SIX GOOD REASONS WHY ONE SHOULD BUY JOHN YARDLEYS WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS NOW!
1. Attraction
First and foremost you must like a work of art before you buy it. If you like John Yardley’s watercolour paintings, they will speak to you and you will see qualities in them that appeal to you personally and you will want to own one or more. His work will continue to influence your feelings over a period of time and you will see aspects of a painting that you hadn’t noticed earlier. It will lift your spirits and make a positive contribution to your life.
2. Quality
Watercolour is a demanding and unforgiving medium and John Yardley is a Master of Watercolour
in a way that few other artists have ever achieved. The studio of an amateur watercolourist is often littered with crumpled up failures as the medium allows you only one or two chances to get it right.
John Yardley’s control is such that he paints sunlight and shadow, colour, movement and ephemeral moments, which produce work of the highest quality.
3. Subject Matter
John Yardley uses a very wide range of subject matters, painting street and market scenes, cricket matches, conversation pieces, (many of his works have figures and animals in them), boats, beach scenes, trains and the countryside. He paints in all seasons. John travels extensively in Europe and the UK and his paintings are a unique snapshot of everyday life during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. For future generations his work will become as important a record of life during our times as are the watercolours of that great period of the English School of life during the 18th and early 19th Centuries. They will be much more significant than photographs as the artist, and particularly
John Yardley, emphasises things not apparent from film.
4. History
John Yardley worked in a bank during the first three decades of his adult life, but during this time he became increasingly admired as a painter and since then Various books on his work have been published.
Although his work was increasingly sought after by a growing band of admirers, his output was restricted until he became a full time professional artist some 25 years ago when he was 53.
At that time, four well-respected galleries, one a leading London gallery, handled his entire output. However, none had international connections and it is felt that had had he become professional earlier in life, overcoming this omission would have resulted in a significant price increase of his work.
5. Prices
There is a healthy secondary market for works by John Yardley with his paintings appearing frequently in all the main auction houses. Inevitably auction prices fluctuate, but it is significant that quite often paintings will be bid up to levels that equal or exceed the prices that similar paintings by John Yardley are pitched at in Exhibitions in retail galleries. This is almost always a sure sign that the artist’s
work is undervalued.
6. The Future
John Yardley continues to paint and exhibit as vigorously as ever. Some 10 years ago a well illustrated book on his work was published by the Cultural Department of the Chinese Government in mainland China. Since then John has contributed paintings to group exhibitions there.
For the first time John will be holding a major one man exhibition of his work at a gallery in Shanghai at the end of this year, December 2011. The Chinese love the watercolour medium and wealthy Chinese buyers have been a major influence in Western art markets for the last two years or so, as the Chinese economy continues to expand rapidly.
One very possible scenario is that John’s one man show in Shanghai will be a sell out and trigger a fresh wave of demand for his work. This would inevitably result in considerable upwards pressure on his prices.
Conclusion
If you like John’s painting, that is sufficient reason for buying it but there are several factors at work which will eventually result in his prices becoming much higher than their present modest levels.
Naturally, I cannot forecast exactly when this will happen, but can only advise that one should buy his work sooner rather than later.
J.M.A Shemilt
Director, Century Galleries Ltd.
April 2011
First and foremost you must like a work of art before you buy it. If you like John Yardley’s watercolour paintings, they will speak to you and you will see qualities in them that appeal to you personally and you will want to own one or more. His work will continue to influence your feelings over a period of time and you will see aspects of a painting that you hadn’t noticed earlier. It will lift your spirits and make a positive contribution to your life.
2. Quality
Watercolour is a demanding and unforgiving medium and John Yardley is a Master of Watercolour
in a way that few other artists have ever achieved. The studio of an amateur watercolourist is often littered with crumpled up failures as the medium allows you only one or two chances to get it right.
John Yardley’s control is such that he paints sunlight and shadow, colour, movement and ephemeral moments, which produce work of the highest quality.
3. Subject Matter
John Yardley uses a very wide range of subject matters, painting street and market scenes, cricket matches, conversation pieces, (many of his works have figures and animals in them), boats, beach scenes, trains and the countryside. He paints in all seasons. John travels extensively in Europe and the UK and his paintings are a unique snapshot of everyday life during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. For future generations his work will become as important a record of life during our times as are the watercolours of that great period of the English School of life during the 18th and early 19th Centuries. They will be much more significant than photographs as the artist, and particularly
John Yardley, emphasises things not apparent from film.
4. History
John Yardley worked in a bank during the first three decades of his adult life, but during this time he became increasingly admired as a painter and since then Various books on his work have been published.
Although his work was increasingly sought after by a growing band of admirers, his output was restricted until he became a full time professional artist some 25 years ago when he was 53.
At that time, four well-respected galleries, one a leading London gallery, handled his entire output. However, none had international connections and it is felt that had had he become professional earlier in life, overcoming this omission would have resulted in a significant price increase of his work.
5. Prices
There is a healthy secondary market for works by John Yardley with his paintings appearing frequently in all the main auction houses. Inevitably auction prices fluctuate, but it is significant that quite often paintings will be bid up to levels that equal or exceed the prices that similar paintings by John Yardley are pitched at in Exhibitions in retail galleries. This is almost always a sure sign that the artist’s
work is undervalued.
6. The Future
John Yardley continues to paint and exhibit as vigorously as ever. Some 10 years ago a well illustrated book on his work was published by the Cultural Department of the Chinese Government in mainland China. Since then John has contributed paintings to group exhibitions there.
For the first time John will be holding a major one man exhibition of his work at a gallery in Shanghai at the end of this year, December 2011. The Chinese love the watercolour medium and wealthy Chinese buyers have been a major influence in Western art markets for the last two years or so, as the Chinese economy continues to expand rapidly.
One very possible scenario is that John’s one man show in Shanghai will be a sell out and trigger a fresh wave of demand for his work. This would inevitably result in considerable upwards pressure on his prices.
Conclusion
If you like John’s painting, that is sufficient reason for buying it but there are several factors at work which will eventually result in his prices becoming much higher than their present modest levels.
Naturally, I cannot forecast exactly when this will happen, but can only advise that one should buy his work sooner rather than later.
J.M.A Shemilt
Director, Century Galleries Ltd.
April 2011
