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For my degree show in 2005 I focused on an area of the world that we know little about, the darkness that prevails at the depths of our oceans. According to Robert Kunzig, author of Mapping the Deep, humans may have scrutinized 'perhaps a millionth or a billionth of the seas darkness, maybe less maybe much less.' My paintings from that time are a visual portrayal of the glimmer of life that I feel could exist at the abyss. It is only with artificial light that we are made aware of a whole other world at the seabed. I was looking at natural history books and films as research. I want the viewer to feel that there is an essence of something recognisable, a unique place that borrows from ours. Gradually the forms I depict have become more abstract and despite a lack of reference to any familiar forms I still want to illicit an emotional response, one that is more intuitive than rational.
Since finishing at Winchester I have been focusing more on the genre of landscape. Again I have been trying to create a feeling of otherworldliness. The landscape of a world changed by events unstoppable, environmental damage or perhaps war. Recently I travelled by rail from Germany into Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia. I found that the landscape has had a huge affect on my work. On returning I looked at the work of British landscape artist Paul Nash, and also Anselm Kiefer. In particular their depictions of war torn landscapes. Artists Peter Doig, Paul Noble and Michael Raedecker are three contemporary artists that tackle the subject of landscape. The latter in particular has been a huge influence, his scenes of solitude and emotional isolation also suggest something inherantly sinister. My research has prompted me to create scenes that are almost post apocalyptic, places that are void of humanity but suggest some sort of human interference. |
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Strange Behaviour
355mm x 250mm
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The first sound
255mm x 305mm
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The last sound
305mm x 405mm
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Everything means nothing
305mm x 230mm
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Sun in my mouth
405mm x 305mm
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Tips of fingers
500mmx 380mm
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Beneath it
610mm x 760mm
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Bring into being
910mm x 610mm
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In our hands
300mm x 400mm
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Blue turning grey
255mm x 360mm
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Dark days seen
305mm x 230mm
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Without day
360mm x 460mm
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Invitation
450mm x 450mm
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Behind a dream
450mm x 450mm
Acrylic and pencil on canvas |
Dissolution
610mm x 460mm
Acrylic on canvas |
It's not up to you
400mm x 600mm
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Watch the clock for you
510mm x 850mm
Acrylic and pencil on canvas |
Pending
510mm x 610mm
Acrylic on canvas |
Last stand
285mm x 373mm
Pencil and acrylic on paper |
Bias
285mm x 373mm
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Named
285mm x 373mm
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Taunt
285mm x 373mm
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