Wendy Levy Art Gallery

March 10 Exhibition: Hideyuki Sobue 'Country Life'

10:00am 5th Mar 10 to 5:00pm 27th Mar 10

Help us welcome the Spring with this wonderful exhibition of exquisite new paintings by Hideyuki Sobue. Hideyuki was born in 1965 in Japan. He has lived in the U.K. since 2005 and has become known for the sensitive and distinctive style he has developed. Hideyuki describes his technique as follows: "I create images by first using a line hatching technique with Japanese sumi ink on canvas then laying transparent selective acrylics one by one so that I don't lose the condition of pure colour." This fascinating approach to bridging eastern and western influences creates a harmony that echoes throughout this superb exhibition.

Hideyuki's unique style has attracted a great deal of interest in the artistic community and was recently featured on the BBC Cumbria website. In 2006 he received the Peter Tyson Award at the Lake Artists Society Summer Exhibition and in 2008 was elected a member of the Lake Artists Society.

His works are held in private collections in Japan, UK, Australia, Canada and USA