Patrick Lessware

Biography

Exhibitions - Gallery Guide Links
Exhibitions - Full Listings
~		Liverpool John Moore's Open Painting Exhibition
		Solo at Dartington Hall Galleries (twice)
		The Davies Gallery , Torquay
		Torre Abbey Gallery, Torquay
		Theatre Royal, Plymouth
		Ariel Centre Gallery, Totnes

Statement

Artist's Statement

These paintings represent several series produced over a number of years. All are painted either on MDF board or plywood. All are produced with brush techniques and use acrylic paint.

The ideas have gradually evolved with new images being introduced over a period of time. These images are intended to read like a "leitmotif", each one representing a symbol for a particular meaning, e.g. trompe l'oeil: what is real? Decay and translucency: things ephemeral. Peeling layers and repeated images: many realities. Structure: the natural laws of nature which hold reality together.

In some paintings the the image continues under, through and beyond the frame; the frame motif being a mechanism that is trying to contain and measure reality. I would like to think that these paintings are contemplative and lasting artefacts.