carys wilson
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listen...can you not hear me? (six panels) - oil & pencil on canvas 80 x 120cm |
Cornwall, UK
BA (hons) Fine Art Painting, Kent Institute of Art & Design
info@caryswilson.co.uk
My paintings are influenced by natural objects found in my surroundings in Lempa: dried sunflower heads, shriveled pomegranate shells and banana plant detritus. This organic matter has provided a source for observational studies of form, line, depth and structure. These images are then pushed around to find their own space and form on the canvas: relationships between lines, shapes and colours are brought to the surface or pushed back, and patterns retrieved. The original subject matter becomes purely a starting point as other more painterly elements surface.
I want my paintings and drawings to flow, mirroring the beauty of nature, a record of layering, reflecting the enjoyment of observing, yet also simultaneously to jar and feel fractured. I sense a push and pull between leaving an organic object behind, and letting the drawn line take over.
I am studying further on a Masters in Contemporary Visual Arts at University College Falmouth. I will return to using the body as a vehicle to explore drawing, and build upon the challenges posed whilst exploring paint in Cyprus, to build my observational semi-abstract / figurative images.
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