Vincent Alexander Booth

The great adventures of the world had been passed. Countless battles had been fought and the race through the icy world of the polar regions decided when Vincent Alexander Booth was born in Manchester. Manchester has long been regarded as a centre of industry, and today is still preferably associated with football rather than modern art. When Booth was born in the 1960s, British art had recently emancipated itself. Independent and with a lot of individuality, a self-confident artist scene has developed on the English island.

Vincent Alexander Booth discovered a love for sketching ships when he was still at primary school. The library in Manchester became one of his favourite places. Booth scoured the literature for the adventures that so magically attracted him. The great battles at sea. Ships with a thrilling history and the great chapter written by Amundsen and Scott. Booth drew with great intensity. His first drawing grounds were small pieces of paper on which he recorded his sketches. Quickly young Booth had made over eight hundred of these little sketches. The special collection no longer contained only ships, Booth drew anything that took his fancy. A person's early years create imprints that often last a lifetime. Booth retained his fondness for books and developed a great passion for collecting. The opportunity for people to adventure and discover their own limits have become rare. Vincent Alexander Booth regularly runs marathons and if his work is anything to go by, he does so in the most beautiful places in the world. Another passion for the artist is traveling. Booth does not travel alone. He takes lovers of his art with him and lets them discover the world through his paintings.

Booth's body of work is like a wonderful narrative. The artist's earliest works are magnificent seascapes with historical backgrounds. Ships in troubled seas and with a dramaturgy totally atypical of post WW2 art. Booth is a master at using different techniques for his works and exploiting the merits of each. For example, the ship scenes evolve away from historical boats to fantastical watercraft drawn with a magnificent attention to detail. There seems to be nothing in the artist's environment in which Booth does not recognize a motif. Similar to an artist using the medium of social media, Booth creates works that take the viewer through the artist's life. The travel impressions, the sporting events, and of course Monty. The little fur ball that manages to give inspiration to the artist in a feline way.