New Artist Research

I have chosen the artist Christopher P.Wood as I particular like the way in which he tries to delve deeper into the core of nature, and the world around us. I particularly like his Painting ‘Final Hour of Creation’, which depicts an abstract expression of a spiralling earth been created. I feel his paintings are mysterious, occult and beautiful, their magical imagery casts a spell over the audience, allowing them to feel a part of the unusual worlds which he has invented.



                         Christopher P Wood, 'Final Hour' (of Creation), Oil on Canvas, 2005


Christopher P Wood, 'A walk through Paradise Gardens', Oil on Canvas, 2010

“What does a painter paint when he paints a landscape, the landscape or his soul? If a painting "works" then the image is certainly more than just the outer description. It resonates at a deeper level. Even so, in this age that does not believe in Soul, it is bold indeed to abandon that outer form altogether and explore only what lies beneath. Yet that is what Christopher Wood has sought to do in the decade this show describes…”

”It speaks of reality as rooted in the spiritual realm. It explores that level of experience which is unfettered by the outer metering of time and space in landscapes which echo an archaic depth and luminous mystery. They resonate with symbols and strange eminences. They are the places where thoughts arise.”

Ian Skelly, 2007, writer and broadcaster

Gustav Klimt was renowned Austrian Symbolist Painter during the early 1900’s. Klimt Primarily focused on human form, particualry that of the female body. His major works include paintings, sketches and other art objects.

I choose this artist as I like his reference to music in his work ‘Beethoven Frieze’, which was in celebration of the composer Beethoven, the painting features three figures: a knight in armour representing “Armored Strength”, one woman in the background symbolizing “Ambition” holding up a wreath of victory and a second woman representing “Sympathy” with lowered head and clasped hands.

'Adele Bloch-Bauer's Portrait', Oil, Silver and Gold on Canvas

 

"Music is the ultimate teacher" (Kandinsky)
 I chose the Artist Kandinsky, due to his research and focus of trying to capture elements of music. Music is a great passion of mine, I really like his exploration and experimentation into the use of colour to symbolise tones and chords.

Hearing tones and chords as he painted, Kandinsky theorized that (for example), yellow is the colour of middle C on a brassy trumpet; black is the colour of closure, and the end of things; and that combinations of colours produce vibrational frequencies, akin to chords played on a piano. Kandinsky also developed a theory of geometric figures and their relationships—claiming, for example, that the circle is the most peaceful shape and represents the human soul.

 

Vasily Kandinsky, 'Composition VI', O