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Originals
Introduction to the Originals . . .
My work is currently exploring an almost ‘back to basics’ approach to what truly drives me to create images . . . They are a ‘stepping away’ from the frequent obsession with detail in my work . . . they are also a ‘stepping away’ from colour . In a modern world so relentlessly and intensely saturated with a constant barrage of imagery and colour I find myself returning to my long standing fascination with black and white or at least near monochromatic imagery. Most of my primary artistic influences over the years follow a strong monochromatic aesthetic and this was also perhaps reinforced by my studies in black and white photography .
These current paintings are all created using inks, pigments and powders , soot solutions and refined beeswax. The beeswax is used as resists during the works and as part of my final sealing process to ensure these paintings will not shed , fade or degrade over time .
For further information see the Originals - Further Information
The pure fascination and wonder of artistic expression in ‘ all ’ its formats is surely that we , as human beings , are called upon and driven by an overpowering need to create . To invent , or tell , or simply to record stories , information and objects . . . to manipulate and render sounds and matter into formations , to make shapes and forms out of all known materials and elements . . . simply . . . to howl and shout and serenade , to recount by firelight our tracking of the deer , to hit animal skins with sticks and to daub on cave walls with ochre and berry juice . . . I believe every damn one of us is an ‘ artist ’ . . .
- Barry Martin-Andrews
Contact
Barry Martin-Andrews
Hawthorn
Manchester House
3 Castle Street
Hay-On-Wye
HR3 5DF
Hawthorn Gallery
General Opening Hours
Monday to Saturday - 10am till 5pm
Appointments available by arrangement