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George Melling

Painter, Preston, UK

George Melling - Recent Paintings and Drawings

7th to 21st September 2024 

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We are proud and excited to bring you an exhibition of new paintings and drawings by George Melling. 

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George is a consumate painter whose work captures the essence of shared histories and nostalgia and which are, in his own words "about the passing of time, loss and our mortality, but ultimately they are about love".

George is the winner of the 2023-24 New Light Emerging Artist Prize sponsored by Saul Hay Gallery.

About the Artist

b. 1960 in Preston Lancashire

Education 
1986-89 BA, Kingston University
1989-90  MA, Chelsea School of Art


After five years training as a butcher it became apparent, with George’s interest in drawing and painting, that art school was the place where a more fulfilling and creative career lay. 

On moving to London, George won a place at Kingston university where he was awarded a first-class honours degree. He then moved on to Chelsea school of art to study for a master’s degree in painting. 

Since leaving London and moving back up north, there have been numerous showings at the Royal Academy summer exhibition. George has also exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery on three occasions in the BP portrait award. He came second in 1987. 

He has also had exhibitions in the North of England, including a one man show at the University of Central Lancashire and a mixed show at the Gavagan Gallery, Settle. George was also commissioned to paint a mural in Preston’s newly upgraded Minster to celebrate Preston’s new city status.

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