I am a painter using process and formal means to
create a visual analogy for the process of living in a
modern, complex
world. The aim is always to make works that are
enigmatic, contemplative objects, carrying a certain
poetic power and at
the same time to make something that is a
statement of personal ideals and an expression of
my sense of the
disorderly-order around us, that is, the continual
struggle between necessary order and desirable
anarchy.
My techniques are a deliberate mixture of choice and
chance as a metaphor for the way we live. Paint is
applied in layers
to canvas or board by rolling, dragging, printing,
pouring, scribbling or any other method that comes
to mind. These
loose methods, random in varying degrees, are
balanced against a grid or band structure.
The process then, is the core of the work. It is
important that my paintings are seen as Paintings
rather than Pictures
as they are constructions in paint and sometimes
collage that are expected to stand in their own right
as an exercise in
visual dynamics that should speak for itself without
words in the same way that music does. If music is
still a viable art
form, then so is painting
Photo taken by Gavin Percy.
Criticism:
'These landscapes are emotional with their use of colour. As opposed to being painting at
an actual location, they are more a response to the concept 'Landscape', asking a viewer
not to seek recognition but to undergo a response based upon their own sensibilities and
experience.'
OHOS artists at Reading Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday 12th November, 10.30am until 3.30pm Graham
Davies, June 2014
27-28th September - Maidenhead Arts Trail.
Title: Desire Lines
A group show by OpenHand artists with studio tours as part of West Berkshire Open Studios
When: Monday 18th May to Sunday 24th May
Where: Brock Keep, 571 Oxford Road, Reading, Berks, RG30 1HL
Monday 1 - Sunday 7 August 2016
Monday - Friday 12 Noon - 4pm Saturday and Sunday 11 am - 5 pm
Meet The Artist 2 August 7 pm - 9 pm
OpenHand OpenSpace, Brock Keep, 571 Oxford Road, Reading RG30 1HL
Free Entry and Free Parking, Via Brock Gardens, through the gates of Brock Keep.
Buses 15, 16 and 17: alight at Brock Gardens stop.
