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Article: The Mersey artists who draw the line at cutting a cow in half; Success as painters go back to basics.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- January 13, 2003
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Byline: Laura Davis
NOW that pickled cow corpses and dirty unmade beds have lost their shock value artists have come up with a new way to surprise.
They have blown the dust off their brushes, hunted out their battered easels and rinsed out their plastic pots.
Almost an endangered species in modern art galleries in recent years, the painter is making a comeback. Among those attracting the attention of London-based critics is Liverpool-born Paul Morrison, who creates startling black and white silhouettes of plants and animals, and Matt Wilde, 31, a bestselling artist, who uses traditional materials like paint and charcoal. According to Jemima ...