Sta.sh
| These days, my work is in oils, usually on a small scale, the size of a credit card or standard postcard. They are painted on thick card, plein air, using a variety of textures. I'm mainly interested in recording my subjective responses to places, buildings, things and people. I most like to paint places which are in some way hidden or mysterious: one of the central functions of art for me is the revealing of secrets. Cities seldom visited or places off the tourist circuit hold more interest to me than more obvious sights, and I love to use art as a form of, and motivation for, exploration. Similarly, I love to use portraiture as a way of studying people in their environments, attempting to show their inner lives. I see my work in the line of both travel painter-diarists such as Edward Lear or Turner, and expressionist painters such as Bonnard or Joan Eardley: I have a portable kit with which I can easily transport materials and wet paintings. I plan further painting trips in Brazil, where I now live, Chile and, later this year, Rome. Tadeusz Deregowski February, 2012 |
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