Dennis Farrell
"My most recent work continues to react to qualities of fragmentation and erosion observed in coastal environments such as harbours and estuaries and encompasses many of the themes that have been central to the development of previous forms and surfaces.
The shapes of small boats are of particular interest with their sea-washed and weather-worn surfaces stranded by the receding tides. Pieces of driftwood, bleached, sculpted and eroded by the constant washing of waves are sometimes incorporated into wall panels. Other work expresses the rhythmical movements left by the tides on the sand contrasted by the shapes, colours and patterns of rock forms.
Other influences I have responded to include; Japanese Oribe ceramics of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the work of the eighteenth century potter Ogata Kenzan, and artists such as Roaul Dufy, John Piper, Anthoni Tapies, Howard Hodgkin and Anthony Caro."
Dennis Farrell lives and works near Much Wenlock in Shropshire. He exhibits nationally and has work in both private and public collections.
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