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Apophenia:
​An Uncanny Presence.
2022

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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? ​

Why paint?

1/19/2023

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Work in progress. NN (Nomen Nescio) VI: An Uncanny Presence.
Oil on canvas ,123 × 91 cm (48 × 36 inches)

​According to Tate, ‘Painting is the practice of applying paint or other media to a surface, usually with a brush. In art, the term painting describes both the act of painting, and the result of the action – the painting as object.

The intention of my new work is…to paint. But paint what? Nothing. Nothing definable at least. That I leave to you, the observer and your apophenia. I paint for the action of pure painting, the sensual release that I attain from the practice of painting, and perhaps transmit via the painting as object. Paint on top of paint, paint beside paint, colour vibrates next to colour. Tints, tones, shades and hues vary. Paint covers colour, colour reveals paint. Lines makes shapes, shapes make lines. Painting is done.
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So, having defined what (a) painting is and why I paint, what does ‘the painting as object’ do?
To define what it does is more difficult, as it may do many things, but let’s try to simplify it.
Does a painting pass information? Sometimes, but not always.
Does a painting provoke emotion? Often, but again not always.
Does a painting make us think? Hopefully, but once again, probably not always.
If we consciously engage with a painting, is it intended to do the above? Generally, a painting is created to do all or at least some of the above in varying combinations.
But are the notions of openness, empathy and thought purely conscious? No, of course not, so how does a painting interact with out subconscious? 
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  • CODEX
    • plane >
      • Apophenia: An Uncanny Presence.
      • Control(s)
      • Personal Topographies
      • The Self-Isolation Residency
      • Americana
      • Mauve Skies
      • Scotland
      • Selected Drawing & Paintings,
      • The Teaching Years
      • Spatial Paintings 2006-2008
      • Paintings 2006
    • mass >
      • The Blind Men and the Elephant.
      • Spatial Conceptions 2014 - 2022
      • Painted Objects
      • Autograph
      • The Newtonian Nightmare
    • volume >
      • Enso nest
      • Someone else's storey
      • Shower, The Process Residency 2013,
      • Concrete Haiku
      • Atypical
      • The Murder of Crows.
      • Composition in White (Painting), The Breathe Residency:
      • Composition in White (Sculpture), The Breathe Residency:
      • Floorplan
      • Paper Scissors Rock
      • Pilgrimage
      • The Fifth Column
      • Tension
      • Arch
    • blogs >
      • The Self-Isolation Residency: Blog 2020-2021
      • Apophenia: An Uncanny Presence. 2022
    • artist statement
    • cv & education
    • contact