Paul Bloomer is a contemporary British artist living and working in the Shetland Islands.
Boundary Gallery press release (PDF format)
Recent plans to build a giant windfarm in Shetland, where I live and work, have driven me to produce a response in the form of a series of woodcuts and paintings. See this new "windy nights" series here.
Paul, April 2008.
Each new body of work I create takes me by surprise at the often-unexpected directions it moves in.
Recent travels to Norway gave birth to a series of enchanted landscapes of deep mysterious fjords and stave churches. Travels to the mainland of England inspired darkly humorous works like ‘Shopping Centre’ and the almost apocalyptic work ‘Journey’ depicting our experience of being stranded in a flood on the M5 motorway this summer.
At home in Shetland I painted the annual Viking festival of Light known as ‘Up Helly Aa’, as well as nightly paintings of the sunset over the Atlantic outside my studio.
Ten years of island life has given me the chance to develop a personal painterly vision relatively untouched by ever changing artistic fads and fashions. Instead my art has been able to take root in the wonderland that is Shetland and hopefully to begin to show its first flowers.
Also recently added to the site is a selection of images selected from my back catalogue, many that have never been seen before. You can follow some of the artistic battles I have faced over the years when trying to find a language to express a vision of hope and redemption, in a world inflicted with pain and suffering. I hope you enjoy this work.
Paul Bloomer Oct 07
Migration
2008 Acrylic on canvas. 120 x 150cm Ref. 4158
Windy Nights
2008 Woodcut. 61 x 61cm Ref. 4160
Peerie Spiggie Evening light
2007 Acrylic on canvas. 100cm x 140cm Ref. 4138
Eleven Rain Geese at Lang Clodie
2007 Acrylic on canvas. 70cm x 100cm Ref. 4128
Yachts at Asta
2007 Acrylic on canvas. 140cmx 150cm Ref. 4126
Up Helly Aa
2007 Acrylic on canvas. 120cm x 120cm Ref. 4124
Shopping Centre
2007 Acrylic on canvas. 140cm x 150cm Ref. 4120
Thaw
2007 Oil on canvas. 120cm x 120cm Ref. 4122
Sleepers
2006 Acrylic on canvas. 120cm x 120cm Ref. 3010
Sea Pinks
2006 Oil on canvas. 48" x 59" sold Ref. 2803
Simmer Dim
2004-06 Oil on board. 100cm x 100cm Ref. 3028
Artist
1998-2006 Oil on board. 97cm x 77cm Ref. 3020
Police In Helicopter
1996-2006 Oil on board. 97cm x 77cm Ref. 3012
Isaiah
1992 Charcoal. 92cm x 61cm Ref. 4040
I dreamt I Saw Sheep Walking Towards a Light
Acrylic on canvas. 120cm x 150cm Ref. 3008
My New Exhibits section will feature works on a changing basis, as selected by me, stop by in a month or two to see what's been retained, and what's new. All works are for sale unless otherwise indicated.
