Fiumano Fine art are delighted to present this new body of work by the young British artist Rupert Muldoon. Following on from the great sucess of the past 12 months, this, his first solo exhition, is an oportunity for his admires and collectors to see the evolution of his work.

Having spent the last year completing an MA in Landscape Architecture at the prestigiouse University of Zurich, Rupert has been able to observe and record the trully awe inspiring scenery that the Swiss alps afford.

One of the greatest joys of working with a young artist is watching their confidence grow and their painterly style evolve. In Rupert we have discovered a mature talent in a young man – the very best combination. This exciting young painter never fails to create work that is both breathtaking in its beauty and refined in execution.

The paintings in this exhibition are the culmination of twelve moths of intensive observation and interaction with the landscape. As with his ealier work, Rupert has used the medium of oil paint in an innovative and refreshing way. His interest in and exploration of texture and composition imbue each of his paintings with a refinement and elegance rare in much contemporay art.

Francesca Fiumano, August 2008

Rupert was educated at Bedales School, Hampshire where he gained the art scholarship before proceeding to University College London to read Architectural Studies at the Bartlett. This was a broad course made up of History of Art and Architecture, with time divided between the History of Art department and the Slade School of Fine Art. Rupert specialised in the ‘Methods and Materials of Artist’s’ programme, where investigations were made into the techniques used by classical artists and the conservation and restoration of easel paintings was undertaken. This complimented the rest of Rupert’s course at the Slade where he had the freedom and tools to paint and sculpt. Throughout university Rupert attended the Prince’s Drawing School where he developed a strong understanding of drawing and the sculptural form.

This year he completed an MA in Landscape Architecture at ETH, University of Zurich. He is currently living in Switzerland where he works as a Landscape Architect and painter. Both these disciplines intertwine and feed off on another; the problem solving of a designer coupled with the intuitive eye of the artist. The representation of a design concept, such as a painting, is a mixture between the real and the imagined. The image has to speak of the qualities of the landscape, a reduction of ideas which bring out the essence of a place.

The mountains of Switzerland have inspired my latest series of works. The excitement of the first snow falls, walking with snowshoes to explore this ever-changing winter landscape of gorges and ravines of the Rhine Canyon that lead on to the ski slopes of Lax. Exploring the farthest heights at Zermatt with the Matterhorn looming and climbing across the flanks of the glacier at Col, almost 3000 ft high.

My studies of snow, white and black, capture the transformative qualities that enhance the patterns of rocks against the smoothed surface of fresh snow fall, the blown drifts and cracked ice underfoot, the ‘whiting-out’ of the whole landscape so that it is easy to become lost and lose a sense of scale. However, snow is never truly white but reflects what is around it. Its texture folds colours one on top of the other; blues, violets, transparent greens and yellows unfolding the panoramic landscape of sheer slopes, smoothed pistes, vast vistas and its dynamic geology.