Looking to the Future
Looking to the Future
This painting recalls the past but looks to the future. A figurative painting of a pub interior, it's quite a complicated composition involving a lot of figures in various positions and attitudes. What struck me was that several of the people were looking directly at the camera, looking at the viewer.
The subject gazing out at the viewer and/ or painter has a familiar art historical precedent. I enjoyed and the idea of playing with this trope in a contemporary context of the pub. But also I imagined that some of these characters were looking out appealingly, addressing the viewer: this is the state of the world.
My paintings are about movement, rhythm and intensity of feeling. Much of my work originates in a recognisable world: from contemplative souls in interiors, to recreational scenes in urban milieus or dramatic landscapes, but I’m interested in drawing attention to the surface and material as much as the subject. Figuration becomes semi-abstraction.
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About John Heywood-Waddington
Seemingly quick, gestural marks conceal space one moment and open up the next. A highly collectable emerging artist, John Heywood-Waddington's paintings constantly toy with questions of how much to give the viewer... often erring on the line of 'just enough', ensuring a two-way relationship -...
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