Prima Materia, acrylic on canvas 50cm x 60cm
This painting reflects on the alchemical prima materia, the undifferentiated substance from which transformation begins.
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My short film, The Black Sun: Mise en Abyme, is now available to view on my website at https://t.co/RFiQPtv2a1 along with all works included in last month's Doctorate Showcase at the UEL. https://t.co/Q5bQN7EqiL
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Images from the doctoral showcase last month. A description of the exhibition and some of the works are available to view on my website https://t.co/wQjgl2Q9cK
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Professional Doctorate in Fine Art, Showcase 2025 PV this Friday. 5.30 pm to 8 pm. University of East London, Ava Building, University Way, Docklands Campus, E16 2RD. Open 21-24 June 2025 10pm to 5pm.
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Doctorate in Fine Art Showcase at the Unitversity of East London, Ava Building, University Way, Docklands Campus, E16 2RD.
Private View 20th June - 5.30pm to 8pm
Open 21st and 22nd of June 10am to 5pm.
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The Haunted Self (100 x 120cm, acrylic on canvas)
This painting references a still from my film The Black Sun: Mise en Abyme. I
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Nearly completed 'Liminal Ground' 70cm x 60 m acrylic on canvas.
Liminal Ground explores the fractured space between disintegration and reconstruction, where memory, trauma, and unconscious material begin to form unstable structures.
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WIP Acrylic on canvas 120cm x 100cm.
The falling figure symbolises confronting hidden aspects of the psyche, Nekyia the night sea journey, a descent, loss of control, identity, existential instability and the alchemical stage of nigredo.
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Now I'm established in my new studio I'm experimenting with lighting using this old assemblage piece 'Childhood Traumas' that I intend to work with. Although I created this in 2012 it's relevant to my current research.
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Work in progress. I'm exploring, trauma, the uncanny, the real and the sublime, working in charcoal, graphite, pen and acrylic on canvas.
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Discussion with Steve Brett of 3rd Space 'what is happening in the art world in relationship to the global crisis weβre facing https://t.co/5lgCY5zjkL
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My new studio, almost finished, empty and clean (not for long). Designed and built by my very talented nephew, Matt Wotton.
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Freeform drawing on paper. The recurring archetypal labyrinthine theme has become multi-layered, which I interpret as a symbol of the complexity of the unconscious, the psyche and the path to individuation.
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