ABOUT

Collwyn b.1987, Wales

Lives and works in Bristol, BV Studios.

Collwyn is a contemporary British abstract painter, his works draws influence from landscape themes but also paints improvisations of figuration and folklore.

His works are experimentations with paint and mixed media blurs the line between image and object. Inspired by his excursions across the world and memories of people and place. These gestural abstractions open up a dialogue with the viewer, to interpret and share their experience. The titles reference moments and movements that are evoked within the play of form and line. A keen mountaineer and traveller, Collwyn’s earthy and craggy textures juxtaposed against the use of thin washes of colour evoke a lasting and contemplative stillness. It is in the subtle nuances and bold rhythms his subject matter is illuminated.

Working in oils, Collwyn extends his vocabulary to shellac and reactive paints. His approach to pouring and applying various media, through reductive and reconstructed techniques; using electric sanders, glazes, boards and powdered pigments; creates a sculptural and elemental aesthetic. The surfaces are formed from a palimpsest technique - buffered, altered and scraped but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.