Goldsman Art is the studio name of Bradley, a Devon-based painter working in acrylic. Portraits, commissions, and quiet figure studies, caught mid-thought and often from behind, with the coast and cold-water swims running through the colour.
Bradley, in the studio
Most of Bradley's work starts with a person, not a place.
Figures recur turned away or half-seen: the line of a back, the set of someone's shoulders, favouring gesture and posture over a likeness of the face. Portraits and commissions sit alongside personal studies, all built up in layers of acrylic.
Bradley is also colour blind, which shapes the work as much as anything else. Tone, contrast, and mark-making carry more of the weight than exact colour ever could, which is part of why the palette tends to sit in that muted, tonal range rather than anything too saturated.
Devon still runs through the work too. The coast and the cold-water swims Bradley returns to often show up in the palette and the odd standalone piece, even when the subject in front of the canvas is a person.
From a photo, a wedding, or a moment you want kept: painted, not printed.
A recurring motif: people caught from behind, mid-thought, unposed.
The coast and cold water still shape the colours, even in the portrait work.
Mostly people, with a few places too. A selection of recent pieces, straight from the studio.
Commissions are taken on a limited basis: a portrait of someone you love, painted in the same quiet, hand-built acrylic style as the gallery work above.
Recent commission: wedding portrait
Share a photo or two of the person, and the mood or setting you have in mind.
A rough composition and size are agreed before any paint goes down.
Built in layers over several sittings, with progress shared along the way.
Finished, signed, and packed carefully for collection or delivery.
Deposit is deducted from the final price once the piece is agreed and confirmed by email.
For commissions, originals, or just to say hello, Instagram is the quickest way to reach the studio.
