Nude art by Fletcher Sibthorp from England

Born in Hertfordshire, England in 1967, Fletcher Sibthorp has had a successful career as a painter since graduating with Honours from
Kingston University in 1989.  Although predominantly known for his dance paintings, Fletcher has produced a number of artworks as part of an ongoing series called Quiet Space, the newest examples of which are in this book.

“The Quiet Space series is for me my most personal work. I have found reward over the years in producing artworks that just ‘are’. I attach no great meaning to them and I shy away from explaining them in any way. For me painting is a visual language so should not require rationalisation. I believe that artwork, especially my kind of work, should be self-explanatory as it is a visual language. If you have to explain it, you are failing to a certain extent. Everything should be conveyed in the painting. I would go along with Oscar Wilde, who once said,  “A picture has no meaning but its beauty,  no message but its joy”.

Technically I’ve found that over the years my work has become more considered – following classical practices and ideals. Inspired by the work I admire at The National Gallery and Tate Britain and the recent  American resurgence in representational art, I embarked on the journey of honing my skills to create the work I wanted to create and to find my individual voice.

Embarking on what for me is a renewed journey, I began to consider the artworks I would be producing.  I came to the conclusion that each piece produced had to be gem-like, created with care and skill. I wanted people to appreciate the work for what it was and be able to recognise the effort involved in producing each individual artwork - my own personal creation, painted solely by me and not one of many on a production line, painted by artist-assistants. I had to be completely satisfied it was the best that I could do and anything less rejected.

I hope you enjoy, what is the first of many new Quite Space paintings. I am not out to rock the world with my insights, but in some way I hope these paintings will touch the soul of someone, for a moment. If this is the case I have achieved what I have set out to do.”

1999Flamenco II - Second solo exhibition of studies, drawings and some paintings based on Flamenco dance and Joaqun Corts with the Obsession of Art Gallery Tokyo Japan.

2000Quiet Space - solo exhibition of paintings with Lucy Simmonds Fine Art, Hong Kong

Commissioned The St Patricks Museum in Ireland to produce six paintings for the museum

2001Flamenco III - Third solo exhibition of studies, drawings and some paintings based on Flamenco dance with the Obsession of Art Gallery Tokyo Japan. Also toured to Osaka and Nagoya.

Commssioned by Daler Rowney

First production of Limited Edition prints for Buckingham Fine Art Publishers

2002Flamenco IV - Fourth solo exhibition of studies, drawings and some paintings based on Flamenco dance with the Obsession of Art Gallery Tokyo Japan. Also toured to Osaka and Nagoya.

2004Flamenco V Fifth solo exhibition of studies, drawings and some paintings based on Flamenco dance with the Obsession of Art Gallery Tokyo Japan. Also toured to Kyoto

2005Passion Exhibition Solo exhibition of studies, drawings and paintings based on Flamenco and contemporary dance organised by Buckingham Fine Art Publishers Cork Street London.

Exhibition coincided with the publication of Passion - a monograph of collected works 1998 2004.

Voted third best-selling published artist by gallery owners in the 2005 survey by Art Business Today Magazine

2006Solo exhibition of studies, drawings and paintings based on dance and the human form at Medici Gallery, Cork Street London.

Sixth solo exhibition of studies, drawings and some paintings based on Flamenco dance with the Obsession of Art Gallery Tokyo Japan

Attended rehearsals at The Royal Ballet

The John Soloman Award for best-selling published artist by gallery owners in the 2006 survey by Art Business Today Magazine

2007Solo exhibition of studies, drawings and paintings based on The Royal Ballet at Medici Gallery, Cork Street London.

Seventh solo exhibition of studies, drawings and some paintings based on Flamenco dance with the Obsession of Art Gallery Tokyo Japan

Invited by The Royal Ballet and Darcey Bussell to attend her last performance rehearsal of Song of the Earth

2008Solo exhibition of studies, drawings and paintings based on observations of The Royal Ballet and Royal Ballet School and the human form at Medici Gallery, Cork Street London.

2009Invited to produce an artwork to hang in The Darcey Busell studio at White Lodge.

Commissioned by P&O Cruises at the request of Darcey Bussell to produce a portrait of her to hang in Azura a ship she is Godmother to.

Made Artist in Residence at The Royal Ballet School. The first artist to take up the position.

Eighth solo exhibition of studies, drawings and some paintings based on dance with the Obsession of Art Gallery Tokyo Japan

2010Solo exhibition of paintings based on the figure at Medici Gallery, Cork Street London. 

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