Artist Noel Myles exhibits prints at Chappel Galleries

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AN exhibition of prints by artist Noel Myles is on display at Chappel Galleries.

The exhibition runs until Sunday, July 26 and features Myles' distinctive landscape compositions, made by assembling dozens or hundreds of individual photographic prints.

Myles, who studied fine art at Hornsey and Waltham Forest schools of art, began his career exhibiting paintings at House and the Serpentine Gallery in the 1970s.

Cornard Study by Noel Myles (Image: Noel Myles)

He transitioned to photography in the 1980s, seeking to "liberate the still photographic image from the single moment and static viewpoint".

His work first appeared at Chappel Galleries in April 2004, with a focus on landscapes primarily from Suffolk, Norfolk, and Essex.

His current show includes three unique tree pieces, which demonstrate his innovative approach to photography.

The first phase in their creation involved linking more than 100 negatives to form a monochrome composition of each tree, printed on fine art paper coated with light-sensitive palladium salts.

These prints were made around the beginning of the century.

Almost a decade later, Myles photographed the same trees in colour and incorporated these into the monochrome originals.

Myles' work has been exhibited across the globe, from Moscow and New York to the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal Academy.

A spokesperson for the gallery said: "His intention is to make compositions that evoke the cumulative experience of walking through a landscape or looking at an individual tree over an extended period; sometimes spanning months or even years.

"The challenge is in drawing together these individual uncut images to form a harmonious and plausible whole."

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