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artist
statement
My art is about a personal exploration of the subject
and the materials used to create the work. Regardless
of whether the subject is something as mundane as a toothbrush
or as awe inspiring as the beauty of nature, it has to
speak to me in some way. I have to feel an empathy towards
the subject and desire to form a relationship with it,
as inevitably I am affected by the feeling or mood of
the subject. My paintings evolve organically from life's
everyday glances. Rather than trying to force my will
on them, I give them total control. Each layer determines
and guides the next. My paintings are a dialogue between
giving and taking. I don't want to sign the work until
it looks like it has been lived on, until I have violated
the open white space and created something that can become
independent of me and fend for itself.
Dion Archibald
brief
artist biography
2005
Travelled to Riga, Latvia (winter)
Group exhibition at Studio 48, Newcastle.
2004
Travelled to Riga, Latvia.
Solo
Exhibition at Newcastle Art Space.
2003
Art collectors from USA, UK, Europe, Turkey,
and Asia have been purchasing work online.
Work profiled
in the Artist's Palette magazine.
Artist
Interview and Profile
at ArtQuotes.net
2002
Working on the Newcastle
series after returning to Australia.
www.dionarchibald.com
came online.
2001
Started work on the Turkish
series of paintings after third visit to
Turkey.
1999
Visited Turkey for the first time. Stayed in Istanbul
and travelled to many places along the west coast.
1998
Studied Visual Art at the University of Newcastle.
1996
Studied Fine Arts at the TAFE College in Newcastle, Australia.
1976
Born in Maitland NSW Australia.
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