This selection of work is currently on view at Contemporary Six Gallery, Manchester. Contact the gallery to purchase.
Since 2014, a small group of artists have been meeting on Tuesday nights at the Norman Long Studio School in Oyston Mill. Each week, a member of the community is paid to sit or stand while the artists, both professional and amateur, wield their brushes and try to capture the character in front of them in around 2 hours. While some of those depicted are professional models, most are members of the community – artists, writers, musicians- who Norman has met in local cafes.
Norman says “It’s an exciting challenge. Sometimes it simply doesn’t work out and the painting gets scraped off. Other times, something unexpected happens and the result is far better than a slow portrait.” Over the past two years, models have been invited to return for a second sitting, enabling the artists to complete larger paintings.
View SOLD Paintings from Life
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- Sisters In The Red Room 18x30ins £1495
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- Kitchen Drama, 18x24ins, £1295. Contemporary Six
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- Italian Traveller, 14x16, £795
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- Appalachian Dreams 20x20ins £1225
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- The Gentle Reader, 14x14ins, £795
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- Pause Before The Descent 20x20ins, £1150
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- Cafe Contemplation 18x14ins £850
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- Scene From A Country Garden 24x20ins £1395
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- Fiona at theTable 14x24ins £995
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- Waiting Room, 10x14ins, £575
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- Alice with a Little Red Box 20x24ins £1395
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- Izzy
6 x 8 ins
£425
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- Moonlit Crossing 14x12ins £665
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- Bedroom Drama 14x12ins £595
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- Summer Evening at the Love Fountain 10x14ins £595
