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Artist Statement:
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My abstracts are about line
and colour and how this
relates to a situation arising
in the present moment. The
work begins from an overall
feeling about a situational
experience. Recognition of a
situation, may come on quickly
or slowly. With ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
www.adriansetterfield.com
21st, 22nd November 2009 Santa
Croce Florence...
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Adrian Setterfield Biography:
| Biographical information for Adrian Setterfield can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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42
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
snorkling, walking in the countryside, writting, listening to music, playing percussion when I can get my hands on a drum. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Other
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Abstract Expressionism - (1940 - 1955)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Tristan Bastit,Rothko, Jackson Pollock
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| Favorite Work of Art |
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
For as long as I can remember, I have always been an artist. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Graduating with a diploma in Graphic Design in 1987, work commenced freelancing illustration as an imitation artist to various advertising companies and publishers in South Africa. During this time I took private lessons in oil painting techniques with professional artist Ryno Swart founder of the artists cooperative in Observatory, Cape Town. Ryno’s dedication to the craft, sensitivity to observation and one pointed ness to his philosophy had a deep impact on the way that I observed life. The freelance art paid well but was few and far between, so my free time was spent drawing everything I laid eyes on, painting and modelling for other artists.
1995 marked entry into working with clay. I fell in love with clay vessel flute making and then later discovered a natural ease with pinching pots and hand building ceramics. My ceramics became an expression where by I could enjoy making a living out of and at the same time produce objects that others could also enjoy. This was also a time in which my primary focus was on enlightenment through Buddhist meditation and Kriya Yoga.
Through an unusual set of circumstances connected to my spiritual search, I took up residency in Italy(2006). My spiritual teacher, at the time, was living in Sicily and so this is where I too settled.
By the end of 2006 it became obvious that the 'who' I thought myself to be, was conceptual and therefore not the reality that I already am prior to conceptualisation.
End 2007, I moved to the centre of Italy. At the beginning of 2009 I once again took up the brush, this time, with an approach of painting only what I feel to paint for the sake of it. The paintings are expressions of lifes ponderings as they appear here.They can also be intimate and provoking.
my art can be viewed on: www.adriansetterfield.com
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