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Chop House Art
Bill Geldart, local artist and friend of the Chop Houses has recently produced wonderful drawings of Sam's & Tom's Chop Houses. A print of these wonderful pieces of art are available to all lovers of The Chop Houses The print is signed by Bill and the option of framing is available. To purchase this fine piece of art click on the link below to access Bills website or contact us at The Chop House for assistance.
Born in Marple, Cheshire, 65 years ago, Bill Geldart was educated at Hyde Grammar school. His earliest memories are of drawing scenes from neighbouring woodlands and impressions of Saturday matinees. After National Service working as a photographer with an RAF fighter squadron based in Germany, he spent some time at the Regional College of Art in Manchester and was in and out of a series of poorly paid and boring jobs before joining Cheshire Life magazine, eventually becoming Art Editor for six years.
He decided to 'go it alone' in 1979 and today he works from his home in Henbury near Macclesfield in Cheshire where he and his wife Anne also run the Geldart Gallery. Bill travels extensively abroad - one drawing trip took him to Hong Kong for four weeks - and has enjoyed book and magazine illustration as well as commissions from such bodies as Manchester International Airport, The Sunday Times and the Halle Orchestra. Bills subjects range from scenes in and around the north -west to characters both real and imaginary and he has exhibited in some of the UK's most prestigious galleries and even had a BBC television documentary made about his life and work. Bill still spends his days drawing the places, people and animals he so loves and is enjoying his greatest popularity among his many admirers.
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David James Moss studied life drawing and portrait painting up to 1961 at Manchester Regional College of Art.
On leaving college, he started work as a visualiser on various national accounts in Manchester based advertising agencies. In 1965, he moved to work in Soho Square, London
with a studio specialising in book illustrations, working on educational children’s books and well known favourites such as Sesame Street, Postman Pat, Mr Bean and Teenage Turtles.
On returning to the North, he spent 5 years teaching at Stockport College of Technology and then as a freelance cartoon caricaturist.
Drawing caricatures ‘live’ Mossy has worked nationwide attending weddings and parties as far apart as Bournemouth and Edinburgh. Corporate Events in London, Leeds, Harrogate, Brighton, Glasgow, Edinburgh, N E C Birmingham and London Planetarium.
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His Victorian style caricatures can be seen around the walls of Sam’s Victorian Chop House.
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