Alan Cotton

Contours in Colour: Alan Cotton

Event Date: 
17/09/2015 - 10:00am to 01/11/2015 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

A retrospective exhibition of the work of Devon-based artist Alan Cotton starts at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) on 17 September.

Alan Cotton is one of Britain’s most distinguished landscape painters, whose work is held in public and private collections worldwide. His distinctive paintings are laid onto canvas with painting knives using rich impasto pigments.

In 2006, The University of Exeter awarded Alan an Honorary Doctorate for his ‘outstanding contribution to the Arts’ and in 2011 he was appointed Honorary Professor for the Arts at the...

Friends' Drecki Lecture: A Painter’s Journey to Everest

Event Date: 
20/11/2012 - 6:30pm
Venue: 
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen Street, Exeter

Alan Cotton will talk about his two trips to Tibet last year with the explorer David Hempleman- Adams. He will discuss how his paintings are produced.

In partnership with the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts.

Tickets are £5 from the museum in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during RAMM opening hours.