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Undiscovered Talent to take Art World by Storm!
A Yorkshire hidden talent has been discovered and proposes to take the art world by storm as his time aged canvases surface for the first time ever during a solo exhibition at The Coach House Gallery in Wakefield. Morris is influenced by situations, and relishes the company of characters. In his workspace at Westgate Studios, bright bold paintings on canvas and board lean against all four walls, several easels also hold work in progress, with brushes, tubes of paint, cigarette stubs and make-shift mixing palettes carpeting the floorboards. He works from memory, mainly in oil. This slow setting medium seems appropriate to his methodology as he engages with numerous paintings turning brush to each scene as and when the mood suits. Some of these paintings have been in progress for over ten years. Born 1961 in Stoke-on-Trent to artist Val Morris and published photographer and teacher Donald Morris, Charlie quickly developed a strong sense of wonderment from a fairly liberal upbringing. On graduating from Stoke Polytechnic in 1982 he was introduced to the world of Archaeology by chance when a friend of the family happened to hear an advert on the local radio seeking temporary labour for a nearby archaeological dig. His earnest enthusiasm was noted, when the project finished and moved south he was approached to be part of the team. 25 years later (20 of which living in Wakefield), and his leathery skin deals with the honest facts of a man subjected to the elements. He simply blends in and is accepted as part of the wallpaper or the great outdoors. Charlie Morris has been a hidden talent for almost twenty years. Painting canvases of people and situations, he is quickly gathering interest from collectors and enthusiasts alike after Wakefield’s latest headline grabbing artist Richard William Wheater recently took a shine to his work; ‘To quote a Mick Jagger lyric ‘It’s the singer not the song’, a phrase that seems more prevalent than ever in the obsessed world of celebrity and spin. But Charlie Morris is not a singer, he is that rare song, not part of the scene but part of the scenery’. Ends
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