Jeremy Ramsey, Untitled (Bodies), Undated

Oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm (visible), 106 x 76 x 3 cm (framed)
Condition: Very good

Jeremy Ramsey (English, b.1932) was drawn to painting from a young age, influenced by his mother and elder brother, both painters. He has studied Fine Arts at Reading University, Hammersmith School of Arts & Crafts (1949–1952) and drawing under Professor Bryan Kneale, formerly Professor of Sculpture and Professor of Drawing at the Royal College of Art, London. Ramsey was twice elected as Honorary President of the Modern Art Society of Singapore and has been a board member of the Singapore Tyler Print Institute at its inception

“I have a natural hunger for brightness. Being afraid of color is common in many artists. I have often had other artists say to me that they would like to use color with as much abandon as I do, but they just can’t seem to summon up the courage. I can’t paint without it… the use of color is what makes painting exciting to me.” A self-confessed ardent devotee of the power of hue, Jeremy Ramsey continues to steep his distinctive forms in his even more distinctive colors, exploring imagery and imagination with painterly strokes of vibrancy, life and luminescence. With aesthetics and wonder to pique every imagination, Jeremy Ramsey has succeeded in creating a supernatural, surreal dreamscape that not only imprints visually, but also resonates with the subconscious, finding familiarity in inner recesses of our minds and dreamscapes.

(Photographed in November 2024)