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Statement
My graphic images are based on a personal exploration between painting a two-dimensional image on a flat surface, and a cosmological hypothesis. This theory entails that space is required for any outline to exist —a duality— rather than a singularity; which is the current consensus in cosmology.
Since my youth, I have been fascinated by the tactile sensation of painting —the rhythmic movements of a loaded brush of colour across a spatial ground of a white surface etc— the only difference today, is that my work is graphic rather than representational. I am a perfectionist at heart, never truly happy with my last artwork: this keeps me creating ‘one-off’ images until I have found the perfect picture.
Before putting pigment to canvas, I first need to know what kind of image I am going to paint. I work out the ‘idea’ with small-scale sketches in graphite, then prepare an acrylic study once I have made a decision on the content. Using colour swatches and intuition to determine suitable colours, I then transfer the whole design to the full-size canvas and begin painting.
In my newest painting, the composition is a ‘modern-day equivalent of how primordial outlines created a real image’. With art, an outline will appear between two flat areas of colour side by side if real space is present; in fact, you can read my image as follows, i.e.: yellow outlines on a black background, or, black edges on a yellow ground: a duality exists with every outline in nature.
You must be yourself for your art to be true.
Mark GN Richards (MaGNeR)![Two Seated Figures (1983)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/fbb213f2-bd01-4954-a86a-640465d9eb81/a7ea6d25-6c9a-4c05-b1b0-52847e2459c2_rw_600.png?h=dd4bb40336ed0edcb3c959918f418532)
Two Seated Figures (1983)
![Houses and Gardens (1994)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/fbb213f2-bd01-4954-a86a-640465d9eb81/1db9e5b0-7b17-4d9f-9c80-a064dfc0a44b_rw_600.png?h=8cfd3894e61b921b57507f89ed9e3085)
Houses and Gardens (1994)
![Two Fishes (1994)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/fbb213f2-bd01-4954-a86a-640465d9eb81/574c9500-dd08-4a72-a14b-1833c8a1fded_rw_600.png?h=d68d873a85b6b04c9e117d5f873233dc)
Two Fishes (1994)
![The Blue Window (1994)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/fbb213f2-bd01-4954-a86a-640465d9eb81/e8e095e9-a666-4f53-a90f-cc18e8a5a15c_rw_600.png?h=119e28b4410d18d65d8ba0e07477a77f)