Chapple (1968) is a figurative painter based in South Wales, in the UK. He is artist in residence with Ballet Cymru, Wales’s international ballet company.
After studying painting at St Martin’s School of Art, London, Chapple spent time in Greece, the Czech Republic, Turkey ...
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Chapple (1968) is a figurative painter based in South Wales, in the UK. He is artist in residence with Ballet Cymru, Wales’s international ballet company.
After studying painting at St Martin’s School of Art, London, Chapple spent time in Greece, the Czech Republic, Turkey and Italy, where he drew a great deal and further developed his interest in Classical and Renaissance painting and sculpture. Returning to the UK in the mid-90s, the artist began working almost exclusively from the nude, before developing a greater interest in portraiture in around 2010 – producing paintings of musicians, comedians, dancers and other stage performers.
In 2014 he began a series of collaborations with professional dancers, exploring a crossover between portraiture and a more gestural, dynamic form of figure painting. This work is ongoing.
