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Artist's Biography
UTOPIA 808 is a professionally trained artist who studied at Wakefield College of Art and the University of Coventry where he obtained a first class honours degree in fine art.
After a period working at a senior level in the charity sector he has for the past three years returned to painting on a full time basis.
He has exhibited in Wakefield (college of technology and arts)
Coventry (Herbert art gallery and Museum)
Birmingham (Ikon Gallery)
Edinburgh and Leeds.
He also has a number of paintings in private collections.
He has completed several commission including paintings for particular individuals and has provided a series of paintings for a restaurant interior and for a firm of solicitors.
He is particularly interested in large-scale commissions designed for specific architectural settings.
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About The Paintings
The paintings vary from the intimate in scale, suitable for a domestic environment, to large formats which suit more expansive interior settings such as loft accommodation or commercial/business environments.
Colour is my primary medium of expression. I have a strong understanding that pigment and colour is the product of light reflected from a surface. This being so I strive to create images which radiate out from the canvas almost like a light shining outwards from an open window. I also strongly believe that colour can directly affect mood and I endeavour to provoke a strong emotional but sympathetic response from the viewer.
In an era where magnolia is king these paintings celebrate the joy and visceral thrill of colour for its own sake. My paintings are not intended to sink shyly into the background but are positive authoritative statements.
The paintings also rely on the subtle modulation of surface, employing glazes; matt, metallic and pearlescent paints. This means the paintings subtly shift with changes in light intensity. Shifts from natural to artificial illumination produce changes in the appearance of the paintings affording the viewer a myriad of differing viewing experiences from one single image
My pictorial work is vibrant and intense. Although the paintings are clearly abstract in appearance they have strong resonance with landscape, biomorphic forms and atmospheres. They also reflect my passion for music often taking their original inspiration from particular compositions, which are used to guide the development of the paintings.
The paintings vary from the intimate in scale, suitable for a domestic environment, to large formats which suit more expansive interior settings such as loft accommodation or commercial/business environments.
It is a well-known axiom that art is built on art and that little is truly original, in this spirit I have many influences such as Matisse, Rothko, Klimpt, Diebenkorn, Ayers and others as. These influences are identifiable through my celebration of colour and design however it is also clear that I have developed a distinctive vocabulary of my own providing my own authoritative and original voice.
I strongly believe that a successful painting should stand alone and not be reliant on words and theories to validate or explain its existence. That a painting should exist as an entity in its own right expressing it’s own identity and that it should speak directly to the spectator.
The paintings make dynamic statements and are particularly suited to interiors that require a keynote image to help enhance and give character to a room.
This combination of rich colour and varied surface creates a rich and seductive impression.
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hiver
2004
acrylic on canvas
101x127
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violet wheel
2006
acrylic oil and collage on canvas
61x61cm
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on deep edged box canvas this work would provide a strong keynote to any room or office retail environment . Price includes postage within the uk mainland.
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venice abstraction
2005
acrylic oil and collage on canvas
160x100cm
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this is a large work on two joined stretched canvas panels.It is a durable rich collage which is designed using a matrix based on the golden section. This is a sumptuous work painted in golds and reds. It would look great in a larger room which needed a warm keynote a loft or office environment would be great.
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venice abstraction 2
2005
acrylic oil and collage on canvas
160x100cm
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the true wheel
2005
acrylic oil and collage on canvas
76x76cm
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numinous
2004
acrylic on canvas
200x80cm
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a different kind of blue
2004
acrylic on canvas
200x80cm
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primavera
2004
acrylic on canvas
101x127cm
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