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Monday, 01 December 2008 00:00

Paula YesteroDavid McDowell

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EnglishArt is the creativity of the mind. The creativity of the mind is endless. Therefore Art is indefinable.
My practice takes the form of figurative oil painting with particular focus on light, composition and colour.

 Conceptually I aim to exploit facets of human intimacy, privacy, sensuality and tension. My recent works play on the notion of taking a private moment and making it public, where the viewer becomes the voyeur.
My practice juxtaposes a sweet palette with an unsettling subject matter. The focal point is often placed off-centre, with a secondary presence emerging. There is a cinematic quality to my imagery. The female figure's deliberate refusal to engage the viewer is suggestive of her independence. Where the female is clothed, the male figure is naked and vulnerable in a deliberate inversion of gendered expectations.
My practice is influenced by both historic and contemporary figurative painting with particular interest in the works of Pierre Bonnard, Eric Fischl and Alyssa Monks.

I suppose art for me is about challenging the ideas of contemporary culture and reversing the canon.

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BIOGRAPHY
Paula Yestero

David McDowell

EnglishDavid McDowell was born in Northern Ireland in1986. He was encouraged at secondary school to continue his studies and pursue art. McDowell enrolled in Limavady College of FHE and completed a BTEC Diploma (Foundation Art) in 2005. Later that year, he moved to Belfast where he developed his art further at the University of Ulster. Graduating in 2008 with a BA (Hons) in Fine and Applied Art, McDowell moved back to his home town of Limavady were he presently works as a professional artist.

His latest art works focus on light, composition and colour. Conceptually he plays on the notion of making private life public whilst exposing the viewer as a voyeur.

McDowell is represented in Northern Ireland by Canvas Galleries, Belfast where he is currently exhibiting alongside Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Pablo Picasso.

 
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