbone to all Stanley’s work following traditional teachings in the life room at Art School. What he then procured from sculpture and painting he applied to his drawing; form, texture, layering. Continuing to push boundaries with his drawing techniques the discovery of electric erasers a couple of years ago greatly influenced his approach to (and understanding of) mark making. Following the loss of his son in 2020 Stanley’s work focuses on a visual search for meaning; exploring the humanistic compulsion to believe in ‘other’ (metaphysical and ethereal) as a concept of transformation. His new body of work has gained two solo exhibitions, an ever growing number of UK group exhibitions and had several works featured in four consecutive exhibitions in Italy, touring between Milan and Turin, completing the tour at Galleria d’Arte La Conchiglia, Torino.

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