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Posted August 26, 2015 by New Blood Art

Artists & Studios: Sara Oskarsson

“Based on nature’s forces and dynamism, my work is largely concerned with nature’s affinity with reclaiming what belongs to it. It focuses on the ‘slow burn’ that occurs in all living things and their surroundings.” – Sara Oskarsson See into the world of

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Artwork in-situ: Coral Churchill

“I work with bright luminescent colour, painting forms that cross between recognisable and reminiscent.  With empty void backgrounds I reference deep sea and space photography, while free form improvised structures create the basis of many paintings contrasting with portraits inspired by nineteenth-century daguerreotypes and autochromes.”  Coral Churchill    

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Artwork in-situ: Myka Baum

“I work predominantly in photography and investigate its ephemeral nature in relation to the urban environment. At the heart of my practice lies a fascination with cycles of transformation and an attempt to encapsulate natural phenomena through abstract processes. Light plays an integral role within my work and there is an ambiguity between the precision […]

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Artwork in-situ: Mary Watson

“My work explores the competitive nature of human beings. I am particularly interested in how we invent activities to express our obsessions and how we use objects to embody or to encapsulate our competiveness. The ‘Prize’ represents the driving force behind our behaviour; it is the end goal and represents success. On a deeper level […]

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Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning: Joanne Hummel

In his Reith lectures Grayson Perry called artists “Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning”. At New Blood Art we wanted to gain insight into our artists personal roads to meaning so we asked them 3 questions. Joanne Hummel-Newell The moment when you are at a party (for example) and someone asks; “What do you do?” […]

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Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning: Alice Dyba

In his Reith lectures Grayson Perry called artists “Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning”. At New Blood Art we wanted to gain insight into our artists personal roads to meaning so we asked them 3 questions: Alice Dyba The moment when you are at a party (for example) and someone asks; “What do you do?” […]

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Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning: Sara Oskarsson

In his Reith lectures Grayson Perry called artists “Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning”. At New Blood Art we wanted to gain insight into our artists personal roads to meaning so we asked them 3 questions: – Sara Oskarsson The moment when you are at a party (for example) and someone asks; “What do you do?” […]

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Artwork in-situ: Laura Menzies

“With each image I create I strive to embed a sense of tranquility and serenity as well as monolithic stillness and presence, which I hope can be strongly be felt. As well as being conceptually layered, much of my work is also physically layered and explores the inherent qualities of the materials I use. I […]

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Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning: Sara Willett

In his Reith lectures Grayson Perry called artists “Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning”. At New Blood Art we wanted to gain insight into our artists personal roads to meaning so we asked them 3 questions: Sara Willett The moment when you are at a party (for example) and someone asks; “What do you do?” […]

Posted August 23, 2015 by New Blood Art

Utopian ideals as a now faded dream in the work of Ed Saye

Making studio visits to our artists and seeing how their practice is developing is a treat. From visiting Ed Saye’s studio recently, it was clear that his practice has reached a pivotal point, a stage where he has found a subject and established a way of working that he can momentously build upon. This follows […]