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BEYOND THE LANDSCAPE - GRAHAM COX RCA

"I have always been interested in the idea of discovering paintings within paintings. The isolation of a small section of a painting becoming an unintended painting within itself."

Exhibition Dates
06/04/24 - 25/05/24

Location
The Royal Cambrian Academy

Still experimenting at 70

"Throughout this exhibition I have attempted to explore this concept as well as experimenting with scale, composition, techniques and materials.

My intention is to make a number of outcomes, which when combined, reveal one overall cohesive statement whilst still retaining their own identity.

The outcomes vary from representational to abstract and invite the viewer to interpret them as they see fit. Some of the pieces are self-explanatory whilst others require more viewer participation in order to excavate an image, or series of images, from a less obvious background. Similar to the difference found when analyzing a piece of music with clearly defined lyrics alongside a purely abstracted orchestral arrangement. Finding harmony amongst chaos.

I do not work from sketches or photographs preferring instead to work directly onto a surface using a range of materials. I begin by making a random set of marks that prompt me to respond with a range of techniques, approaches and materials. Similar to the cave paintings at Lascaux and Altamira where the shape of a rock or the contour of a line suggested what was to follow.

The journey of painting thus begins and guides me into what direction seems appropriate. For an outcome to be successful it has to document this journey that I have undertaken. More often than not the final piece (or pieces) will take me way beyond what I could have envisaged before I began.

As Picasso remarked "I simply paint in order to see the outcomes".

Whilst my work is based around the landscape it is not the landscape that appeals purely to sight. It is the journey through the landscape and the appeal it has to all the senses that I endeavor to capture through the process of painting,

Any outcome that may hint at a topographical view of a place that exists is purely coincidental ".

Graham Cox March 2024

SOLD GRAHAM COX RCA 'BEYOND TIMANFAYA' OIL ON CANVAS 82 X153 X7 CM £2,000 SOLD
GRAHAM COX RCA 'ENIGMATIC COMPOSITION 1'  ACRYLIC AND COLLAGE ON PLASTER 32 X32 CM £350
GRAHAM COX RCA 'ENIGMATIC COMPOSITION 2' ACRYLIC AND COLLAGE ON PLASTER 32 X32 CM £350
GRAHAM COX RCA ' ENIGMATIC COMPOSITION'  ACRYLIC AND COLLAGE ON PLASTER 32 X32 CM £350
GRAHAM COX  RCA 'ET IN ARCADIA EGO'  OIL ON CANVAS 173 X82 CM £2,500
GRAHAM COX RCA ' LANDSCAPE WITH STRUCTURES STUDY I'   ACRYLIC ON BORAD 32 X32 CM £350
GRAHAM COX RCA 'LANDSCAPE WITH STRUCTURES STUDY II'  ACRYLIC ON BORAD 32 X32 CM £350
GRAHAM COX RCA ' LANDSCAPE WITH STRUCTURES'  OIL ON CANVAS 125 X95 CM £2,000
GRAHAM COX RCA ' LANDSCAPE WITH TWO RED BARS'ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 60 X60 CM £595
GRAHAM COX RCA 'QUADRIPTYCH STUDY 1'  ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 20 X80 CM £395
GRAHAM COX RCA ' QUADRIPTYCH STUDY 2 '  ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 20 X80 CM £395
GRAHAM COX RCA 'QUADRIPTYCH STUDY 3 '  ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 20 X80 CM £395

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