porl thompson
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APPRAISAL by Ed Krcma : Lost in it all In a sort of sky The Moon Holder A Box of Dream Colours Reminiscent in many ways of Roger Hilton, Porl's apparently untutored
techniques also recall the pioneering work of the Expressionist
and naïve painters of the early twentieth century. In their bypassing
of the rational and intellectual, as well as the concern for subconscious
machinations, the images also recall the automatic drawing developed
by Surrealists such as Miro and Masson. Images relate directly
to the less easily verbalised aspects of humanity, the organic
'ordered chaos' of Porl's images suggest a world of poetic subjectivity
rather than objective certainty. Together Gazing On the beach Autonite sketch
Porl Thompson's images have a generous, romantic and lyrical appeal.
He employs crude draughtsmanship and loosely applied colour to
create forms that have an unfiltered expressive power. Fusing
energetic, gestural brushwork and liberal distortions of form,
these paintings appear spontaneous: testaments to direct expression
that is not compromised by the rigour of the intellect.
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410 x 410mm
conté & watercolour wash
410 x 410mm
These works are imbued with a sense of freedom that wavers between
the light and whimsical and the dark and chaotic. Compositions
are intuitively designed, without geometry, mathematics and other
ordering devices. Organic, biomorphic marks and shapes take on
their own logic in flowing, swirling and melting arrangements.
This is not to say that these images are entirely self-referential.
Many are specifically and unmistakably grounded in the expression
of aspects of the human condition. This is perhaps most powerfully
conveyed in the recurrence of imagery concerned with the human
form; such motifs include stylized eyes, enormous hands, 'primitive'
faces, and distorted, ill-proportioned human figures. These motifs
are presented in such a way as to evoke the focused, naïve concentration
of childhood. This imagery expresses a world of feeling and experience
as opposed to knowledge and delimitation. These motifs, as well
as evocative titles such as Moon Holder, Majik Eye, Box of Dream
Colours, suggest a concern for spaces of emotion, dream, the subconscious.
Oil on Board 10" x 10"
Oil on Board 12" x 16"
copyright © The Great Atlantic & Ed Krcma
conté & watercolour wash
410 x 410mm
conté & watercolour wash
410 x 410mm
conté & watercolour wash
410 x 410mm
conté & watercolour wash
410 x 410mm
CLICK HERE FOR ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL JAY
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