Russell Frampton

Cobaltphase I - Abstract Arcane Mythology / Magical Realism: Mixed Media

2021

Artist, Musician, Film Maker & Lecturer, Russell Frampton says - "This recent body of work is informed by my continuing research into the physical and metaphorical nature of archae...

This recent body of work is informed by my continuing research into the physical and metaphorical nature of archaeological artefacts and votive objects, allied to the referencing of the symbolic forms and materiality of alchemy. Central to this practical investigation has been the use of ‘gold’, and the qualities that the material, with its obvious chromatic and symbolic values, seems to possess. This has driven both the conceptual and pragmatic concerns within the evolution of this work. Gold is an alluring and complex symbol of many, often conflicting meanings, avarice, greed, wealth but also of purity and celebration, and has been used as the adornment of spiritual and religious iconography as a devotional act for millennia. The titles refer to connections I have made with the forms themselves, often when making a painting a word will emerge which acts as a form of poetic catalyst. ‘Parsival’ or Percivale/Peredur was the knight questing for the holy grail...

Brian Neish is fascinated by painted surfaces, particularly surfaces having to endure the extremes of sunlight, wind, frost and rain. He calls the appearance of these debilitating effects ‘Noble Decay’ to suggest a sense of them displaying increasingly unique visual qualities over extended periods of time. Initial ideas usually develop out of the close study of old shutters...

Brian never scrapes paint off, it’s all about the considered application of paint, one layer at a time. He carefully applies each treatment, allows it to dry and then scrutinises the...

Brian Neish is fascinated by painted surfaces, particularly surfaces having to endure the extremes of sunlight, wind, frost and rain. He calls the appearance of these debilitating ef...

Brian Neish is fascinated by painted surfaces, particularly surfaces having to endure the extremes of sunlight, wind, frost and rain. He calls the appearance of these debilitating ef...

"Snowy Mudslide" features the central, gold leaf circle found in Yuri Figueroa's oil paintings. The geometric gold leaf circle is surrounded by layered oil on canvas. Yuri builds tex...

Totem, 2020, acrylic, oil, artist marker, liquid gold leaf, op-art, pattern, red, blue, yellow.

ROJO #1 is dominated by the richness of the red in the oil paint on the canvas. The perfectly geometric gold leaf circle, a recurring visual element in Yuri's works, contrasts nicely...

Continuing on with the Unity series I am starting to feel even more connected to the theme which seems to unite us all. Looking at cultures and spiritual traditions from around the ...

Another area of focus while exploring the number 3 has been the three centers within the body for creation; the mind, the heart, and the groin/sexual center. From the power center o...

The Unity series is best described by a short story found in the introduction to author Don Miguel Ruiz’s book The Four Agreements. Three thousand years ago there was a [man] just...