Thomas Knowles
(24 years old. Born in United Kingdom. Lives in: Newcastle upon Tyne)
Newcastle University
Through my work I create simplistic, earthly and fragile narratives with an ambiguous content. I work with real issues, scenarios and contexts, and process them within a playful and fictitious method, applying flares of fantasy, melancholy and myth. I paint in miniature onto wooden cylinders. The cylinders are hung as a collective, each individual cylinder acting as a visual portal into the composed narrative.
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Work of art I would like to make
I am very passionate about developing my current practice and would love to create a more ambitious installation of wooden cylinders. Having grown up surrounded by nature, my narratives are often set in woodland, a place where my imagination is always at its most active. I try to mirror this landscape both in my paintings and in the installation itself.
The cylinders are made from wood that I have reclaimed from salvaged railway sleepers and turned on a lathe to create the appropriate form. Each cylinder has its own personality, depending on its shape, size and surface. Whilst I do not want the cylinders to mimic trees, I want them to reflect the organic, often random character of nature. Until now I have only used a limited selection of wood and I would like to investigate other varieties, experimenting with grain, density and texture to truly understand my materials and enhance the foundation of my work.
Essentially I am a painter and I see the development of my technical ability as key to the success of my installation.
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My Artworks (6)
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