SIXTEEN GALLERY | 2 – 8 APRIL
ANDY FLACK PRESENTS POSTCODES;
A RESPONSE TO MEMORIES,
PLACES AND SPACES.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Artist Statement
Professionally, I am a trauma psychotherapist and therefore work a lot with memory. I’m interested in how we store our experiences and the way we filter and code reality to create meaning. My current painting theme is very much a response to my own memories, particularly recollections of place and space. My forthcoming exhibition is entitled Postcodes and the titles of the pictures are simply the postcodes which the images refer to. These are places that have a significant place in the storehouse of my memory. Some are associated with joy and wonder; some with loss and sadness; some with feelings of regret. The images are created in the studio, sometimes years after the experience of being in the place and are created in reference to the internally generated image in the memory rather than being some reliable interpretation of the place itself. Influences are Joan Eardley, Barbara Rae, Dennis Creffield and Bryan Wynter among many others.
EX39 2022
This image refers to a memory of walking along the waterfront in North Devon. Light was shimmering on the surface of the water and as it was early in the morning there a hazy mist across the water. In my memory, the image begins to break down into shapes and structures, defined by the light and I was reminded that ultimately everything is made of ever decreasingly small elements. For me, there is something spiritual in this understanding of the building blocks of creation and I have tried to reflect this in the painting.
The image is 100cm by 120cm and is built up with layers of drawing ink and aqua oil paint. The technique involves creating an initial image, leaving it for a couple of weeks, then coming back with the next layer and the next and so on. Each painting can therefore take several months to complete.
GL52
This is a work on paper that reflects a memory of walking on Cleeve Hill on a particularly windy day, shortly after my relocation to the area from London.
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