Phillip Alder Paintings
British, b. 1951
Phil Alder for WCA.
‘The beautiful summertime paintings of Phil Alder.’
We are pleased to sell the ‘garden’ and ‘cascade’ paintings on behalf of Phillip Alder. Born in 1951 he studied at Hull College (now University of Lincoln) and Open University. Phil then followed a long career in the arts as curator, lecturer and gallery and theatres manager while maintaining a career as a practicing artist in west Wales. His work is represented in several private, public and corporate collections.
We are also able to offer some paintings in good condition from his mid-career period when he was concentrating on form and colour and the stories behind a landscape.
Art historian of Welsh art Ann Dorsett wrote in an exhibition catalogue of his work in 2020: ‘Phil Alder’s vivid paintings are a distillation of his response to the colour and form of the natural world. Standing before one of his [later] works allows you to immerse yourself in Phil’s world....gives a sense of riotous places filled with blossom, leaves branches, light and water... [he] is a superb colourist capturing the vibrant colours of midsummer in nature.... His oil paintings are characterised by a dense pattern of complex shapes and brushstrokes along with the most subtle touches of colour....also an accomplished and acute watercolour painter....not easy to categorise but I suppose I would call Phil Alder an expressionist painter but a really jolly one.’
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Artist: Phillip Alder
"July Garden" Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
"It's not a likeness of the garden but a picture trying to capture how I felt and enjoyed its profusion, light and 'hot' colour as I was sitting in it." P Alder
Oil on linen. Framed
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Andalucia." Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Andalucia (Southern Spain). Artists response to visiting southern Spain. Creating the experience of the music and decorative colours of the area. Oil on Canvas. 24" x 32" framed 26" ...
Category
2010s Abstract Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Oil
Soft Fall (Autumn) Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
A walk through an autumnal arboretum is often a gentle and pleasant experience. At times there can also be a slight and silvery mist so that shadows are lost and the whole seems to f...
Category
2010s Impressionist Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Granite. Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Red Granite. A response to walking across ancient moorland, responding to it's rocky beauty, open space, and sense of history. It was the titular piece in a solo exhibition the muse...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Oil
Winter Slate: Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Taking inspiration from his surroundings this is a great abstract showing the effect of water on slate.
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Oil
Yellow Edge - Circus. Contemporary Abstract Oil painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Abstract expressionist recollection of a acrobat at a circus
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lilac Fragments: Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Phillip has used acrylic instead of oil on this abstract expressionist painting. Giving a bolder finish, painted by the rockery in the artist's garden
Framed
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Overgrown Garden Pool. Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Overgrown Garden Pool’
Oil on canvas. 24″ x 32″ and framed in a simple black frame 25″ x 33″.
An overgrown goldfish pool in the artist’s garden
24" x ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early June.
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Artist's garden, Early June
Oil on canvas board
Category
2010s Impressionist Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Blue Cascade". Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Phillip Alder's 'Cascade' pictures are inspired by light falling through foliage or water. The modulated surface on 'Blue Cascade' is energised by small rhythmic brushstrokes.
Oil ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Phillip Alder Paintings
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"June". Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
'June, Cartrefle'. oil on canvas 24" x 30".
Inspired by an informal country garden that became neglected for a year and subsequently burst into an exuberant and uncontrolled celebra...
Category
2010s Abstract Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
May Walk. Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
'May Walk'. oil on canvas. 20" x 30" . The sensation of walking through a dense woodland and arboretum garden during mid-spring.
Category
2010s Abstract Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mirror Pool. Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Very gentle work from the studio of this British artist. Lovely painting
Oil on canvas. Unframed, excellent condition
Category
2010s Abstract Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Oil
Night Music 3. Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
This acrylic on canvas demonstrates the visual artistry & interpretation inherent in Adlers abstract pieces. Painted from his own interpretation of his experiences.
Acrylic on canva...
Category
2010s Abstract Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
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"Moon" Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Inspired by Man's Landing on the moon in the 1960s
Acrylic on canvas. Image 18" x 14"
Category
2010s Abstract Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
May - Aberglasney Garden. Contemporary Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Abstract expressionist view of a enclosed garden with its bright colours and feathery textures. Very pretty painting, to be seen in the flesh.
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Oil
'....a place of sunlight and heather'. Abstract Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Abstract work from the studio of Welsh artist Phillip AlderInspired by walking high up out of the valleys on moorland and able to let the thoughts wander while enjoying the colour.
Category
2010s Abstract Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Music In A Night Garden, Contemporary Diptych Abstract Oils Paintings
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
This diptych oil on canvas demonstrates the visual artistry & interpretation inherent in Adlers abstract pieces. Painted from his own interpretation of his experiences.
Oil on canva...
Category
2010s Abstract Phillip Alder Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Phillip Alder paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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