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The lure of the ‘false’ in painting forms the foundation of my work. Constructed landscapes and the psychology of fictional spaces make up the stage for an exploration of painting as a simulacra, not a representation. Ultimately, my paintings seek to picture something tangible, conjured up from our obsession with simulations and...
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Pure abstract artist who uses paint to express the combining of opposites. Paint is applied randomly but is overlaid with geometric monochrome shapes, providing a contrast and distinction. Colour is very important as it underpins each picture space and installs a sense of vibrancy. By placing representational and three dimensional objects onto...
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Evans' practice deals with themes such as the sublime within catastrophe, social deprivation and social aesthetic. He features sub groups of society that live and survive on the fringes in contrast to the clean, ordered and consumerist utopia. Displaying people's urban survival strategies, Evans prompts the viewer to re-evaluate their own place,...
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My projects explore photography and ‘ways of seeing’ in two quite different ways; the first is working with ‘straight’ mainly un-manipulated photography. Here, my aim is to inform audiences of what was seen and recorded photographically (to convey a narrative within traditional documentary boundaries). I also apply...
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Current Practice I am essentially a fine art painter, but I do print and draw as part of my practise. I have recently re-dicovered Gesso which I am finding captivating in its coldness. Concepts If you look at my paintings closely you will see layers upon layers of paint. Each piece takes time to complete, although the marks are expressive and...
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I work as a painter in Cardiff and am inspired by the landscape of South Wales, which has been described as evoking emotion 'as if on the edge of some drama'. My work explores the holistic experience of landscape; from the journey to a destination, to walking, collecting and observing, to the physical and emotional connection to the land...
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My current work is concerned, almost entirely, with the trees that grow on the hill near my studio in North West Wales. Mine is not a conventional attitude toward landscape... the ‘vista’ does not concern me neither do the effects of light and shade, rather, sometimes seemingly insignificant aspects - such as a disappearing or...
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Jony Easterby Artists Statement. Having worked in the public realm for over twenty years and have gathered a broad range of skills that I bring to each new project. I live and work on 3 acres of Welsh hillside which is also my ‘plant laboratory’ and studio, and there my passion for and knowledge of ecology, horticulture and the...
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I make images with paint, collage, drawing and camera. Work is from observation, directly from life, from drawings, from photographs, from screen images. Self-portraiture is central, partly because I'm simply the observable human figure in what I paint but also, through performance, it allows me to trespass into the worlds of other women and,...
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In this body of work I have re-focused on my approach to abstract painting. The main images are taken from reproductions of art historical paintings. The human figure is removed, allowing the fabric and its folds to take centre stage. I have studied both historical and contemporary art to juxtapose possible relationships between the two. In the...
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Artists Statement In recent months it has become increasingly important to me to skills share and collaborate.  Somehow work seems to take on a more dynamic and meaningful emphasis and all parties benefit from such encounters.  It is so exciting to discover a creative connection in each others work and to develop this in a way that...
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Johana has a background in sculpture and has maintained a fascination with form, sometimes applying that to video and drawing. Graduating in 2001 from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff she has exhibited widely, most recently at Motorcade FlashParade in Bristol. Johana is particularly interested in the humanity present in the inanimate...
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Concepts I am interested in how images speak, in the nuances of visual language and translation from one medium to another. I work figuratively as a route to narrative discursive painting based on photographs, both personal archive and found imagery. I assemble collections of selected images which offer connections both familiar and...
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Rebecca Spooner’s rich installations combine film, photography, projection and found objects. Her work explores the romanticism of nature, in particular the representation of women, wild animals and the British landscape. Rebecca Spooner, Rough Notes, Publicity Image ...
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Motivated by a basic urge to play and create, Diana’s painting is intuitive and visceral, although consideration and planning are part of it too. Other recent work has been driven by an attraction to materials, and their colour and texture. Often inspired by fabrics and having a background in tile-making, her work feels very akin to...
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I am interested in the realisation of eternal form. The rhythms and patterns, harmony and balance inherent in nature are my guide. I am interested in creating works which contain and reflect these qualities, and which unite the human soul in this dance. My approach relates to the Eastern Artistic perspective: Inspiration lies with the rhythm of...
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...I am interested in the concept of the artist as researcher, someone who utilises fieldwork techniques familiar to visual anthropology, sociology and geographical studies. This approach developed from research exploring geographical and social issues specific to border regions. Borders have been prevalent throughout Paul's practice, in terms of...
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Constantly questioning the authenticity of the image in the digital age, I build new layers into the process of representation. Working with, and re-photographing, found photographic images already containing an element of staged reality - such as fancy dress costume packaging, 3-D bookmarks, archived reality-TV set design and packaged scale...
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The landscape around me offers the basis of my inspiration. Finding forms worn away over time intrigues me, either by weathering or erosion. I am drawn to naturally occurring curves produced over time by these processes, such as an ancient step found at the entrance of a church. I was recently awarded a grant from the Arts Council of Wales titled...
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Rabab Ghazoul is a visual artist whose practice draws upon a range of media to explore our negotiations and constructions of the political. Part social observation, part investigation into the realm of public narrative, her work often sees her referencing or re-staging chosen ‘texts’ – from news media footage to an existing art...
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I am a Welsh artist based in Cardiff and am pioneering a revolutionary new technique of three dimensional painting I call 'Gel'. Gel is a technique utilising the chemical properties of oil paint and hydrogel to produce a three-dimensional painting inside a transparent vessel. The paint is implanted into the gel and remains exactly where it is...
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ConceptsI call my monochrome paintings 'fragment drawings'. Pencil lines are applied to a white ground and obscured or brought out. The images arising from this process are often recurrent and obsessive. Heads, beasts, animals shift shape, travel the mysteries of birth and death. Banal or sublime forms evoke traumas of early relationships. ...
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My work is strongly based in the European tradition of painting. I strive to make work that is firstly meaningful. Hopefully a degree of innovation will naturally develop from this process. I don't strive to be different for the sake of difference. The meaning in my work is more about the question rather than the answer. A reflection of the...
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My main interest is in creating experiences that people can connect with and have a positive reaction to. I create interactive experiences that intersect human geography, place philosophy and performance art. I am currently exploring the human capacity for empathy as expressed through connection with location. Recent site-specific works seek to...
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The work is primarily concerned with exploring the tendency to nurture habit, ritual, routine and even obsessive repetition in a modern world teetering on the brink of dystopia where possibilities and choices are seemingly endless. My practice uses a wide range of media chosen to suit my ideas including drawing, animation, print, performance and...
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I am interesting in the how the internet is altering our aesthetic at inconceivable rates and how an aesthetic theory must be altered to conform to these practices. I feel that any aesthetic theory must acknowledge the fact that we all see things in different ways and have our own unique notions of beauty. So the ability for imagery to remain...
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My practise is centred on approaches to the substance of paint as a pre-loaded, genetic material where marks and surface, pigment, history, place and myth are part of a genetic code of painting as art. Supporting this approach, I use the context of how and where the painting is made to reference broader structures that inform the meaning of its...
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My work is based upon observational drawing, which demands an intense study of the subject – the sense of self is subsumed within the drawing process and the resulting image records my response to the subject rather than being a literal transcription of its’ appearance. This response is taken further in my paintings and prints, where...
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Blue has been given access to the National Library of Wales' (NLW) varied collections which consist of many of the Nation's treasures, including a broad range of materials such as manuscripts, maps, photographs, paintings and archives - not to mention the films, sound tapes and off-air recordings that are also housed there. The project was...
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