Naturally, after school I went to Art College, first in Bournemouth, then Farnham, and I then went to London at the age of just 19 to properly start my artistic career.

I enjoyed five years as a successful Abstract painter in London, exhibiting at the Suzanne Ruggles Gallery on the Kings Road in Chelsea…

Before returning a few years later to the small town of Bridport, set a couple of miles from the sea, within one of the most beautiful & untouched parts of the West Country.

I now have my own Gallery in Bridport, and I also exhibit in London and across the UK. I particularly love to work on private commissions, which allows me to focus on simply making the best paintings I am capable of. Do get in touch if you’d like to discuss commissioning your own painting!

I have now been doing this for over 20 years, and thus my paintings are held in lots of public & private collections around the world from Paris, to Oslo, and Toronto.

My Painting Techniques

In my paintings, I use all manner of techniques: glazing, gradations of colour, drawing, and composition, as well as expressive brush work, impasto, and abstract mark-making.

Beneath this surface lies a silent narrative: a rich exploration of our relationship with the elements and the seasons, of intangible childhood memories, and adult romances, plus all the emotional complexities of our simple everyday lives.

These paintings are all oil on canvas or flax (which is a natural, unbleached linen). Oil painting is an incredibly versatile medium, and allows me to capture the greatest subtleties of light & atmosphere, which I can now achieve only because I’ve dedicated myself to completely mastering these techniques, inspired by the greatest artists, both past & present.

Hear my story in my own words…

So where do I fit into all this? What place does Art play in the modern world? And what place do I have, as an Artist, in the 21st Century?

I believe that Art is still hugely important as a vital expression of both our humanity and our creativity, and thus, I have always sought to earn my place in Art History by following my own, unique vision… inspired to accomplish my highest ambitions for paintings that will stand the test of time!

One of my great joys is Landscape Painting, and the Landscape Painting Tradition is one that goes back to the 17th century Dutch painters, and then on to the Romantic painters such as JMW Turner, John Constable, and Casper David Friedrich.

150 years ago, the tradition was uprooted by the Impressionists & Post-Impressionists, Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, and Vincent Van Gogh.

More recently, artists such as Gerhard Richter, Peter Doig, and David Hockney have offered their own, original contemporary insights into how artists see the landscape.

I believe it’s now time for a new language of landscape painting. My original approach integrates everything I’ve learned from Art History, up to the present day, and I’m now presenting a fresh new vision of what I believe art is capable of.

The Cinematic Landscape

Virtual Exhibition & Tour

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You might be interested to hear that I’m now offering an Immersive Virtual Exhibition Tour of my recent exhibition, ‘Kit Glaisyer - The Cinematic Landscape’.

If you appreciate my work, then I believe this is an experience you’ll really value & enjoy! You can find out all about it here or simply click on the button below to purchase it now:

Some comments from my Visitors:

“We love the massive panoramic landscapes. Wonderful & Inspiring!” Marcus & Susan (Somerset)

“Wonderful and so inspirational. Thank you” Alison & Brian Davey (Axminster)

“Splendiferous! Thanks” Roger Clemens

Curriculum Vitae

This is a list of my Art Education, Studios, Private Exhibitions, and Gallery Exhibitions from 1995-2024, first in London at the Suzanne Ruggles on the Kings Road, and the New Grafton Gallery Barnes; then, from 1999, in Dorset & Devon Galleries such as the Pierrepoint Gallery Bridport and William Pelly Gallery, Lyme Regis. From 2016-17 I ran “The Garden Gallery”, a project space on Great Pulteney Street, in Bath. Since 2019 I’ve run the Bridport Contemporary Gallery at 11 Downes Street, Bridport.

2025 London Art Fair, 21-26 January (upcoming)

2024 ‘Kit Glaisyer - The Cinematic Landscape’ at the Jubilee Hall Gallery, Dorset.
Exhibiting at Bridport Contemporary Gallery.
Commission “Storms over Eggardon Hill”
Commissions, "Cafe Royal" (series)

2023 Exhibiting at Bridport Contemporary Gallery.
Commission “Storms over Eggardon Hill”
Commission 'Mid-summer's Eggardon pink horizon"
Commissions, "Cafe Royal" (series)

2022 Exhibiting at Bridport Contemporary Gallery.
Commission 'Mid-summer's Eggardon orange horizon"

2021 Exhibiting at Bridport Contemporary Gallery.
Commission “January Evening from Eggardon Hill”
Commission “Gentle Evening from Eggardon Hill”
Commission “An Autumn view in West Milton”

2020 Exhibiting at Bridport Contemporary Gallery.
Commission “Bluebells on Lewesdon Hill”

2018 Bridport Open Studios in Bradpole, West Dorset.
Commission “An evening in the Offwell Valley, Devon”

2017 "Dorset Magazine Landscape Painters of the Year", Lighthouse Gallery, Poole 17 February - 18 March
Monthly Open Studio, Garden Gallery, 48 Great Pulteney Street, Bath BA2 4DP

2016 8-month Private Commission "A view near Burton Bradstock"
Bridport Open Studios

2015 "View from Bulbarrow Hill" is Highly Commended at "The Marshwood Vale Awards", Bridport Arts Centre.
Commission "View from Bulbarrow Hill"
Commission "The Last Cafe"
Bridport Open Studios

2014 Exhibited "Dark Cafe" at the "Home in Bridport" exhibition at Bridport Arts Centre.
Commission "A View near Whitchurch Canonicorum"
Bridport Open Studios

2013 "Kit Glaisyer - The Cinematic Landscape" at the Octagon Gallery, Bath.
Working on "Contemporary UK Landscape Painting" with writer Melany Hughes.
Bridport Open Studios

2012 Holburne Portrait Prize Finalist, Holburne Museum, Bath.
Commission "Lewesdon Bluebells"

2011 Commission "Path on Lewesdon Hill"
Commission "Dripping Figure"

Exhibition "25 Bridport Painters & Sculptors" with photographer George Wright & writer Lu Orza at Bridport Arts Centre, Bridport, Dorset. UK.

2010 Produced"25 Bridport Painters & Sculptors" Book with photographer George Wright & writer Lu Orza.
Commission "Lewesdon Tree"

2009 8-month Private Commission "View from Lewesdon Hill"
 Commission "Ocean"

2008 8-month Private Commission "Hazy summer across the Marshwood Vale"

2007 "Drip Figures" two-man exhibition at Truman Brewey, London.
Commission "Path on Allington Hill"

2006 "A Splash of Colour" New Grafton Gallery, Barnes, London.
Gallery Artist, William Pelly Gallery, Lyme Regis.
Gallery Artist, Pierrepoint Gallery, Bridport.
Commissions, "Cafe Royal" (series)

2005 Gallery Artist, William Pelly Gallery, Lyme Regis.
Gallery Artist, Pierrepoint Gallery, Bridport.
Commissions, inc. "Cafe Royal" (series)

2004 "On the way to work" solo show at Alsop Gallery, Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset.
 Gallery Artist, William Pelly Gallery, Lyme Regis.
 Gallery Artist, Pierrepoint Gallery, Bridport.
 Gallery Artist, Artoose Gallery, Belsize Park, London.

2003 Gallery Artist, Artoose Gallery, Belsize Park, London.
Gallery Artist, Pierrepoint Gallery, Bridport, Dorset.

2002 Gallery Artists, Artoose Gallery, Belsize Park, London.

2001 "Journey from the Inner City to the Edge of the Sea", 2-Man Exhibition, Gallery 47, London.

2000 Private Commission "Large Multicolour Abstract"
"Square Abstracts", Solo Show, Raffles Gallery, Kings Road, London.

1999 Started St Michael's Studios, Bridport, Dorset.
Private Commissions "6 Large Abstracts"
Gallery Artist, Suzanne Ruggles Gallery, Kings Road, Chelsea, London.

1998 Oakhayes Art Community, Symondsbury, Dorset.
Gallery Artist, Suzanne Ruggles Gallery, Kings Road, Chelsea, London.

1997 Long Lane Studios, Borough, South London.
Gallery Artist, Suzanne Ruggles Gallery, Kings Road, Chelsea, London.

1995 Blue Chapel Studios, John Ruskin Street, Walworth, South London.

1995 "United Abstract Artists" Group Exhibition, Bayswater, West London.

1992 Fine Art Degree, Farnham CAD.

1991 Foundation Diploma, Bournemouth & Poole CAD.