Artist Information:
Paul Mckenna
Sutton Coldfield,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Jan 2003
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Artist Statement:
I seek to produce images in
which elegance and economy of
formal structure give rise to
powerful emotional resonance.
My artistic influences are
varied, ranging from Japanese
and Chinese art to Vermeer and
Bruegel, to Cezanne and
Cubism, to Klee and Matisse,
to Abstract Expressionism, to
the painters of the St. Ives
School, etc.
A key aspect of much of my
more recent work has been the
endeavor to achieve a degree
of perceptual ambiguity which
will allow an image to
maintain a balance between the
recognizable and the
illegible, simultaneously
suggesting possible
interpretations whilst
discouraging any definitive
reading which would 'close
down', or de-mystify and
thereby de-energize, the
image. Steering in this way
between the conventional and
the mysterious I hope to
promote a more refined and
vital condition of seeing, and
it is this purified act of
seeing, with all that it
implies, which is the real
subject of my work.
My art is informed by my
longstanding interest in
philosophical and
psychological theories of
perception and cognition, and
particularly by my inquiry
into Buddhist ideas relating
to the nature of the self and
it's relation to the world.
One of my main preoccupations
is ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Selected Exhibitions
2007 Number 9 The Gallery,
Birmingham
2005-07 The State of the Art
Gallery, Portobello Road,
London
2004-05 'Lights & Veils', The
Bullyard Gallery, Nottingham
2000 The Works Gallery,
Birmingham
1999 The Custard Factory,
Birmingham
1995 Gallery 6, Ironbridge
1994/95 Ikon Gallery's touring
exhibition, 'Fragments'
(various...
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Paul Mckenna's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Paul Mckenna's Portfolio.
I seek to produce images in which elegance and economy of formal structure give rise to powerful emotional resonance. My artistic influences are varied, ranging from Japanese and Chinese art to Vermeer and Bruegel, to Cezanne and Cubism, to Klee and Matisse, to Abstract Expressionism, to the painters of the St. Ives School, etc.
A key aspect of much of my more recent work has been the endeavor to achieve a degree of perceptual ambiguity which will allow an image to maintain a balance between the recognizable and the illegible, simultaneously suggesting possible interpretations whilst discouraging any definitive reading which would 'close down', or de-mystify and thereby de-energize, the image. Steering in this way between the conventional and the mysterious I hope to promote a more refined and vital condition of seeing, and it is this purified act of seeing, with all that it implies, which is the real subject of my work.
My art is informed by my longstanding interest in philosophical and psychological theories of perception and cognition, and particularly by my inquiry into Buddhist ideas relating to the nature of the self and it's relation to the world.
One of my main preoccupations is ... |
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9 Trees, 2008
Acrylic Painting,
60 x 25 X 3 cm
Not for Sale
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Harbour 2, 2010
Oil Painting,
30.5 x 25.5 X 3 cm
Not for Sale
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Harbour 3, 2010
Oil Painting,
40 x 30 X 3 cm
Not for Sale
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