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Concepts My interest is in expressing the beauty and mysterious qualities within landscape -colour, light and pattern. Expression is fairly loose and non literal, moving more towards abstraction. Influences Earliest-Samuel Palmer's sepia ink drawings; Nash, Lanyon, Hitchens - but for colour, Matisse and Bonnard and for colour and...
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Born in 1970, I live and work as an artist in York. I studied at York College of Art and Design, followed by the University of Brighton where I specialised in Fine Art Printmaking. Graduating in 1994 I set up my own print studio to work full-time as a professional printmaker, specialising in etching and relief printing. I have...
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The majority of my work is done to commission, whether from architects, cathedrals and churches, public art agencies, local authorities or private clients. The medium will depend upon what will be appropriate for a particular piece of work. To date, work has been made in stone; wood; marble; slate; bronze; aluminium; glass; GRP; plaster; stainless...
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My work talks about sex, and power in a visual, three dimensional poetic form. Within the resulting 3-D objects are elements borrowed from church architecture , historic fashion, corsets, armours, organic forms, flowers, insects, creatures from the depth of the ocean. Using techniques such as basketry, sewing, needlework or Japanese armour...
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As a painter, the physical process of transformation has always been a significant part of my practise. The physical properties of paint or materials used, and the the way they adapt or change as the transformation takes place, creating a sense of spontaneous aesthetic balance. The creative act becomes part of how the work is interpreted, and...
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I'm interested in how forms and spatial relationships hold onto meanings, even when abstracted away from the world. I see my method as a form of phenomenology; as a way of grasping the world of phenomena and their meanings and as an exercise in stripping away the extraneous to arrive at the essences of (visual) experiences. A writer who has...
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My work frequently merges personal research with collaborations from various cultures, geographies and histories. Its primary focus is on the new societal condition of network culture and its effect upon relationships, conflicts and the identification of 'the Other'.I am particularly interested in the pervasiveness of photography within...
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Concepts My ideas emerge from my technique, which is an arbitrary application of free flowing colour and form. I explore patterns of elements with the potential to become developed into new entities. My selection and manipulation of what I consider the most vital parts of the "serendipitous whole" are inspired by what I might see as...
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Practice I work to commission creating unique site-specific artworks for inspiring architectural spaces. Working in a range of permanent materials, my approach is distinctive and graphic, and reflects the identity of people and places. Drawing on many different sources from history to the present day, the work incorporates photography,...
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