Deryk
and his fellow artists at Stables Studios have been voted
BEST ART IN GARDEN Open House of the Year 2007
as well as being voted the
CHRISTOPHER GULL BEST OPEN HOUSE OF 2006
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to visit deryk's website
andhere to
visit the stables studios and sculpture garden
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Deryk parkin trained as an architect at sheffield
university with the intention of eventually becoming a stage
designer so combining his two great passions, art and theatre.
on completing his course he began working for a firm of
architects and was soon convinced that architecture was
not to be his chosen career when his third building collapsed.
to save face and the safety of the nation he decided to
pursue his interest in the theatre. a chance sighting by
an agent of his performance in a late night revue at the
edinburgh festival led to his first professional engagement
as an actor and for the next 40 years he successfully “trod
the boards”, painting and exhibiting during his periods
of “resting”.
His long association with the players theatre of london
led to engagements around the world in such fascinating
places as hawaii,the philippines,egypt, brazil etc..he would
extend his stay in these exotic locations , sketching and
absorbing the colour and atmosphere, not to mention the
suitcases full of interesting drift wood with which he would
return to his studio. The results of these escapades are
to be seen in his permanent and ever changing exhibition
in his own private gallery - 'the stables studio and sculpture
garden' in hove east sussex.
As his paintings incorporating the driftwood became more
and more three dimensional, the natural progression was
to develop his love of sculpture. this was influenced when
he adopted an eight year old boy, lovemore, out in zimbabwe
resulting in him spending long periods in that beautiful
country. he began collecting shona sculpture and was eventually
taught by antony sarireni, one of the three zimbabwean sculptors
with whom he now shares his workshop and studio.
website: www.derykparkin.co.uk/
see deryk this year at venue
2 - stables studios and sculpture garden
