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Alistair Butt RSMA

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Fishing Done for the Day

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Alistair Butt RSMA
Oil
30 x 41 (44 x 55 cm framed)
£950
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
15 October 2020

Warm Afternoon - South Stack, Anglesea

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Alistair Butt RSMA
Oil
25 x 36 (39 x 50 cm framed)
£775
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
15 October 2020

Summer at Polperro

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Alistair Butt RSMA
Oil
25 x 36 (39 x 50 cm framed)
£775
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
15 October 2020

Increasing Breeze - Turnberry

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Alistair Butt RSMA
Oil
25 x 36 (39 x 50 cm framed)
£775
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
15 October 2020

Nearly High Tide - Tollesbury

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Alistair Butt RSMA
Oil
20 x 25 (34 x 39 cm framed)
£600
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
15 October 2020

Banding the Lobsters

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Alistair Butt RSMA
Oil
30 x 41 (44 x 55 cm framed)
£950
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
15 October 2020

Early Morning at Morston

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Alistair Butt RSMA
Oil
39 x 49 cm
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2019

Unloading the Crabs

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Alistair Butt RSMA
Oil
39 x 49 cm
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2019
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About Alistair Butt RSMA

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Artist details

Artist's Statement

Light, in all its forms and its effect upon the subject, provides the starting point for Alistair Butt's paintings. It provides the sparkle, impact and mood of a landscape, seascape, harbour, village or city. Subject matter that inspires Alistair includes: beaches, harbours, boats, while inland, farms, villages, streams and landscapes.

Method of Working

On location Alistair makes sketches, and takes some reference photographs. The form of the sketches depends on the available time, subject matter, location, weather etc. Beginning with a detailed drawing, Alistair plans the content and composition, before transferring that to stretched watercolour paper. He uses what is essentially a primary palette, enabling him to mix any colour. The method of painting varies slightly, but mostly Alistair uses a sequence of washes to build up the tonal variations and degree of detail using Winsor & Newton Series 7 brushes. Alistair uses a variety of supports with the colour palette being similar to the watercolour. He starts with a brush, establishing the main shapes, then sometimes he develops each part of the painting, working from the background forwards, or he’ll start with an underpainting and build on that.

Biographical Details

1963 Born in Umtata, South Africa

1979-83 Studied at Worksop College of Art

1983-86 Studied Technical and Scientific Illustration at Blackpool and Fylde College

1991 Winsor & Newton Young Painters in Watercolour Finalist

2007 Elected an Associate Member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists

2008 Award the Ranelagh Press Award at the Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition

Society Memberships

Royal Society of Marine Artists

Scholarships, Awards, Prizes

‘Ranelagh Press Award’, Royal Society of Marine Artists, 2008

Exhibitions

Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2016
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2015

Other exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions:
Patchings Art Centre

Pybus Fine Art

Granby Gallery

Group Exhibitions:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

Royal Society of Marine Artists, Little Picture Gallery

Lincoln Joyce Fine Art Wonderwall Gallery

Dukeries Art Galley

Publications

‘Pratique des Arts’, French arts magazine.

Article in ‘Leisure Painter’, January 2007.

‘International Artist Magazine’, Issue number 9.

Commissions

Commissions

Approach to Commissions: 

Marine subjects that inspire Alastair include beaches, harbours or boats (with incidental human figures), but he's also enjoys painting farms, villages, streams and landscapes. While he is willing to travel to paint in situ, photographs will generally suffice. As a consequence of his background in illustration, Alastair has no qualms in following a very specific brief, but is reluctant to replicate his earlier work. This artist is noted for dealing with commissions relatively quickly; a piece will typically take 2 - 7 days to complete.

Notable Commissions: 

Ferrero Rocher

Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1

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