Sam Jukes
The works I create are an amalgamation of my love of abstract painting, paint and a longstanding interest in sound.
They have evolved from paintings about atmosphere and environment to being concerned with the effects of sound, the different depths and movement of noise and the feelings that different sound conveys.
I think of my paintings as abstract interpretations, personal representations of soundscapes.
“Like a landscape, a soundscape is simultaneously a physical environment and a way of perceiving that environment; it is both a world and a culture constructed to make sense of that world.”
Alain Corbin, Village Bells NY 1994
There is a very wide base influence on my work, artists such as Mark Francis, Fiona Rae, Dave Allen, Anish Kapoor, and an endless number of musicians and composers, as well as the many sounds from the environment around me, which provide inspiration.
There is an intricate network of methods behind my work; in my paintings there is a personal logic of response and evolution within each piece, a calculated play of colour and vocabulary of marks and methods of applying paint.
Their physical construction comprises of firstly graphite drawing, which then has a tonal oil glazes applied over the top, this sequence may be repeated several times before the desired textures and richness is achieved. Then I paint further layers of marks into the image, which exist in conversation with the underlying layers. Once these layers have dried and cured, the paintings receive ‘the pour', an application of clear resin, which at times can be over an inch thick. Finally, some of the works receive a final layer of marks painted over the surface continuing the conversation with then earlier layers.
The act of encapsulating the paintings in resin has an emotional effect, and the visual quality of preserving the moment. Much as photography capturers a split second in time, I feel the resin enables the same quality but for an interpretation of sound.
EDUCATION
1995 - 1996
1996 - 1998
2001 - 2003
2005 - 2006
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BTEC Foundation. Norwich School of Art and Design
BA Fine Art Painting. Falmouth College of Arts
BA Fine Art Painting. Norwich School of Art and Design BA Hons: 2.1
PGCE (post compulsory education). Cornwall Collage/ University Collage Falmouth
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EXHIBITIONS
2006
2006
2005
2004
2004
2004
2004
2003
2003
2003
2002
2001
1999 |
Never Silent - Vitreous Contemporary Art, Truro
Sounds From the Skies, Sound Installation - Stokes Croft, Bristol
Recent Paintings - Gallery 49, Falmouth
Affinity Arts, Norfolk
High Gloss Low Frequencies - Centre Space Gallery, Bristol
Royal Academy Summer Show - The Shed, Norwich
East Fringe - The Play House, Norwich
Perfect Fruits - St Margaret's, Norwich
Coffee Shop, Norwich
.8 Seconds of Cape Cornwall - Jay's Gallery, Norwich
Living with Things - Old Salvation Army Shop, Norwich
Recent Paintings - Madder Market Theatre, Norwich
Eastern Open - Kings Lynn Art Centre, Norfolk |
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