The series of paintings
featured in the exhibition originate from photographs of TV 'white
noise'. The flickering points of light on a screen are translated
into thick blobs, smears and drips of paint sealed behind layers
of varnish. This physical, tactile quality creates a distance from
the flat photographic source allowing for an investigation of the
painting process. Whilst employing a kind of surface seduction the
work questions notions of the spiritual or expressive traditionally
associated with abstraction. A response to an environment of media
saturation and image overload, I am interested in making paintings
that are simultaneously full yet empty.
Born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire in 1978. Studied Fine Art at John
Moore’s University, Liverpool, graduating in 2001 with First
Class BA (Hons) and selected for 'Northern Graduates', The New Academy
Gallery, London. A member of Arena Studios, Paul has recently been
involved in the creation of a gallery space within the building
and the organisation of a series of
projects in the venue. As well as these activities, Paul works at
the new FACT Centre in Liverpool, and has continued to exhibit his
paintings in shows across the UK.
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