Event Name: Movie Classics Art
Artist: Stephen Pannell
Theme: Scenes From its a wonderful life
Local artist, Stephen Pannell will be bringing his film inspired pictures to Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre from Wednesday, 8th March. The artist describes his paintings as being influenced by British and American movie classics from Hitchcock to David Lean and are said to be in the style of Edward Hopper. He aims to capture the essence and the mood of a film with vivid use of colour, composition and lighting by incorporating a collage of film skills.
Stephen graduated from Fine Art in 1981 from Portsmouth Polytechnic and gained much commercial success throughout the eighties with three successful shows at Liberty’s, Regent Street, London. His paintings are influenced by his love of film and his latest works have been based upon the Christmas movie ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’.
PannellArt exhibition opens to the public on Wednesday, 8th March at 12pm in the cinema’s café. Please see the Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre website for further details. The café is open from Tuesday to Friday, 12pm -7pm and at the weekends from 10am -7pm.