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 and also Scott Richards Contemporary art, San Francisco, USA.

 

Exhibitions / Galleries

September 2011                         Celebrating 10 years of hyper realism today, Plus One gallery, London, UK, group show.     
March 2011                                IN FOCUS, Simon Hennessey, Philip Harris & Andrew Tift, Plus one gallery, UK
Feb 2011                                   Winter show, Plus one gallery, group show
Feb 2010                                   Winter show, Plus one gallery, group show
April 2009                                  Exactitude :hyper realist art today, Plus One Gallery, london UK, group

December 2008                          Christmas Show, Plus one gallery, London, UK, group show

October 2008                             ArtLondon 2008, Royal hospital Chelsea, london, group show

June 2008                                  The Summer Show: Plus one gallery, group show

April 2008                                  2 person show, Simon Hennessey & David Finnegan, Plus One gallery
October 2007                             ArtLondon 2007: Royal hospital, Chelsea, London, group show

June 2007                                 Group Show : Plus one gallery, London,

March 2007                               Affordable art fair 2007, Battersea park, London, group show

March 2007                               FORM London, Art fair. Olympia, London, group show

Febuary 2007                            Birmingham Open 07, Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & art gallery Chamberlain Square, Birmingham

January 2007                            Group Show : Gallery Artists, Plus One Gallery, London

October 2006                            ArtLondon 2006: Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, Group show

June 2006                                 Exactitude III  Plus one gallery London, group show                                                                                                   

March 2006                               Affordable Art fair Spring 2006, London group show

June 2005                                 ArtLondon 2005, Chelsea, group show

March 2006                               The Artlounge,  Manchester,

Nov-Dec 04                                R B S A open 04, Royal Birmingham society of artists,UK, group show

September 2004                        Realism through a lens: Gallery Stratford, Stratford, UK, group show

May 2004                                  The Art house, Portsmouth. Group show

April 04                                      The Art Lounge,The Mailbox Birmingham,

Febuary 2004                             Visual arts center, St Johns church, Scunthorpe. Group show

November 2003                          R B S A open 03, Royal Birmingham society of artists, UK, Group show

September 2003                        Eye candy:  Surface gallery, Nottingham. Group show.

March 2003                               R U 4 Real…?  :  Birmingham Repertory Theatre, group show

Decemver 2003                          Prelude :  Solihull arts centre, Solihull, UK, Group show 

 

 

 

 
 
  
 
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