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| "The work is wonderfully varied and comprises paintings, textiles, prints, sculptures, mosaics, ceramics, watercolours, drawings and photography" | ||||||
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The Artists - Mike
Barlow
Paintings and
wall-hung constructions, using colour and balance and the intrinsic
qualities of found objects.
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Studio 4
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I
make
paintings and wall-hung constructions. The work is about colour and
balance and the intrinsic qualities of found materials. Much of the
wood and other objects for the constructions come from the beaches and
estuaries round the UK; shape and texture provide a starting
point. With the paintings, without the suggestive bits and pieces
culled from the sea, the blank canvas places more of an emphasis on
colour and the vocabulary of marks and shapes I choose to
develop.
A strong element of
water
and the sea often emerges in the work, particularly with the
constructions. I sometimes incorporate words, either as an allusive
text or purely as motifs. Design and symbolism evolve in the course of
the making process rather than through following a pre-conceived idea.
I usually let the work lead me , spending a good deal of time looking
and trying to get a feel for the right next step. I work in
acrylics which make it easy to over paint and change direction if I
want to. Completion is that point where the whole thing seems to stand
up and bear looking at. |
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| Breathing
Under water, (found wood and objects,) Acrylic. |
Examples of Mike Barlows's work | ||
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Mike Barlow Robins Close Barn Mashiters, Tatham, lancaster 01524 62996 Exhibiting at Studio 4 |
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