Advent and Imaginaries of a Mysterious World

I am showing two pieces at the Advent Exhibition at the Holy Biscuit, Newcastle.  The exhibition runs from 1st December 6:30pm to 14th December 4:30pm.

See below link for more info.

http://www.theholybiscuit.org/whats-on/

I am currently showing a piece in the Imaginaries of a Mysterious World Exhibition in the Factory Kitchen at The Biscuit Factory. 

See below link:

http://www.thebiscuitfactory.com/the-factory-kitchen-presents/

Open Studios

I am taking part in the Ouseburn Open Studios.  26th/27th November 10am - 5pm

I am based in the Biscuit Tin studios on Warwick Street.

See below link for map and more details.

http://www.ouseburnopenstudios.org/

Artist Statement

My work explores the feelings evoked by architectural spaces; depicting figures in fantastical settings with atmospheric light and colour.  The process of making my work involves sculpture, photography and painting, reflecting my interest in transformations between two and three dimensions. 

I start by creating a distorted architectural model with painted detail, and then I photograph it.  In the image it is ambiguous what is real and it suggests different worlds or levels of reality.  I sometimes take this a step further by cutting up the prints and sticking them together to create new three-dimensional forms and spaces.  Other times I make the ink run in digital prints to blend photography and painting.  The pieces are often very small to evoke preciousness and curiosity.

I aim to bring out a spiritual and life changing significance in scenes that start off quite ordinary.  These scenes can be disorientating or claustrophobic, but there is always a sense of hope.  Staircases often feature in my work as they are beautiful shapes that convey movement and travel.  I am interested in the significance of the viewpoint and I use exaggerated perspective to create distortion and dramatic shifts in scale.   

I am influenced by studying the use of architecture by late 20^th century artists as well as by the Bible, Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space, Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth and Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr Caligari.  My aim is that the traditional language of perspective, representation and atmosphere will be understood by many, yet be stretched and pushed enough to result in exciting new art that can convey concepts in original ways.

He Is Near (Photograph)

Freedom (Photograph)

Freedom - 'Under Whose Wings' (Sculpture made out of digital prints)

New piece - Descent to Earth