Cordell Garfield

Cordell Garfield is a Northampton based oil painter and tutor using traditional classical atelier techniques with a contemporary feel. Portraits, figurative and landscapes feature strongly in his art. He uses life drawing, sketches, digital media and photographs to create his paintings, embracing both the traditional and contemporary. Aside from portraits, he also finds inspiration in the light, colours and shapes of the landscapes that he encounters, particularly the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside.   

Cordell is currently President of the Northampton Town and County Art Society, and exhibits extensively within the county and beyond, notably in London, and has recently shown work at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. His work is held in collections outside the UK, and he was awarded the Peoples’ Choice Prize at the Alfred East Gallery as part of their Open 13 exhibition. His current artistic project is creating a series of paintings of Northamptonshire’s Boot and Shoe industry, based on his observations, sketches and photos from his travels to factories and shoe companies.