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27

Jul 2023

Last Updated: 27/07/2023
Lifestyle
Lifestyle

Postman Pat illustrator to display work during Knaresborough arts festival

by Jack Brierley

| 27 Jul, 2023
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Local artist Ray Mutimer will be opening his home gallery to the public during the Knaresborough FEVA festival next month.

Mr Mutimer, a professional freelance illustrator and artist, is best known for illustrating Postman Pat for 14 years. His work appeared in eight Postman Pat annuals and in BBC magazines.

Some of this artwork will be included in a free exhibition of his lifetime's work at his home in Calcutt from Friday, August 11 to Sunday, August 20. Details are available here.

Between 1975 and 2002, Mr Mutimer illustrated 207 books for various publishers including, Collins, MacMillan, Ladybird, and Scholastic. He was also head of art at St. Aidan’s Church of England High School.

A central part of the exhibition will be Mr Mutimer’s unusually shaped paintings, which he calls 'landSHAPE’.

Mr Mutimer told the Stray Ferret:

“In the 1960s, frustrated with having to confine my images to square or oblong framing, I painted pictures on boards and began to cut them out.
"At the time they were semi abstract. Recent shaped pictures are realistic, and create a greater, sometimes amazing, illusion of depth and space.”






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This will be the largest collection of landSHAPE installations he has ever displayed.

The exhibition can be viewed at 8 Whiteway Head, Calcutt, Knaresborough HG5 8LE from 11am to 4pm daily during the 10-day FEVA festival.

FEVA is a festival of entertainment and visual arts that includes art exhibitions, workshops, music and spoken word events.