Category Archives: Exhibitions

Painting of the Year 2014 – New Horizons: A Ceiling Painting

Posted on December 12, 2014 by alexandercreswell

After what has been a progressively uncomfortable year, I have both pleasure and relief in revealing a painting which has been the product of much thought, deliberation and soul-searching in the quest for a meaningful direction for my future: I … Continue reading →

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New York Calling: September 2012 Painting of the Month

Posted on September 10, 2012 by alexandercreswell

Washington Arch, New York, 2012, watercolour on paper 40 x 30 inches After the dullest British summer in living memory, I begin to understand why landscape painters often used titles to describe the weather or to make excuses for light … Continue reading →

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Painting of the Month – J. M. W. Turner’s “The Falls of the Reichenbach”

Posted on January 12, 2012 by alexandercreswell

J. M. W. Turner “The Falls of the Riechenbach” Over the holiday we took our children to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie “A Game of Shadows” . The thrilling denouement of this film takes place at the brink of … Continue reading →

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“The Basilica of Maxentius in Rome” – October Painting of the Month

Posted on October 10, 2011 by alexandercreswell

Watercolour on paper 24 x 40 inches – 60cm x 100cm On show at Watts’s Great Studio 12th – 23rd October The purpose of my time spent working in Watts’s Great Studio during 2011 has largely been to explore the … Continue reading →

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September Painting of the Month: “Pendennis Cup, Falmouth – Mariquita & Mariette”

Posted on September 1, 2011 by alexandercreswell

August is holiday time. Time to get away from it all. Here in England much of the population rushes lemming-like to the coast, enduring serpentine traffic-jams in overloaded cars, greasy egg sandwiches and warm fizzy drinks on the way. The … Continue reading →

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Fine Art Connoisseur magazine – ‘The Art of Alexander Creswell’

Posted on May 18, 2011 by alexandercreswell

Watercolour and the World: The Art of Alexander Creswell BY PETER TRIPPI The British wastercolourist Alexander Creswell (b. 1957) does not permit grass to grow beneath his feet, so this month finds him opening his latest exhibition at New York … Continue reading →

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Art isn’t necessarily about truth

Posted on November 3, 2010 by alexandercreswell

Canaletto and his Rivals – The National Gallery The opening of the Canaletto show at the National Gallery, London, coincided with my own at the Portland Gallery, London. Rachel Campbell-Johnson at The Times trashed the former in a pre-review saying … Continue reading →

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Exhibition now open! A collection that blurs the boundary between sketch and painting.

Posted on October 18, 2010 by alexandercreswell

Wednesday 13th October saw the opening of my ‘EN PLEIN AIR’ exhibition at the Portland Gallery, London.

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Forthcoming Exhibition: The Portland Gallery, London

Posted on October 6, 2010 by alexandercreswell

Alexander Creswell’s ‘EN PLEIN AIR’ @ THE PORTLAND GALLERY, LONDON 14 OCTOBER – 5 NOVEMEBER 2010

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