Barry Lowenhoff PS

Statement

I am most attracted to landscape subjects from rural East Anglia, Wales, Scotland and Southern Ireland which I execute in a figurative way. The scenes I choose often speak to me as containing directional forces of energy which I interpret via relatively large, gestural brush strokes which I lay down first (liquid charcoal and watercolour). Whilst seemingly unnecessary to the onlooker, these marks provide a structural dynamic which feeds my mark making process and wherever preserved, are allowed to counterbalance subsequent layers of finer drawing work in charcoal and pastel. Colour is often minimised in preference to bold, graphic, blacks, blues, browns, light greys and whites. I aim to create drama in my work.

Bio

Born in Jarrow in 1956, but brought up in the south of England from an early age.

Attended High Wycombe College of Further Education for a one year foundation course in Art and Design.

Completed a BA Hons. degree course in Graphic Design at Canterbury College of Art, qualifying in 1978.

Have worked across numerous graphic design disciplines in the ensuing years.

Awarded a Chartered Society of Designers Gold Award.

Typography juror for The Designers and Art Directors Association.

Visiting tutor to Canterbury College of Art

External assessor to Barnet College of Art

Lives in Suffolk