Stan Giles trained in the Restoration and Conservation department of the National Gallery, London and worked on major works of art throughout the UK.

More recently he has focused on the uniqueness of Gloucestershire landscape: the River Severn from source to estuary, OS map 168, the Arlingham Arm and now Gloucestershire Orchards.

All these paintings start in the orchards using loose canvas, inks, dyes and crayons, together with sketches, photographs and found material. Often the composition is revisited at the location for further work and then completed in the studio.

The location is the inspiration; the drafting creates the moment; the painting releases the response. 

Each orchard is visited at least once a month, more frequently in Autumn and Spring.

A diary is kept: https://walkswithapaintbrushuk.wordpress.com/

Stan completed a B.Ed Hons degree, specialising in Art and Design and has taught in all sectors of education, from Nursery to University and in Prisons.

He obtained a distinction in his MA where he explored the relevance of landscape painting to contemporary environmental issues.

Exhibitions include group and solo shows in London, Bristol, Birmingham and Stroud together with an informal residency in Standish Woods and a collaboration with musicians at the Royal Music Conservatoire, Birmingham.