BRYAN PEARCE

biography

Bryan Pearce was born in St Ives, Cornwall in 1929, a sufferer of the then unknown condition Phenylketonuria, which affects the normal development of the brain. Encouraged by his mother who was herself a painter, he began drawing and painting in watercolours in 1953. later attending St Ives School of Painting.
In 1957 Pearce began painting in oils and started to exhibit regularly at the Penwith Gallery in St Ives. He became an Associate of the Penwith Society of Arts in Cornwall, and later a full member, having been sponsored by the sculptor Denis Mitchell. He is also a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists; it was at the instigation of Peter Lanyon that he had his first solo show at Newlyn Gallery in 1959.
Now one of the country's foremost living naive painters, Pearce is well know for portraying the local St Ives landscape and still-life compositions.

KETTLE'S YARD
Lynne Strover Gallery has selected two prints.
For each one sold Bryan and the gallery will donate 20% to Kettle's Yard towards their redevelopment project.