Painting

Each program in this series focuses on a different famous painter from around the world, from Impressionists to Surrealists and Abstract artists.
2016, Prime Entertainment Group. 18 videos, 51-52 minutes each.

Today it’s often equated with the anodyne imagery of greeting cards and wrapping paper, but in its era Impressionism was a jarring, in-your-face artistic uprising. Filmed at many of the locations where the movement emerged and took shape, this four-part series explores the cultural factors and formal concerns that motivated the Impressionists to depart from tradition and forge their own stylistic path. It also looks at scientific advances that allowed the new visual idiom to develop. British critic Waldemar Januszczak, well known to BBC audiences for his astute commentary and boldly articulated insights, presents each episode.
2011, Digital Rights Group Limited. 4-part series, 60 minutes each.

Experience the 150th birthday of the Metropolitan Museum of Art amid the COVID-19 pandemic and urgent demands for social justice, as the art institution makes history in ways no one could have predicted.
2021, PBS. 3 videos, 57 minutes each.

These programs present the most remarkable works on display in the greatest museums of of the West, including classical painting from the 14th to the 19th century up to modern painting from Impressionism to Pop Art. About fifty masterpieces are presented and explained, as well as the period and the artistic context in which the painter evolved.
2017, Blue Bird Productions. 12 videos, 51-53 minutes each.

Charles is a professional watercolor artist from Australia. His work has been described as creative, brilliant and evocative and in this film the emphasis is on variety. His approach is to use a subject as a catalyst to design and produce a painting. He simplifies the complex to produce paintings which are realistic but with an abstract feel, changing the mood, light and tone to suit his concept. Painting in London his subjects range from boats on the river at Isleworth to St Pancras station and Piccadilly Circus in the busy heart of London and on to Greenwich with paintings of the Cutty Sark and the archway into the Old Naval College, each painted with a different emphasis.
2015, APV Films. 1 hour 34 minutes.