Russell Frampton

Golden Lore I - mixed media gold leaf abstract rectangular wood

2019

Simon emphasises the simplicity of form and the contemporary interaction between the light with haunting tone and texture combined with emotion. These are a study of low light observ...

Simon emphasises the simplicity of form and the contemporary interaction between the light with haunting tone and texture combined with emotion. These are a study of low light observ...

Simon emphasises the simplicity of form and the contemporary interaction between the light with haunting tone and texture combined with emotion. These are a study of low light observ...

Simon emphasises the simplicity of form and the contemporary interaction between the light with haunting tone and texture combined with emotion. These are a study of low light observ...

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...

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...

Tactile memory #145, by Natasha Zupan Mixed Media on wood, acrylic and oil Size: 18 in. H x 15 in. W x 3 in D. 2022 ____________________________________ Natasha Zupan beautifully un...

Tactile memory #126, by Natasha Zupan Mixed Media on wood, fabric, encaustic, salt, acrylic, pigments and oil Size: 21 in. H x 18 in. W x 3 in D. 2022 _______________________________...

Tactile memory #143, by Natasha Zupan Mixed Media on wood, old embroidery, fabric, acrylic and oil Size: 18 in. H x 15 in. W x 3 in D. 2022 ____________________________________ Nata...

Tactile memory #146, by Natasha Zupan Mixed Media on Wood, lace, acrylic, pigments, and oil Size: 18 in. H x 15 in. W x 3 in D. 2022 ____________________________________ Natasha Zup...

Tactile memory #122, by Natasha Zupan Mixed Media on Wood, silk petals, eyelashes, glass, acrylic, and oil Size: 18 in. H x 15 in. W x 3 in D. 2021 __________________________________...

Tactile memory #120, by Natasha Zupan Mixed Media on wood, Manton de manilla silk knots, 24K gold, acrylic and oil Size: 18 in. H x 15 in. W x 3 in D. 2022 __________________________...