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Monday, 29 March 2010

Sunday, 28 March 2010

Old School

Nothing like finding old drawings when you was younger.

Saturday, 27 March 2010

Here are the dates for the up and coming shows that I am in.

UCA Farnham Degree Show - June 4th to 14th - Private view June 3rd

Fruition, London Degree Show - July 7th to 11th - Private view July 7th

http://finalfruition.com/

Friday, 26 March 2010

Seeseite (WIP)

Artist's Statement

The images that I paint and draw are characters I develop from found photographs. The photographs often celebrate or commemorate times of past England, leisure, iconography and social history. After I select imagery from different locations and eras, I go about ‘forming’ my own scenario, which is an alchemical and tentative process. I am careful to leave my viewer room to speculate upon their own narrative, this is important to me. I am hoping that I can extrude and expand upon the resource of emotion and information this found photography gives to me. With my painting I intend to filter the content I find, into a whole new sensory experience for my viewer.

I am currently focusing on how found photographs of twee, English settings show people engaging in the sensuality of their location. I pick up on and accentuate the way their expressions show enjoyment associated with sea side ephemera, like ice cream in a cone and donkey rides. The 21st century is far removed from that environment; people usually aspire to go abroad. The presence of sea side’s as a cultural and inspirational place has diminished, as quality of living has improved. With my painting, I use this kind of misplaced nostalgia to create my absurd dreamlike worlds, which exude joy and indulgence in simple pleasures. The drawings I do have a realistic approach where I use hatching to establish tone and texture, the painting style is markedly different, cartoonish, fluid and brightly coloured.

Draw

Monday, 29 March 2010

Vies

Sunday, 28 March 2010

Napier

Old School

Saturday, 27 March 2010

Speiseeis

Riding along in my automobile

Shows!

Friday, 26 March 2010

Seeseite (WIP)

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