paul turner
Paul Turner graduated from Loughborough College of Art and Design with a degree in Fashion and Textiles followed up with postgraduate work in Fine Art at Liverpool College of Art.
He taught Fine Art, Printed Textiles and Fashion Drawing at Liverpool Polytechnic from 1967 to 1986.
He was Principal Lecturer and Course Director at London College of Fashion and recently Head of Fashion at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication.
From 1987 to 1991 Paul worked in fashion forecasting with International Textiles publishers Benjamin Dent, where his creative roles included editing, designing and illustrating for International Colour Authority.
Throughout this time Paul has completed private portrait commissions in England and Germany and printed textile designs for Texprint and Indigo.
background and aims
Colour, picture construction and composition have been major preoccupations in all my work.
My Paintings have moved back and forth, over the years, between figurative and abstract themes, with influences of Constructivism, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art showing in the work.
Fashion Illustration has been another strong outlet for my creativity and in recent years I have been combining the stylistic and figurative concerns of Fashion Illustration with the broader fine art perspective; to create a kind of art, which hopefully catches the eye of a modern media user but satisfies the need to linger and contemplate associated with the function of painting.
