Desert Moon - 25cm x 25cm (framed size) - hand carved from layers of laminated paper board and painted with acrylic.
Martin Ingley was born in Somerset in 1953 and studied art at Oxford Polytechnic and Maidstone College of Art.
1977 - 1978 Art Foundation Course, Oxford Polytechnic 1978 - 1981 BA (Hons.) in Graphic Design specialising in illustration, Maidstone College of Art
Exhibitions include: 1984 – Loose Connections, Swiss Cottage, London 1985 – The Exhibitionists, Smith's Gallery, Covent Garden, London 1987 – Half Cut to Plastered, Garfields, Kew, Richmond, Surrey 1988 – Welcome Reliefs, Dean Street Gallery, London 1991 – One Man Exhibition, Galleri Varden, Jeloy, Norway 1993 – One Man Exhibition, Palace Elysee, Paris, France 1994 – One Man Exhibition, Galleri Alwan, Kaslik, Lebanon 2005 – Artist of the Month, The Art Centre, Bedford 2007 – Artist of the Month, The Art Centre, Bedford 2012 - Woburn ArtBeat, Woburn
Galleries that have shown work include: The Bluecoat Centre, Liverpool The Old Courthouse Gallery, Ambleside, Cumbria Chan Abbott Gallery, Castle Howard, York Fenny Lodge Gallery, Fenny Stratford, Milton Keynes Regatta, Richmond, Surrey
Trade Fairs: 1997 – Great British Craft Fair, Harrogate, Yorkshire 1998 – Top Draw, Earl's Court, London 2000 – Great British Craft Fair, Harrogate, Yorkshire 2002 – The Autumn Fair, NEC, Birmingham
Martin has also worked as an illustrator for such magazines as The Listener and Radio 3 Magazine as well as Wiedenfeld Publishing and various trade and computer magazines
I like to work with colour, form and texture - each piece is hand carved from layers of laminated paper board and painted with acrylic.
Galleries currently showing work: The Stani Gallery, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes The Art Centre, Bedford Art Nest, Hitchin Staaks, West Kirby JoJo's, Tiverton Haystack Gallery, Northampton
For more details contact the artist at: martiningley@live.co.uk or visit his Facebook page ....