Artist Information:
William Dick
London,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Jun 2003
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Artist Statement:
I have always drawn on ancient
symbols from my own Scottish
background and I feel the
similarity of these symbols,
circles, concentric circles,
spirals etc, all common in
Pictish/Celtic Art convey
something of the magic and
religious function that Art
once held in this culture.
The works illustrated use...
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Artist Exhibitions:
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EXHIBITIONS
2007
Lighthouse, Poole Center for
the Arts, Poole
Billingham Art Gallery,
Billingham
2006
St. Jakobikirche, Stralsund,
Germany
2005
St. Jurgen Starkow
Mecklenburg, Vorpommem,
Germany
2003
Sutton House, London, UK
2002
Pilgrim Gallery, London, UK
2001
UNESCO Gallery, Amman, Jordan
The British Council, Amman,
Jordan
St Marys ...
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Aberdeen Art
Gallery, Scotland
Barclays
Bank PLC, England
Duncan of
Jordanstone College of Art,
Dundee, Scotland
The
Hunterian Museum, University
of Glasgow, Scotland
The Scottish
Arts Council, Scotland
The
Bemis Foundation, Omaha,
U.S.A.
The
University of Nebraska, Omaha,
U.S.A.
Nogradi Torteneti Muzeum,
Salgotarjan, Hungary
Moscow Union...
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Commissions:
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William Dick's Premiere Artist Portfolio
Welcome to William Dick's Portfolio.
I have always drawn on ancient symbols from my own Scottish background and I feel the similarity of these symbols, circles, concentric circles, spirals etc, all common in Pictish/Celtic Art convey something of the magic and religious function that Art once held in this culture.
The works illustrated use such sources as, Russian Icons, Celtic and Pictish symbols, African and Aboriginal Art, Abyssinian Warrior Shields, substance of land-geological form, rocks and lichen, peat and mosses, dust and sand, mud, local architecture and effects of the weather. A wide variety of paints, wax and bitumen is employed to create surface textures of varying density and opacity. Each painting's surface is built up in many layers, going through many transformations before completion. Increasingly the original image is submerged and a tension is created between surface and depth.
Research into the Iconography and Iconology attached to pictorial representations where the Christian and pagan mythological figures used are almost beyond interpretation is involved. Past and present work includes themes and interests showing the assimilation of Christian and pagan rites and beliefs, in the 'Christianised' images of standing stones the construction of churches upon prehistoric sites and the adaptation of pagan rituals... |
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PUIL, 2010
Encaustic Painting,
240 x 240 X 10 cm
Price: US$ 20000
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