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Oracle of DelphiArcadian Folly: Timothy Preston exhibits in Balmain
August 21st 2006 00:36
Supporters of art in Sydney's inner west will be glad to know that Groundfloor Gallery in Balmain recently announced the opening of 'Arcadian Folly', an exhibition of recent paintings by Sydney artist, Timothy Preston. According to the Gallery's press release "The Arcadian Folly exhibition focuses on the artist’s perception of how painting can be a place of introspection of one’s morality and spiritual integrity."
Amongst the Sydney art community Timothy Preston is regarded to have developed an art of sensibility whose paintings are rare, precious and deliberately restricted in scope in order to deepen their presence. “Art is of the process rather than the state, of the becoming rather then the being”, Preston says. Alun Leach-Jones and Jules Olitski inform his work and are also strong influences.
The process of Preston’s painting is intuitive and emotionally charged. It involves layering the totality of the canvas with thin over-painting and then finding form patiently and meditatively. His technique creates a sense of a floating atmosphere, full of possibility and optimism in the viewer. This new series of paintings are works which celebrate a strong visual intelligence. Not unlike artists Allan Mitleman and Emily Kngwarreye's work, Preston's intentional use of restricted colors and forms are also powerfully significant to the works resolution.
For Preston, the paintings on display are full of possibilities to explore where and in what place the genesis of life may be hidden from the naked eye. There is a depth to the work that seeks to describe in visual terms something of an unseen quality of nature, possibly that which makes us human and what moves us to contemplate mortality. We are compelled to use our hearts not our minds when viewing the works.
Preston's work was most recently featured in The 54th Blake Prize for Religious Art, Sydney. Timothy is involved within the art industry working in art installation for commercial galleries around Sydney and is continuing his art education with his studio practice and various short courses and workshops. Preston has traveled extensively and lived in Japan. This is his second Solo Exhibition with Groundfloor Gallery.
For a look at some of Preston's exhibited work visit Groundfloor Gallery.
Amongst the Sydney art community Timothy Preston is regarded to have developed an art of sensibility whose paintings are rare, precious and deliberately restricted in scope in order to deepen their presence. “Art is of the process rather than the state, of the becoming rather then the being”, Preston says. Alun Leach-Jones and Jules Olitski inform his work and are also strong influences.
The process of Preston’s painting is intuitive and emotionally charged. It involves layering the totality of the canvas with thin over-painting and then finding form patiently and meditatively. His technique creates a sense of a floating atmosphere, full of possibility and optimism in the viewer. This new series of paintings are works which celebrate a strong visual intelligence. Not unlike artists Allan Mitleman and Emily Kngwarreye's work, Preston's intentional use of restricted colors and forms are also powerfully significant to the works resolution.
For Preston, the paintings on display are full of possibilities to explore where and in what place the genesis of life may be hidden from the naked eye. There is a depth to the work that seeks to describe in visual terms something of an unseen quality of nature, possibly that which makes us human and what moves us to contemplate mortality. We are compelled to use our hearts not our minds when viewing the works.
Preston's work was most recently featured in The 54th Blake Prize for Religious Art, Sydney. Timothy is involved within the art industry working in art installation for commercial galleries around Sydney and is continuing his art education with his studio practice and various short courses and workshops. Preston has traveled extensively and lived in Japan. This is his second Solo Exhibition with Groundfloor Gallery.
For a look at some of Preston's exhibited work visit Groundfloor Gallery.
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