French connection ; A love of colour has turned Royal Cambrian Academy member David Loten into a Francophile. Penny Fray reports WALES Edition

IT'S difficult to drag artist [David Loten] away from the subject of colour. In fact, he's so obsessed with the rich hues of the French landscape that he's even moved there. The canary yellow, romantic pink and vermillion red of his works, presently hanging up at the Royal Cambrian Ac...

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Published inDaily post (Liverpool, England : 1978)
Main Author Fray, Penny
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Liverpool (UK) MGN Ltd 11.01.2002
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Summary:IT'S difficult to drag artist [David Loten] away from the subject of colour. In fact, he's so obsessed with the rich hues of the French landscape that he's even moved there. The canary yellow, romantic pink and vermillion red of his works, presently hanging up at the Royal Cambrian Academy in Conwy, catch the eye of viewers and serve as a stark contrast to the sombre Welsh scenes of his coexhibitor, David Lloyd. GOOD IMPRESSION: For the first time in 41 years I've found my feet in the art world. I'm nailing colours to the canvas. . . that's why I moved to France - for inspiration, ' says artist David Loten, left, who's work is on show at the Royal Cambrian Academy in Conwy, above