Back to the blogs... Day 1.

Apophenia:
An Uncanny Presence.
2022

Whilst exploring painted spaces via my Personal Topographies series I was constantly aware that the next development in this painted process would be the introduction of abstract presences. Although I have been using the word presence to denote the manifestations in my work, I am now wondering if it is perhaps the best word to use. If the presence in question is always, pseudo human should I be considering the idea of anthropomorphism instead? Or perhaps in more global terms pareidolia? Or more properly apophenia?

Back to the blogs... Day 1.

12/2/2022

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NN (Nomen Nescio): An Uncanny Presence. Oil on canvas

NN II: An Uncanny Presence. Oil on canvas.

It's now been over a year since I completed the Self- Isolation Residency and it's accompanying blog; it was such a success that I have always my intended to return to blogging about my work , it's just taken a while to develop my ideas to an appropriate place.

My new work, although over the course of the next few weeks you may see some familiar works, explores the notion of what what I am calling an 'uncanny presence'. The ideas is that these abstract paintings might suggest the feeling of something intangible, something not quite there...

This 'suggestion' is caused by Apophenia: the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things (such as objects or ideas). As hopefully you may feel whilst viewing my latest two pieces at the top of the page.

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Apophenia:
An Uncanny Presence.
2022