Mark Mainwood
Painting
1984-87
After
a very active period making pictures after Art College, I have over
the last 20 years taken a conscious break in order to bring up a
family and to pursue my work as an Occupational Therapist in a busy
neurological unit. However my artistic interests have remained
constant with me and this show is an opportunity to revisit and
develop some of the themes. I continue to live and work in East
London.
My
work since Art College has predominantly used organic sources
(insects, skin, microbiological structures, and more recently cacti)
as the thematic starting point in what are predominantly abstract
paintings. These forms are often transposed into more geometric
structures which both encompass and occupy them.
In
my current work the ‘Cactus Dream’ series I have been using
acrylic and water based oil paints on canvas. The work involves a
peripheral colour ground which engulfs and contains an abstract
central image (the dream). The works have evolved as a series from
an original ochre/gold base colour; like ‘dreams’ the titles only
bare a subliminal link, if any with the appearance of the final
composition. I use the titles as a way of generating additional
interest and emotion, but prefer to leave any interpretation to the
viewer. My primary aim is to produce images which are interesting in
terms of their abstract qualities but which also have visual
presence, where there is both harmony and disquiet.
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