Artist Statement .....
Retreat (a place of contemplation). It is the nature of contemplation that you eventually arrive at a place of no words. This is the place where paintings begin. A place of incubation where anything is possible, where ideas have not yet formed. It is a river rushing to the sea. It seems an impossible task to name an exhibition, to give meaning to a whole body of work. I started to think more about the process and where the paintings were made, than the actual paintings. How my life has unfolded in the past ten years since I moved from the city to the country, and how my work has evolved in my new environment. My bungalow is perched on the side of a hill, next to the river in a small pocket of paradise. Living in such an idyllic place, it is easy to reflect on life, to see the nature all around, to see the beauty and to feel the gratitude of being, of being part of this immense creation. This place, this time is my retreat, not a withdrawal but an embrace of the nature of nature, a place of quiet solitude, a retreat.
Stephen Gill |
A selection of my work .....
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