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	My paintings are perceived as a reflection of reality but in truth the artwork transcends into its own abstraction of reality. Through using the camera as a visual source for painting I am able to create false illusions that are judged as our own reality. There are certain qualities produced by the camera that do not & cannot exist in our real world, they are only ever present in the digitized imagery of photography. The visual perceptions of a cameras lens generates a world of distortion in the basics of realism, such as the manipulation of focus, tonality, colour, depth and focal points, as a result presenting us with a false sense of reality: or a hyper reality. The reduplication and the transformation of media such as a photographic language into a painted language, produces a meticulous calculation within the process of change. Through the mimetic representation of a photographic source I am able to produce paintings that are capable of deceiving the human eye. My paintings content refers to identity, individuality, appearance and visual attitude. This is exposed through the process of physiognomy, the theory based upon the concept that the study and act of judging a persons outer appearance, primarily the face will give an insight into their personality or character. I add to the process of physiognomy through censorship and never giving the viewer the full content of the image. I regularly desaturate colour, crop, neutralize backgrounds or use a close focal point to present us with a distorted representation of an identity, therefore adding to this false sense of reality. My artwork can be viewed at the Plus One gallery London UK Exhibitions / Galleries Feb 2010 Winter show, Plus one gallery April 2009 Exactitude :hyper realist art today, Plus One Gallery, london UK December 2008 Christmas Show, Plus one gallery, London, UK October 1^st -6^th ArtLondon 2008, Royal hospital Chelsea, london, group show June 2008 The Summer Show: Plus one gallery, group show April –May 2008 Solo show: Plus one gallery London, October 4^th-8^th 2007 ArtLondon 2007: Royal hospital, Chelsea, London, group show June 12^th -30^th 2007 Group Show : Plus one gallery, London, March 15^th-17^th 2007 Affordable art fair 2007, Battersea park, London, group show March 1^st-4^th 2007 FORM London, Art fair. Olympia, London, group show Feb 9^th-April 29^th 07 Birmingham Open 07, Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & art gallery Chamberlain Square, Birmingham Jan 9^th – March 3^rd 07 Group Show : Gallery Artists, Plus One Gallery, London October 6^th -10^th 06 ArtLondon 2006: Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, Group show June 6^th – 30^th 06 Exactitude III Plus one gallery London, group show March 15^th -19^th 06 Affordable Art fair Spring 2006, London group show June 8^th-12^th 05 ArtLondon 2005, Chelsea, group show May 05 – Present Plus One Plus Two Gallery, London, March 05 – April 06 The Artlounge, Manchester, Nov-Dec 04 R B S A open 04, Royal Birmingham society of artists,UK, group show Sept04-Oct04 Realism through a lens: Gallery Stratford, Stratford, UK, group show May 04 – June 04 The Art house, Portsmouth. Group show April 04 The Art Lounge,The Mailbox Birmingham, Feb-May 04 Visual arts center, St Johns church, Scunthorpe. Group show Nov-Dec 03 R B S A open 03, Royal Birmingham society of artists, UK, Group show Sept 03 Eye candy: Surface gallery, Nottingham. Group show. Mar– April 03 R U 4 Real…? : Birmingham Repertory Theatre, group show Dec 02–Jan 03 Prelude : Solihull arts centre, Solihull, UK, Group show

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