ONLY MONOCHROMATIC, AND EXPRESSIONS The work of Dylan Andrews largely centres around monochromatic portraiture and studies of the human form. He tends to work on paper, using just charcoal, blending tools and a rubber. Andrews’ aim is to project and emphasise emotion without relying on deliberate facial expressions, instead placing an emphasis on manipulating light […]
THE CONFIDENCE OF A PORTRAIT Layer after layer of paint, Mary Jane Ansell builds up her paintings, her figures varying from being gentle and careless to the ones who are bold and confident. The process begins with a light charcoal sketch and then the artist builds up a monochrome grisaille underpainting. She uses an indirect […]
TONALITY AND TEXTURE Stephanie Rew: “My primary subject matter is the female figure. Always painted with a sense of ambiguity; faces half hidden, with the human form often just emerging from the darkness. The human anatomy is the predominant motif to my work and I have developed my style with the using drapery and pattern […]
REALISM IS NOT ENOUGH Patrick Palmer specialises in realist figurative art, portraits and semi-nudes. He has studied under Michael Clark – a friend of Francis Bacon – and by Bobby Gill, an honourary fellow at The Royal College of Art. Whilst an element of realism is important, in the artist’s own words: “I move beyond […]
THE STRENGTH OF A NAKED EYE What do you do when no one’s watching? – Talking to myself – proves to be very useful. Paulina Otylie Surys is a fashion photographer with a unique practice. Having trained in classical painting, she made a decision to take up screen printing around two years ago and through […]
SOMETHING PRIMAL AND MYSTICAL It was acrylic that Hamish Blakely used for painting but some years later, the transition to oils seemed inevitable and this too was to become another turning point in his distinctive style. “More than a preoccupation with the end result, it is a passion for the process itself that urges the […]
