All artworks by Veryan Edwards
Multimedia Installation Work • 7 artworks
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My painting is internal colour process; Multimedia work is about addressing issues more directly and[...]
My painting is internal colour process; Multimedia work is about addressing issues more directly and saying what I want to say clearer.
Art work 2012-15 • 23 artworks
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Work done in 2011-14
2011. I have been writing, collating/editing/designing a book on the Thapong International[...]
Work done in 2011-14
2011. I have been writing, collating/editing/designing a book on the Thapong International Artists' Workshop Trust 1989 - 2011. My output from the studio has been consequently smaller. The book is a fundraiser for Thapong and is going to print as I write. Otherwise, the presented are paintings and drawing done in this time. My sister also contracted adenocarcinoma and passed away on 11th November, 2012. I spent 2 months of 2012 in the USA to be with her. From 2013, I have been in the studio and working on various projects. 2014 - 2015 I was diagnosed with M.E./C FS and this has restricted my time. Hoping to be more productive as I learn to pace myself.
2011. I have been writing, collating/editing/designing a book on the Thapong International Artists' Workshop Trust 1989 - 2011. My output from the studio has been consequently smaller. The book is a fundraiser for Thapong and is going to print as I write. Otherwise, the presented are paintings and drawing done in this time. My sister also contracted adenocarcinoma and passed away on 11th November, 2012. I spent 2 months of 2012 in the USA to be with her. From 2013, I have been in the studio and working on various projects. 2014 - 2015 I was diagnosed with M.E./C FS and this has restricted my time. Hoping to be more productive as I learn to pace myself.
2010_Thoughts & Feelings • 26 artworks
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Solo Exhibition at Thapong Visual Art Centre Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana
Explorations 2006 • 10 artworks
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Mixed Media exploration into alternative shapes for paintings
Installations 2007 • 12 artworks
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Installations as part of the show on UNITY
"UNITY" exhibition 2006-7 • 44 artworks
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Work for a solo exhibition held at the Main Gallery, Botswana National Museum, entitled UNITY. I explore[...]
Work for a solo exhibition held at the Main Gallery, Botswana National Museum, entitled UNITY. I explore the need for Unity in Man/ Nature; each; Man and Land/water/ many different facets of life. We need to overcome differences and recognize our fundametnal connections and connectedness
Theme "Duality" • 11 artworks
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“Dualities” exhibition, Artists’ Statement
Metaphysics is a central focus and concern that is reflected[...]
“Dualities” exhibition, Artists’ Statement
Metaphysics is a central focus and concern that is reflected in my work that concerns not only life as it is led in Botswana but in general. Generally, the work is abstract with some occasional use of figurative images. I believe that abstraction is the style of art that leaves the viewer most open to their own perspective and interpretation and the work is thereby more interactive.
The current exhibiton, “Dualities”, reflects an interest in how life is made of opposites, each defining the other, and containing aspects of the other, such as :space” defining “form” or “hot” letting us perceive “cold”. Sometimes we balance these elements and sometimes we discover the synthesis that can arise from their combination or the “higher third” that Plato spoke about. It seems that this helps to drive life forward and is one of life’s challenges for us, dealing with differences and opposing views. The idea of “Ubuntu Civilsaiton” arose from researching the people centred values in Africa spoken about bvy Steve Biko and others. “Ubuntu” according to Makhudu (Philosophy from Africa) is about warmth, empathy, understanding, participation, sharing, harmony, cooperation, family, the Ancestors, communion of Human and Nature and much more. These are the positive attributes of Africa and are part of the ethos of the continent with all its many people. Celebrating thse values seems to be a way of integrating the opposites and the that the recognition of our common humanity is the way forward.
Metaphysics is a central focus and concern that is reflected in my work that concerns not only life as it is led in Botswana but in general. Generally, the work is abstract with some occasional use of figurative images. I believe that abstraction is the style of art that leaves the viewer most open to their own perspective and interpretation and the work is thereby more interactive.
The current exhibiton, “Dualities”, reflects an interest in how life is made of opposites, each defining the other, and containing aspects of the other, such as :space” defining “form” or “hot” letting us perceive “cold”. Sometimes we balance these elements and sometimes we discover the synthesis that can arise from their combination or the “higher third” that Plato spoke about. It seems that this helps to drive life forward and is one of life’s challenges for us, dealing with differences and opposing views. The idea of “Ubuntu Civilsaiton” arose from researching the people centred values in Africa spoken about bvy Steve Biko and others. “Ubuntu” according to Makhudu (Philosophy from Africa) is about warmth, empathy, understanding, participation, sharing, harmony, cooperation, family, the Ancestors, communion of Human and Nature and much more. These are the positive attributes of Africa and are part of the ethos of the continent with all its many people. Celebrating thse values seems to be a way of integrating the opposites and the that the recognition of our common humanity is the way forward.
Theme:"Fragile" • 10 artworks
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Drawing and observation of life is the ground on which my work is built but Metaphysics is a central[...]
Drawing and observation of life is the ground on which my work is built but Metaphysics is a central focus and interest and is reflected in what I do. The work concerns not only life as it is led in Botswana but in general. Usually, it is abstract with some occasional use of figurative images. I believe that abstraction is the style of art that leaves the viewer most open to their own perspective and interpretation and the work is thereby more interactive.
For the current exhibition, “FRAGILE”, I decided to do a series of work that uses this ‘drawing’ to make comments on the nature of life as I experience it. To me, it also celebrates Africa through its flora and fauna as that is an important part of what being here means to me. I am not so much interested in arriving at the quintessential “African landscape” as talking about the fragments that I experience and which mean something to me. No-one really experiences the “whole” of anywhere. After the dust and dryness of winter, spring comes as that welcome Gift and it is what I most like to record in watercolour. I love visiting the bush and watching the life there and seeing the poignancy of tracks left in the sand; often all you ever see of the larger creatures. The comment embodied in each work is not always desperately serious because there is much joy in life if one remains grateful for what one has. Life is ephemeral so we have to engage in the moment and we are lucky if we are able to do so.
I believe that we all “frame” our experiences, which are usually fragmented. It is our understanding that allows us to see the bigger “picture”; how the fragments fit into the bigger scheme of things. The interconnectedness of life remains an ongoing issue for me and here it is represented by using netting or “spider’s web’ cloth to suspend work against a white background (the void). The frames are often incorporated into the body of the work itself and the whole piece is one unit. I enjoy working in a variety of ways and abstraction remains central to me. It is an underlying thread in all my work. I find even drawing from life is a process of abstraction – after all, Cezanne said that there are no lines in nature. We are translating what we see into something on a page; creating three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface. Sometimes, this can be “realistic” but it depends how you see and interpret things and the use of realism on paper or a canvas expresses the fragility of perception and the illusory nature of reality.
“Fragile” is about all these strands of life: illusion, the ephemeral, the fragments, the interconnections, celebrating the moment and seeing the bigger ‘picture’. I hope that it says something to you. And perhaps something beyond or beneath my immediate awareness.
I wish to thank Ann Done for the frames that have become part of the work and the Frame Gallery for the presentation of the work and the rest of the framing. I wish to express deep gratitude to Renee Eisen for her hard work in promoting this show and for enabling it to happen in the first place.
For the current exhibition, “FRAGILE”, I decided to do a series of work that uses this ‘drawing’ to make comments on the nature of life as I experience it. To me, it also celebrates Africa through its flora and fauna as that is an important part of what being here means to me. I am not so much interested in arriving at the quintessential “African landscape” as talking about the fragments that I experience and which mean something to me. No-one really experiences the “whole” of anywhere. After the dust and dryness of winter, spring comes as that welcome Gift and it is what I most like to record in watercolour. I love visiting the bush and watching the life there and seeing the poignancy of tracks left in the sand; often all you ever see of the larger creatures. The comment embodied in each work is not always desperately serious because there is much joy in life if one remains grateful for what one has. Life is ephemeral so we have to engage in the moment and we are lucky if we are able to do so.
I believe that we all “frame” our experiences, which are usually fragmented. It is our understanding that allows us to see the bigger “picture”; how the fragments fit into the bigger scheme of things. The interconnectedness of life remains an ongoing issue for me and here it is represented by using netting or “spider’s web’ cloth to suspend work against a white background (the void). The frames are often incorporated into the body of the work itself and the whole piece is one unit. I enjoy working in a variety of ways and abstraction remains central to me. It is an underlying thread in all my work. I find even drawing from life is a process of abstraction – after all, Cezanne said that there are no lines in nature. We are translating what we see into something on a page; creating three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface. Sometimes, this can be “realistic” but it depends how you see and interpret things and the use of realism on paper or a canvas expresses the fragility of perception and the illusory nature of reality.
“Fragile” is about all these strands of life: illusion, the ephemeral, the fragments, the interconnections, celebrating the moment and seeing the bigger ‘picture’. I hope that it says something to you. And perhaps something beyond or beneath my immediate awareness.
I wish to thank Ann Done for the frames that have become part of the work and the Frame Gallery for the presentation of the work and the rest of the framing. I wish to express deep gratitude to Renee Eisen for her hard work in promoting this show and for enabling it to happen in the first place.
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