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Stuart Walton (b.1933)''Amber Slide''Signed and dated (19)96, inscribed verso, acrylic on shaped mdf, 74cm by 73cm Stuart has enjoyed tremendous success up until his retirement in 2019. Born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, he started painting industrial landscapes in the late 1960’s (see lot 29) and became a full-time professional artist in the 1970’s.Yorkshire Television appointed him as their first fine arts fellow in 1972, and he was exhibited in many one-man, group and open exhibitions throughout the country including London galleries. He has made many local radio broadcasts, gave the British M.E.N.S.A lecture in London in October 1975, and was the subject of a television film screened in 1973.After completing his national service in the R.A.F in 1954, he became very interested in abstract painting and painters. He soon ventured into abstract expressionism influenced by Franz Kline, Jackon Pollock and other American artists of that period.Within a couple of years, he had settled into hard-edge painting and construction which he continued throughout the 1960’s. A whole stream of works was produced and exhibited in the north and in London galleries, this being possibly the most rewarding period to date.In 1970 Stuart gave up his job as Assistant Display Manager to paint full time. He started producing figurative pieces mainly of street scenes of the northern industrial cities. Of course, the subject matter was not new to him, having grown up in that environment, which explains his great affection for it, he continued this until 1990’s.From 1990, he has returned to his first love, abstract painting. The works on show are a result of his interest on the mass media, such as, television, glossy magazines, billboards and any printed ephemera. The works are composite selected particles from which we are constantly bombarded. He continued his abstract painting until he returned to his street scenes in 2013 (see lots 30-32) before retiring in 2019, where he completed his last street scene.Some light surface dirt and debris trapped under glass. Blue tack attached to the centre of the bottom edge of the frame. Otherwise in good overall condition. Not examined out of the frame.
