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Artist Statement:
My work digresses through
techniques, periods, genres
and philosophies - a factual
reality which I no longer
resist. Currently I paint with
a strong textiles element as
well as persuing a quite
separate photographic practice
mainly towards installation.
I am indissoluably connected
to the Brythonic culture of my
origins in Cornwall but studio
time in London allows an
expansive painting practice
which encompasses a wider
frame of reference than my
identity as an individual in
the landscape. I look at
objects and the metaphor, the
opposite of reason and the
value of non archived
information. I like to think
my work represents a votive
aspect in the power of visual
language, geometry in ritual
and the special characteristic
in a ceremonial/sacred object
- no matter how humble its
origins.
I assert the notion that the
value of all art is through
amellioration, even though, on
this occasion I cannot spell
the word correctly, my aim is
sincere.
The placing of objects, the
creating of new images and the
adorning of existing objects
fascinate me for reasons that
are alchemical, theraputic and
ultimately a power of
reasoning of an otherwise
vicarious world.
I am involved in public arts
and community arts, I ...
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