Started work on a series of still-life paintings initially painted from the observation of ambiguous objects, quite intrigued by the idea of painting unrecognisable objects from observation, the act of observation creating what appears to be an abstract image?
My MA show private view is this Friday 18th September (6-9) would be lovely to see you all, below is a selection of images from the show but briefly there are fifteen landscape paintings all painted throughout the last eight weeks in Ashcombe Park. This is the written entry in the show catalogue:-
My work is concerned with portraying a personal “sense of place” found in the most ordinary of locations.
This series of paintings were all initiated from observation and portray a very particular geographical location, in this case defined by the boundaries of a local park.
By purposefully restricting the location I have become increasingly familiar and sensitive to the nature of this place and the type of image that it solicits me to produce.
The limited size of the majority of the canvasses necessitated a focussed approach to finding and painting images. This has resulted in the disclosure of particular qualities that resonate with my experience of this location. Once identified these qualities became the subject matter for larger work.
This process, through repetition, has allowed the resulting fragmentary images to accumulate to be a record of my response to a particular place, over a period of time, shaped by experience, and revealing my engagement with the world around me.
Come along!!
wilfredbeehive 