Boundary Gallery press release (PDF format)
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I
have been moved to produce a series of images in response to proposals for
a very large wind farm in Shetland. These images
are not meant to be literal rendition of the Viking Energy project but depicts
the
effects
of
living
in the shadow
of
150 giant
wind
turbines
and their affect on the human psyche. What should ostensibly be a traditional
Shetland crofting scene has become a nightmare scenario where animals and
birds are being displaced and humans are gradually being driven mad.
Migration. Acrylic on canvas. 2008. 120 x 150 cm
See the wind farm series here.
Solo show, March / April 2009
20 September 2007.
"Without leaving the country, you can’t get much further from the Black Country, literally or metaphorically, than the Shetland Islands, but that’s exactly where Pensnett-born artist Paul Bloomer took himself a few years ago, and despite, or maybe because of his remoteness, his career has blossomed.
There can’t be many Black Country folk living that far north, a hundred
miles off the furthest coast of Scotland, and there aren’t many artists
creating the kind of work Paul does. So with his work now being sold through
a London Gallery, we at the Bugle thought it would be interesting to ask
this artistic ex-pat to share with us his thoughts on his remote location,
and his unique creations. Paul, a Bugle reader from way back, was happy to
oblige When he left Pensnett. Read rest of Black
Country Bugle Article here.
(article by Gavin Jones, © Black Country Bugle,
2007)
Web site design and coding from Kevin Learmonth at Business Support Solutions (UK) Limited
Jim Moncrief for allowing me to name a picture after his poem The Sea Like Scissors.
Most of the works in the New Exhibits section were photographed by Bill Fox, www.billyfoxphotography.com. Through time the other images he has photographed for me will be added to this site.
Thanks to Matthew Lawrence for the the use of the photograph of me painting at Spiggie Beach.
