Art Exhibition

ALICE WILLIAMS

Artist's Statement
My work stems from a fascination with the relationship between man and the land and it is inspired by the awe and the beauty of my natural surroundings.

THE WHITE HORSE TRIPTYCH
This particular series of paintings was driven by an intimate knowledge of the view from the White Horse at Osmington. The painting explores the extensive range of colours & textures which envelop one small section of the landscape in the space of one year. The colours were grouped into three non time/season specific paintings for aesthetic reasons, to try to invoke a similar emotional response in the viewer to my response to the land.

The interest in field patterns developed through research into historical maps of the area which reveals that the boundaries appear not to have changed for 200 years. The lines of the hedges also act as visual references, describing the form of the landscape.

The building up of layers in the paintings is a reference to the layers of history breathing under the skin of the landscape. The area is covered in prehistoric evidence such as tumuli and the stories that the land has to tell intrigue me.

Foundation in Diploma of Art & Design
Weymouth College 2003 - 4

BA Fine Art Painting
Wichester School of Art, starting October 2004

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KENTON WALLACE

Artist's Statement
I am predominantly a textile's based artist and my ideas usually stem from sociocultural events. The 'Shrinking Violets' series was inspired by a multitude of circumstances. The spring blooms of the Aquilegia and Clematis flower, coupled with my recent discovery of post-painterly abstractionists (e.g.Keneth Noland, Josef Albers and Richard Anuszkiewicz), have channelled me back to the power of pure colour.

The significance of purple in nature and the range of hues it encompasses has helped me to develop a transient language in which I escape the turmoils of modern day life. Circlic representations within the canvasses are highly evocative of my personal history in terms of past, present and future tense. Much like Noland, I have used this simple shape to dilute mental energy and emotion into my work. The circles also act as a kind of focus or target, which I feel we all need in life as a whole. In these paintings I hope to create a kind of meditative aura where onlookers can interpret their own state of mind. To me purple simulates a certain ambience far removed from a world of troubled conflict.

Foundation in Art & Design
Weymouth College 2003 - 4

BA in Textiles Art Winchester College of Art from October 2004

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