George Bingham

I am enormously envious of George Bingham’s ability to recreate so evocatively, in bronze and silver, the animals with whom we share our vanishing countryside. George’s exceptional talents are all the more impressive in that he is entirely self taught. It takes a true countryman’s eye and an affinity with stock and wildlife to realistically bring alive, by minute attention to detail, the beauty of our farm, woodland and hedgerow fauna. Instantly recognisable is the rush of wind as a mallard comes in to land. The exquisite pleasure of a long dog rolling on a warm summer’s day. A hunter scratching an irritating itch, the supercilious arrogance of a cock pheasant or the pride of a Dexter cow nursing her calf.

George’s devotion to rural Britain is reflected in his kind donation of a percentage of all sales from one of the private views to the Countryside Alliance. It is a sad reflection that we have to fight to preserve a heritage so brilliantly represented by “Sculptures on Rural Themes”, but with the generosity of people like George, we may be confident of winning.

Sir John Scott Bt.

In sculpture, as in painting, we look for an artist whose work has the stamp of quality and combines this with a unique style that separates him, or her, from the crowd. George Bingham passes these tests with flying colours, both as a sculptor and as an individual. Initially impressed by his equestrian bronzes, we suggested that as a true countryman he broaden the range of his work to encompass more general rural themes. This has allowed him to produce a body of work which incorporates familiar and much-loved subject matter from the countryside and the resulting bronzes have each been sculpted with an unquestionable depth of artistic sensitivity and understanding.

We are delighted to mount this, George’s first one-man exhibition of work, which comes to us in its entirety straight from the foundry. He has, as expected, more than risen to the challenge of the show and we look forward to its opening with great relish!

Geoffrey Hughes