Artist Statement

 

KARL HAMILTON-COX BSc (Hons)

  

I create portraiture art in a realistic style. My preference has always been for creating realistic work based on the adaptation of photographic images within my compositions.  My art takes time to create, it should be a journey from inspiration through the creation process to final completion.  I set high standards for my artwork and it must be just right.

 

Creating art is a process that is intensive, requiring a high degree of concentration and somehow meditative.  I have always preferred working on my own and being self-sufficient, even during my career in the Army as an Armourer, it was a solo occupation.

 

I see my approach to artwork as anything that makes a realistic representation of a person, wildlife subject or object that is the focal point of a composition.

 

I love drawing and creating detailed drawn or painted monochrome images that come naturally.  My painted artwork is evolving continuously as I experiment with light, tone, composition and colour based on a very limited palette.  The depth of colour I create is based on glazing many coloured paint layers, this takes time and concentration as I see the colour balance of a painting gradually emerge.

 

My style is illustrative but not a straight copy, I am very particular in what I do.  From an initial concept it can take weeks to find the right subject reference I am looking for.  When a project gels I work fast and intensively.

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I like new challenges, trying new processes and using art in differing ways.  My use of leather as a material in my art is an example of a new approach that I have adapted and continually develop how best to master it.  The use of the right texture, colour and size of leather is as important as the subject and painting process itself as they all need to be  integrated; I aim for the leather when used in a painting not to be noticed at first!

 
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