Will Calver | Still Life 2024

Painted solely from life, Will’s figurative paintings pay homage to the medium and history of oil painting. Inspired by the aesthetic of 17th century Dutch art, each work is created ‘alla-prima’ and developed in three layers of paint, allowing the artist to find balance and precision in the expression of his subjects. As areas of darkness turn towards the light, Will’s translucent, jewel-like pigments transition into the subtle impasto of illuminated forms and lend a very real physicality to the play of light. 

Will graduated with a BA Hons in Fine Art from Falmouth University in 2019, and now paints full time at his studio in rural Kent. After graduating, Will held his very first solo exhibition at the New Craftsman Gallery. He has since exhibited at the London Academy of Representational Art, at Porthmeor Studios St Ives, at Mall Galleries London, where he received the Best Small Portrait Award from the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and in Massachusetts and Cape Cod in the United States.