In his 13th solo exhibition, the Rethymnian painter Frederick Featham presents 20 oil paintings of the Fortress of Rethymnon. In the past, Featham, as a landscape painter, has painted countless subjects - villages, skies, seas - using the techniques of watercolour, oil painting and etching. But for this exhibition he has chosen to have a single - and his favourite - subject, the Fortress, which has inspired him in many ways because its appearance changes dramatically depending on the time of day (or night!), the season, good or bad weather, calm or rough seas.
In Rethymno, Featham is perhaps better known as an English teacher. He was born in England where he studied Fine Arts and English Literature (Cheltenham School of Art and St Paul's College, University of Bristol). After his studies he was appointed art teacher at St. Crispin's School near London. Later, being a restless spirit, he decided to leave England and discover the world. Eventually he found himself in a beautiful seaside town called Rethymno, and in Rethymno he tentatively made good friends, got to know the wonderful Cretan way of life, began to learn the incomparable but difficult Greek language, and - miraculously - met Asimenia!
In addition to the 13 solo exhibitions, he has taken part in 17 group exhibitions, the most important of which are the Biennale in Florence (2007), and next September an international exhibition organized by the historic Galleria della Biblioteca Angelica in Rome.
His paintings and prints are in important collections in Greece, Britain, France, Italy, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the USA.
