Light and shadow are extremely important in my work. I use my own photographic studies to work from and the subjects are often lit with just a 200W bulb thus creating not only starkly illuminated figures but also a quality and continuity of light throughout my work.
Wish, Oil on Board, 50cm x 50cm
Lament, Oil on Board, 58cm x 89cm
Held, Oil on Board, 35cm x 60cm
Ebb, Oil on Canvas, 75cm x 100cm
Butterfly, Oil on Board, 35cm x 60cm
Fallen, Oil on board, 60cm x 40cm
Shore, Oil on Canvas, 75cm x 74cm
Resurrection, Oil on Board, 45cm x 53cm
Pieta, Oil on Canvas, 100cm x 100cm
Adam, Oil on Canvas, 60cm x 90cm
Holding, Oil on Board, 15cm x 15cm
I allow myself the freedom to trust my instincts when it comes to subject and composition and I take many of my references and influences from contemporary dance and theatre.
There is a strong sense of narrative and performance that runs though the work telling the viewer a multiple layered story that is incomplete without input from their own life experience.
Since completing my degree in Fine Art and Related Arts in 1991 I have taught and exhibited widely both in West Sussex and London." --Robert Olliver-Jones
http://www.robertolliverjones.co.uk
More Artists at my website: http://www.elisarolle.com/, My Ramblings/Art
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