Christopher Miers at Cecil Court Gallery

Exhibition E-Catalogue

Christopher Miers is a gentleman painter of the old school who has made a name for himself professionally in that rather unfashionable arena of the art world, representational painting. He works plein-air, so practicalities dictate that most of his paintings are small-scale. These carefully-considered, often intense oils have become his trademark - easy to spot at public exhibitions and even easier to find a space for in a London apartment!

Above all, Christopher is a landscape painter. In this show, his largest to date with Panter & Hall, over a hundred paintings record his travels to Cornwall and the Cape, visits to Venice and India, and a seasonal journey through the London parks and the Thames at Fulham, Hammersmith and Windsor.

Each view has a timeless, pastoral quality influenced by centuries of British landscape painting. Christopher's distinctive, gentle palette adds a contemplative element to his views, and the sense of affection for the allotments opposite his London home or the calm of the home park at Windsor from his canal boat on the Thames is palpable. As the late Victor Pasmore RA said of his paintings, they have "a rare intimacy and refined sensibility".

Ken Howard, an old friend from their time together in Northern Ireland in the 1970s, has said "Christopher's work makes the ordinary extraordinary, whether it be an allotment, a stretch of the river at Putney or an everyday coastal scene. He makes us see what we would otherwise take for granted and in this way, he enhances our lives through his painting".

Christopher's work is held in the permanent collections of the Imperial War Museum and the House of Commons, and in numerous private collections worldwide, including that of the Sultan of Oman and the Provost of Eton.

Christopher was born in 1941 and served as a regular officer in The Royal Green Jackets until retiring as a lieutenant-colonel in 1985 to become Secretary of the Arts Club, Dover Street, London. He is an elected member of the Royal Society of British Artists (Trustee 1998-2005), the Chelsea Art Society and the Small Paintings Group. He has been a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition for some thirty years.

13 November - 25 November 2018

Panter & Hall
22 Cecil Court
London
WC2N 4HE

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Opening hours:

Monday to Sunday: 11.00AM - 7.00PM

Christopher Miers will be at the gallery throughout the exhibition.

Christopher Miers

Cornish Coast

oil on canvas over board

12 x 16 ins (30 x 41 cms)

£950

framed

Christopher Miers

Santa Maria Della Salute, Venice

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

Christopher Miers

Winter Sunlight, Venice

oil on canvas over board

6 x 8 ins (15 x 20 cms)

£575

framed

Christopher Miers

Beneath the Autumn Trees, St James's Park, London

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

Christopher Miers

Winter in Hyde Park, London

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

Christopher Miers

Land's End

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

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Christopher Miers

Rain, St Mark's Piazza, Venie

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

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Christopher Miers

Resting on the Rocks, Cornwall

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

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Christopher Miers

Rock Pools, St Michael's Mount

oil on canvas over board

12 x 16 ins (30 x 41 cms)

£950

framed

Christopher Miers

San Giorgio and Gondolas, Venice

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

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Christopher Miers

Dawn,Cape Peninsula

oil on canvas over board

6 x 8 ins (15 x 20 cms)

£575

framed

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Christopher Miers

Boating at Windsor

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

Christopher Miers

Single Sculls, Hammersmith

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

Christopher Miers

Tide Out, Polzeath, Cornwall

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

Christopher Miers

Bright Lights, Hammersmith

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

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Christopher Miers

Westminster Abbey from St James's Park, London

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

Christopher Miers

September Morning on the Tideway, Fulham

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

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Christopher Miers

Gondolier, Venice

oil on canvas over board

6 x 8 ins (15 x 20 cms)

£575

Christopher Miers

Low Tide, Putney

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

Christopher Miers

Cliffs at Hermanus, South Africa

oil on canvas over board

12 x 16 ins (30 x 41 cms)

£950

framed

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Christopher Miers

Grand Canal, Venice

oil on canvas over board

10 x 14 ins (25 x 36 cms)

£895

framed

Christopher Miers

November in St James's Park, London

oil on canvas over board

6 x 8 ins (15 x 20 cms)

£575

framed

Sold

Christopher Miers

Hammersmith Bridge

oil on canvas over board

6 x 8 ins (15 x 20 cms)

£575

framed

Christopher Miers

Cricket before Lunch, Windsor

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

Christopher Miers

Winter on the Tideway, Fulham

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

Sold

Christopher Miers

Rocky Foreshore, South Africa

oil on canvas over board

6 x 8 ins (15 x 20 cms)

£575

framed

Christopher Miers

Towards Simonstown, Cape Peninsular

oil on canvas over board

10 x 14 ins (25 x 36 cms)

£895

framed

Christopher Miers

City Skyline, London

oil on canvas over board

6 x 8 ins (15 x 20 cms)

£575

framed

Christopher Miers

House Boats and Hammersmith Bridge

oil on canvas over board

8 x 10 ins (20 x 25 cms)

£725

framed

Sold

Christopher Miers

November Evening, Hammersmith Reach

oil on canvas over board

6 x 8 ins (15 x 20 cms)

£575

framed