antony clarkson
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      • 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
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Personal Topographies
(The Self-Isolation Residency)

Dunoon Burgh Hall Gallery,
Dunoon Scotland 2021.


This reflection also led to the revelation that during the decades travelling as an artist that I have accrued an internal geography of images and notions regarding people, places and experiences which I could draw upon during lockdown. 
Fragmented Vision. Oil on canvas.
These musings have led onto the body of work which I refer to as ‘Personal Topographies’. wherein the painting are appositely ‘suggestive’ of the idiom of landscape whist not being distinctly indicative of it.  ​These paintings are a way of demonstrating the illusion or ideas, places and histories as viewed through the lens of my critical thinking and my paint brush. They are an expressions of my psyche’s internal landscape. Although very personal paintings, I believe they have a wide appeal via their suggested familiarity to an audience which has shared a similar experience of remoteness during lockdown. 
Afraid of the Edge. Oil on canvas. SOLD.
Where They Kiss. oil on canvas.
I'll Never Be... Oil on canvas.
Subtle Embrace. Oil on canvas.
Deja vu too. Oil on canvas. SOLD
Uncertain Encounter. Oil on canvas.
The works are also very much about paint. Although there is a suggestion of imagery there in no intention to conceal the painterliness of the work, indeed it's presence is key to the works success owing a great deal to my previous series, 'Carved from this Land'. This nature also draws on my previous work in process painting and was expanded upon through the works below on plywood blocks where the objecthood of the works is as fundamental as they're painted surfaces.  
Fastigium In Trutina: Occupational Hazzard.
The Astonishment at Discovering the Errant Half-Brother of Friedrich.
Altitude. Oil on canvas. SOLD
The Question of Our Judicious Friend Friedrich.
Atmosphere. Oil on canvas.
Where the paint ends. Oil on canvas.
My solo exhibition at Dunoon Burgh Hall Gallery was a great success and the perfect opportunity to see all of the paintings together. In some ways there is a narrative like feel to the work, the story of a journey of self discovery if you will. A journey of self discovery taken whilst in self-isolation. 
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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