Trevor RA Dingle
About
Trevor
I was born in South Yorkshire in 1969,
and have painted and taken photographs for almost as long
as I can remember, I began painting in oils and had my
first photographs in an exhibition when I was still at
school. I studied in Leicester, worked on an archaeological
dig and then moved to Hull in 1991 and Beverley in 2005. I
began painting in acrylics in 2001, enjoying the way the
paints can be used in so many different ways, as a thin
film to create seascapes, or thickly applied to produce
texture. My work is inspired by nature, the sea, the land,
small details and the interplay of light and shadow. I also
look for simple designs man has left over the centuries
from rock art to the VW Beetle. I often incorporate natural
materials into the paint, using sand from the coast,
seaweed and fallen leaves. These textured works are often
large, but done in small sections before the paste sets
then painted with acrylics. My love of black and white
photography, and a stormy day on the French coast inspired
my recent black and white paintings. The sea features in a
lot of my work, I often simply look out to sea and
photograph or sketch the colours of the sea and sky. The
light falling on the hills of the Peak District and Lakes,
as well as the coasts of England and France inspire my
landscape photography, where I use a mixture of medium
format transparency film and digital capture. My more
abstract works tend to come from within and are reflections
on thoughts and history, and can often come from quite
brief notes, developing as I work. I often use watercolour
for sketches, but recently have developed this into smaller
more accessible works, painting the coast and exploring the
overlooked landscape of the Yorkshire Wolds near where I
now live.
2018
Pinhole Pumpkin selected for the Ferens Open, Hull.
2016/2017
The Virgin of Walthmastow II accepted at East Riding Open,
Beverley
Ring of Light selected for the Ferens Open, Hull
During 2016 & 2017 two
short films selected and screened in events in Sheffield,
Leeds, Huddersfield and Italy.
The Virgin of Walthamstow shortlisted at
the RA Summer Exhibition.
2015
Two works selected for the Ferens Open Exhibition, Ferens
Gallery, Hull. He sold a view of Beverley Minster through
reeds.
Shortlisted for the RPS 158th Annual Exhibtion, but not one
of the lucky 100 or so chosen to be hung.
2011/13
The emphasis on photography has paid off, having works,
mainly in black and white, selected for exhibtion at the
Diemar Noble Gallery, Wells Street, London W1 and
shortlisted by the Royal Academy and RPS.
2010/11
Concentrating more on photography, including still life and
food photography. He is also working on a new series of
collages using recycled materials.
2008
Trevor's photographic eco-friendly greetings cards printed
on recycled card are now on sale at Waterstone's Bookshop,
Jameson Street, Hull.
dinglecreative were at the first Artlink Art and Craft
Fair, Prince's Avenue, Hull on 23rd August 2008.
As part of Hull Contemporary Artists August 2008
exhibition, Trevor had a painting in acrylic with a relaxed
feel entitled 'Summer Evening' on show at Pave Cafe Bar,
Princes Avenue, Hull.
Trevor had a print entitled Sheffield after Dark on show at
the Biennial Open Printmaking Exhibition, Ropewalk
Contemporary Arts Gallery, Barton upon Humber,
Lincolnshire.
Trevor helped organise and curate Hull Contemporary Artists
temporary gallery in Prince's Quay Shopping Centre, Hull.
See one of Trevor's black and white watercolours on the
cover of Beverley Writers Anthology, along with some of his
prose and poetry, published by Beverley Writers which went
on sale at Waterstone's, Jameson Street, Hull.
Trevor took part in the East Riding Open Studios event over
two weekends in October, when the event was in its third
year.