Artist Spotlight : Enos Lovatt (1937-2018) by Himarni Brownsword
Our latest artist spotlight celebrates Enos Lovatt (1937-2018), the Staffordshire born abstract artist whose experiments in line and colour still feel strikingly fresh today. Art historian and Courtauld Institute graduate Himarni Brownsword explores his life and work:
"Enos Lovatt was an abstract artist and lecturer at North Staffordshire Polytechnic born in Mow Cop, Staffordshire in 1937. Having studied at the Burslem School of Art from the age of 15, Lovatt attended the Royal College of Art in 1959 where he was a contemporary of artists such as Frank Bowling and David Hockney."
"A prolific painter and draughtsman, much of Lovatt’s early work was informed by his youth growing up at his parent’s house in Mow Cop. Following his time at the Royal College of Art, Enos continued to experiment with line and colour; branching out into a more abstracted mode inspired by his memories, dreams, and vivid imagination, though his surroundings continued to have a keen effect upon his work. Enos lived to create, producing detailed drawings up until the last six months of his life, and leaving behind a magnificent legacy of paintings, drawings, and sketches."
"@enoslovatt on Instagram is run by his daughter Janine Partington, a very beautiful personal archive of her father's work and chronicles his final years suffering from Alzheimer's disease."
by Himarni Brownsword
View Enos Lovatt's original art with Barewall art gallery
Himarni Brownsword is an artist and art historian, and a graduate of the Courtauld Institute of Art, where she gained a first class BA in History of Art. Himarni has a keen interest in the rich heritage of Stoke-on-Trent and the strong community of creatives the city harbours. Having exhibited as part of the B-Arts and Barewall Art Gallery project ‘What is Now?’ in 2018, as well as featuring early clay works at Barewall Art Gallery. Himarni Brownsword now works with Pinc College, a creative college education provider for young people.