There are lots of sources which feed my work, the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath, some texts from ‘Awakenings of Osiris’ (the Egyptian book of the dead) and the Bible, specifically the Gospel of St John. These sources along with nature and the relationship of man to it, and man to itself are the themes that run through the work.
Music is a helpful tool in the process of trying to remain less conscious. Favourite painting music at present is Verdi’s Requiem, Mahler’s 2nd Symphony. It is somehow like giving a child a toy, the mind has something to play with so the painting can go ahead unimpeded. My work is not autobiographical. However, sometimes when a painting is finished I can see myself or particularly my children in it."
Louise McClary 18th March 2001
All paintings in the show are nicely mounted & framed in ash. Dimensions given are unframed.
Curriculum Vittae:
Born: Penzance
Education: Penzance School of Art, Troika Pottery1976-80 (Head Decorator 1978-80)
Recent Mixed Exhibitions:
1993 Demarco’s Choice, Newlyn Orion Gallery
1994 Christmas show, Bohun Gallery, Henley, Oxfordshire
1995 Christmas show, Beaux Arts, Bath 1996 Summer show, Beaux Arts, Bath
1997 Critics choice, Newlyn Art Gallery
1998 Christmas show, Badcocks Gallery, Newlyn
Selected Group Shows:
1992 Three Cornish Painters, Bohun Gallery, Henley
1993 Freelance Exhibition, Tate Gallery, St Ives
1994 ‘Birds & Beasts’ Bohun Gallery, Henley
1995 ‘Insight’, Exeter University
1996 Three person show, Rainyday Gallery, Penzance
1997 Portraits of Love and Betrayal, Beaux Arts, Bath
1998 Three person show, Lemon St Gallery, Truro
1999 Two person show, Rainyday Gallery, Penzance
2000 ‘British Show’ Lemon St Gallery, Truro
2000 ‘British Show’ Kelly Gallery, Glasgow
2000 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
Solo Shows:
1989 The Young Unknowns, Waterloo
1990 Southgate Gallery, Launceston
1991 Beaux Arts, Bath
1992 New St Gallery, Plymouth
1993 Art ’92 Business Design Centre, Islington (Beaux Arts)
1994 Beaux Arts, Bath
1995 Porthmeor Gallery, St Ives
1996 Beaux Arts, Bath
1993 Interviewed on BBCTV ‘Late Show’ featuring opening of the Tate Gallery, St Ives.
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