Phillip Alder Art
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
"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 Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"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 Art
Materials
Linen, 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 Art
Materials
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 Art
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 Art
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Phillip Alder Art
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 Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Monnar Garden, India December
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Delicate watercolour of a garden in India in December
Mounted ready for framing
Category
2010s Impressionist Phillip Alder Art
Materials
Watercolor
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 Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dylan Thomas's Boathouse Studio, 1969
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
The Artist managed the restoration of the Boathouse studio of writer Dylan Thomas in Laugharne in Wales and curated the collection of the great writers m...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Phillip Alder Art
Materials
Watercolor
August Garden
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Very pretty floral watercolour from this normally strong coloured abstract artist.
Matted and in perfect condition
Image 11.5" x 14.5" Matted 18" x 22"
Category
2010s Impressionist Phillip Alder Art
Materials
Watercolor
"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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Phillip Alder Art
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 Art
Materials
Acrylic
"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 Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
April still life with speckled wood butterfly
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
'April still life with speckled wood butterfly'. watercolour. 15" x 21" mounted on card 18" x 24". Looking at the colours of early spring: petals and flowers from my garden as spring...
Category
2010s Contemporary Phillip Alder Art
Materials
Watercolor
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 Art
Materials
Oil
Rock and Garden Pond, English Watercolor
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Delicate watercolour of a corner of the artist's garden that he often returns to in his painting.
Matted ready for framing
Image 12" x 18" Matted 18" x 24"
Category
2010s Impressionist Phillip Alder Art
Materials
Watercolor
'....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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Asian Market
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Very pretty floral watercolour inspired by a street market in Asia.
Matted ready for framing
Category
2010s Impressionist Phillip Alder Art
Materials
Watercolor
Autumn still-life with feathers and robin's nest
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
'Autumn still-life with feathers and robin's nest'
These are feathers and a robin's nest collected from artist's garden in autumn.
Watercolour on hot pressed paper (to facilitate f...
Category
2010s Phillip Alder Art
Materials
Watercolor
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By Phillip Alder
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Oil on linen. Framed
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Reims Cathedral (Forest of Light) Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
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Located in Brecon, Powys
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Island Oratory. Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
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Yellow Radiant
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Abstract expressionist view of light playing with cascading water
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Summer Autumn
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August Garden
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Abstract garden work more about being "in" the garden than the garden itself. Lovely piece
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Young Ash Trees
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A plantation of young Ash trees growing in Wales.
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Buddleia
By Phillip Alder
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Delicate watercolour by this British abstract artist. Pretty !
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Summer Garden With Copper Leaf
By Phillip Alder
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Delicate watercolour of a English garden in full summer.
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Blue Circles
By Phillip Alder
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Night Music 2
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic on canvas
Inspired by a late night walk by the River Nile and hearing music.
Framed
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