RALPH STANTON | LOOKING FOR THE LIGHT

This exhibition is a continuation of my last show There’s a Crack in Everything (after Leonard Cohen). These works are a bit more subtle. There’s no obvious crack or rupture in the surface or the picture plane, it’s more like layers of light, glowing through an opaque landscape. It’s more nuanced. It reflects an underlying feeling I have that the light we seek is ephemeral. It appears from behind, from the sides, from above, from below, indirect, yet luminous. Light is integrated and inherent, rather than something that might be more directly stated. Illumination not via a lightning strike, but rather a glow. I’m interested in the patterns of light as they play out on the texture of the paint’s surface. The painting becomes like a piece of jewellery, an artefact in itself without the need for illustration or to tell a story. ********************************************************************************* Artist bio: Dip Art (Fine Arts)(Claremont WA), Grad Dip TP (UC London), B Arch (Melbourne), An architecture qualification at Melbourne University gave me an essential Bauhaus approach to my art practice. My work might be categorized as Abstract Expressionism but it aims to be subtle and feeling-based. I am interested in the realisation of beauty and hope the viewer responds to the paintings aesthetically and emotionally. I have exhibited regularly since 1994. in W A. before moving to Sydney in 2016 In Sydney, I have had solo exhibitions at Disorder Gallery East Sydney and Frances Keevil Gallery Double Bay as well as participating in regular group shows. Wellington Gallery, Stella Downer, Square One Studios, SQ1 in Darlinghurst and Kerrie Lowe Gallery.